Pixoul Gaming, the cutting-edge virtual reality (VR) and Esports hub, will open later this year at Al Qana, Abu Dhabi’s most exciting waterfront destination, putting the city on the international Esports map.
Pixoul Gaming, with its elaborate Virtual Reality Gaming Zone, is an integrated, immersive entertainment destination that appeals to both professional and amateur gamers. While the Esports Academy offers specialized training for serious gaming athletes. Pixoul Gaming will foster an elite community, launching the first ever Esports Academy in the Middle East, and will host global gaming tournaments in its 800-seat capacity arena to become a beacon for mega competitions. The Academy also has an Esports bar, which is a gaming community twist on a typical sports bar where global gaming events can be watched while enjoying food and drinks.
Pixoul Gaming will not only have the best facilities in the region, but it will also cater to the entire gaming ecosystem – from game development and education to thrilling immersive experiences, from professional solo, multi-player, and team gaming to hosting global gaming festivals. Esports is one of the region’s fastest-growing industries. The UAE’s digital gaming sector is expected to be worth $930 million by 2025, and Pixoul Gaming will position Abu Dhabi as a global leader in Esports, broadcasting to millions of fans.
Pixoul Gaming will lead the digital entertainment revolution by creating a destination that makes gaming accessible and appealing to all. So, whether a FIFA fan wants to connect with other gamers, a family wants to enjoy an interactive VR experience, or a group of friends wants to win big in the latest tournament, Pixoul Gaming is the ideal integrated entertainment venue for people of all ages and abilities.
Commenting, Paul Hamilton, General Manager at Pixoul Gaming, said, “As an integrated, immersive entertainment destination with the region’s first Esports Academy, Pixoul Gaming has the potential to redefine the modern gaming experience. We believe that everyone should be a gamer today as Esports fosters creativity, encourages problem-solving, and builds leadership skills. So, we designed Pixoul Gaming to offer a new world of digital amusement and showcase Abu Dhabi as a global leader in Esports and digital entertainment.
“The goal is to bring serious gaming into the Middle East, to train professionals at our Academy to compete on a global level while also hosting the international tournaments in our elite coliseum of gaming where the biggest, best gamers on the planet will perform to a live audience of 800+, watched by millions across the world. The venue is almost complete, and we’ll be ready to welcome gamers by Q4 of 2022. We are working with the leading international experts and technology partners such as Robocom VR to offer our guests the latest and the best experience,” continued Hamilton.
As soon as you enter Pixoul Gaming, you will be invited to join the VR mission to save the unique world of Pixoul Planet. Open to everyone, the story is about the rise and fall of a new world and the people who created it.
Karim Ibrahim, Co-founder of Pixoul Gaming and CEO of Robocom VR, commented, “As technology partners and creators of this custom-built VR mission, we are excited to take gamers on an unprecedented adventure across cinematic and interactive experiences. At Robocom VR, our mission is to innovate the static gaming experience, inviting users to a portal into new dimensions of gaming and take control over their destiny while fully immersed in Virtual Reality Entertainment.
“At Pixoul Gaming, we have introduced the region’s first fully wireless headsets in an open world cross-platform metaverse. With no unnecessary cables or heavy backpacks, the HTC Focus 3 headsets are fully synced with 4D and motion platform simulators to blur virtual reality’s boundaries ultimately. Across these ten integrated experiences, each lasting 6-10 minutes, there is a never seen before the journey of flight & racing simulators, escape rooms, shooting games, paragliding, and rollercoasters – promising to push the boundaries of human imagination and set new standards of interactive and immersive entertainment.”
The Pixoul Planet VR, as the flagship experience, houses ten different virtual and augmented reality games, ranging from shooters and virtual roller coasters to guided spaceship tours of the new intergalactic planet, Pixoul. The multi-sensory game, which is available in both story and arcade mode, is based on defending the future city of Pixoul Planet, which is under attack and needs visitors’ assistance.
The story begins with the devastating news of corruption, plague, war, and diseases spreading across Earth, prompting four scientists to unite their efforts in developing a new technology that could power intergalactic travel and pave the way to what would be known as Pixoul Planet.
Forward in time, the mission launches the four founders and a thousand hand-picked people who represent the diversity and condensed knowledge of humanity. After a rocky landing, they distribute manpower and resources and use the newly discovered Pixoul Technology to power the planet’s construction.
After years of construction, they complete Legacy City, a sustainable green city that meets the needs of the population but at the expense of the founders’ health. After entering Cryo Chambers for a year to rest and regenerate their strength, they are awoken by ERIC, their Emotionally Recuperating Indestructible Companion, who guides them on their mission to defeat the enemies and reclaim their freedom.
