"Underground games" series turns its attention in episode 3 to geography title 'GeoGuessr'.
June 22, 2022
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WHAT: Today Red Bull premiered the third episode of their gaming content series, uncovering the thrilling and extraordinary underground esports communities – “Other Worlds” – alongside a new episode three trailer. Following the launch of Other Worlds episode one and two featuring “Hades” and “Farming Simulator” respectively, episode three “Other Worlds: GeoGuessr” features the trendy esports geography game, GeoGuessr, where players are given a street view panorama image and need to guess their location on a world map. Episode three is now streaming on the official Red Bull Gaming YouTube Channel, with additional episodes uncovering new game titles launching monthly.
In “Other Worlds: GeoGuessr,” host GrandPOOBear explores the GeoGuessr community, strategies and top players. The episode’s highlight moments include:
TikTok viral sensation Trevor Rainbolt (@georainbolt) plays blindfolded with the aid of GrandPOOBear to incredible success!
A GeoGuessr crash course with GeoGuessr veterans Chicago Geographer (@ChicagoGeoYT), GeoPeter (@ThisIsPetery), and Trevor Rainbolt (@georainbolt).
Spotlights on Havrd’s perfect run of GeoGuessr at GDQ and ItsRaduC’s world record run on A Diverse World map.
Hosted by Red Bull gaming athlete and well-known speedrunner David “GrandPOOBear” Hunt, the nine-episode series highlights less popularized and unconventional competitive gaming, and the passionate gamers that continue to fuel their respective spaces. Just a few games get the vast majority of esports coverage, but there are countless gaming scenes fans rarely hear about. In “Other Worlds” hosted be GrandPOOBear, viewers will get a deep dive into unconventionally competitive gaming scenes and uncover the incredible communities that drive gaming at every level. GrandPOOBear will meet the people and players in the scene, learn how the communities formed and finally take a whack at learning the meta that drives the competition for each game.
GrandPOOBear is a Red Bull Player and professional speedrunner, with popular channels across Twitch and YouTube. He was previously a semi-pro snowboarder, when a career-ending spinal injury put him in the hospital. During his year-long recovery, GrandPOOBear discovered his talent for speedrunning video games. Since then, he's continually pushed the level of speedrunning competition forward as a 7-time world record holder. GrandPOOBear has amassed a loyal following and carved a name for himself as an innovative, charitable trailblazer within the growing speedrunning community.
This new series is part of Red Bull’s larger slate of gaming content launching throughout 2022, including the analytics focused content series – “Fightalytics” – in partnership with Panda Global’s PGstats.com. Viewers can watch Red Bull Gaming content series on the official Red Bull Gaming YouTube channel and Red Bull TV.
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About GeoGuessr
GeoGuessr is a geography game, in which you are dropped somewhere in the world in a street view panorama and your mission is to find clues and guess your location on the world map. Launched in May 2013, the game now features multiple modes for both single- and multiplayer competitions. The game is frequently streamed on Youtube, Tiktok and Twitch and has attracted over 40 million players across the globe. Explore the world on www.geoguessr.com.
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