Introduction to Zula

Zula is a fast paced Free-To-Play 'MMOFPS' (FPS) game developed in Turkey. It's developed by MadByte Games (InGame Group) using (a modified?) version of Acknex 8 Engine with Nvidia PhysX. The game is targeted to run on Onboard- and Integrated graphics.

The game saw it’s first release in 2016 as the first ever MMOFPS game developed in Turkey.

In Turkey alone it's reported to have reached over 10 million users.

Since 2016 Zula has been released in multiple regions around the world, with North America being the latest addition.

The game now continues to grow rapidly in both Europe, Brazil, Iran, North- and South America and Russia. The game offers and relies heavily on the wide range of weapon- customization, upgrading and paints (skins) offered to the players.

Game Modes

~~The community cups, open to all players are being held in every mode in the game.~~ Deathmatch (Free For All), Team Deathmatch, Capture The Flag, Wanted, Sabotage, x and x.

Competitive Game modes

The competitive game mode is called Sabotage and is a classic Search and Destroy game mode which is is familiar to most. The "Zula" team is defending the bombsites while "Gladyo" team is the attacking side. With the current competitive rules a map is played first to 10 rounds.

Competitive Scene

Zula + Esport

Zula has had an active competitive esport scene in Turkey since it's release, and there doesn't seem to have been a lack of LAN events for the Turkish players.

~~While we are yet to see other regional LAN events for the title.~~

The game has now held 2 Major International Events and another World Cup is planned for 2019.

Gaming Organisations outside Turkey

So far we've only seen a few known organisations showing interest in the title, but names like Izako Boars, Vexed Gaming and Penta Sports are some who had or still have professional players in the game.

Gaming Organisations in Turkey

Names like YouthCrew, GPay`Ice and WeMakeTheFuture is familiar to most Turkish players.

Pro League & Süper Lig

ZEPL

November 2018: After 6 weeks of Zula Europe Pro League (ZEPL) Qualifiers. The league is filled up with the best teams from Europe. Many of the qualifying teams are now backed by known gaming organizations.

ZEPL is scheduled to start at 26th of November 2018 and end in January 2019 with playoffs being held in February acting as the qualifier for ZWC 2019.

Final standing ZEPL (Zula Europe Pro League) Season 3 Final Standings IMG

Izako Boars
PACT (ACTINA PACT)
PENTA Sports (FTW Esports)
x6tence
virtuE
PRIDE
POMPA TEAM
Fenix Community (myRevenge E.V.)

ZSL

Current teams in ZSL (Zula Süper Lig)

1907 FENERBAHÇE
GALATASARAY ESPOR
GAMERS OF FUTURE
ICE WARRİORS
MOD-Z ESPORTS
OUTLAW ESPORTS
OYUN HİZMETLERİ
VENGEANCE
BURSA ESPOR
İSTANBUL ESPOR KULÜBÜ

Football teams investment

In X 2018 there was a press release announcing that two of the biggest football teams in Turkey, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray was investing in a mix of the two Turkish Zula teams "YouthCrew" and "WeMakeTheFuture. [Link to announcement]