World’s biggest game of Tetris played out on 2,000 drones
Classic video game reimagined with drones
- An e-sports final for Tetris in Dubai established a new world record for the largest game ever played.
- The spectacle involved over 2,000 drones replicating Tetris blocks in the sky, creating the first live playable game of its kind.
- Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov expressed his delight, stating it was a 'dream come to life' to see the game played with drones.
- After more than 7 million qualifying games globally, Fehmi Atalar from Türkiye won the final with a score of 168,566 in five minutes.
- The Red Bull event, held between 11-13 December, was the first officially sanctioned global Tetris world championship of this nature.