Enthusiast Gaming’s Online Gaming Festival, EGLX, Watched By Over 12 Million Fans
November 25 2020 - 6:00AM
Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. (“
Enthusiast
Gaming” or the “Company”) (TSX: EGLX)(OTCQB: ENGMF)(FSE:
2AV), the largest gaming platform in North America, connecting with
over 300 million gamers monthly worldwide, recently concluded its
Enthusiast Gaming Live Experience 2020 (“EGLX 2020”), a fusion of
video games, esports, music, fashion, and lifestyle content and
events. Supported by key sponsors, including
SpiderTech,
G FUEL and
TikTok, the virtual event featured world
premieres, unique performances and thrilling competitions - all
live streamed to millions across the globe.
Entering its fifth year - the four-day free
event was live streamed on eglx.com and on the Company’s main
Twitch channel: LG Loyal at twitch.tv/lgloyal. With a main
broadcast centre in Toronto, multiple feeds were simultaneously
streamed from all over the world in real-time, from as far away as
Australia. The Toronto production and control centre hosted three
cameras on-site and LED-lit walls and lighting were used to further
enhance the viewer experience. Altogether, the digital event drew
over 12 million viewers, totaling 53 hours of live streamed content
during the event.
In addition to performances by musicians ZHU and
Goldlink, and appearances from NFL Stars Richard Sherman and Darius
Slay, the event hosted a variety of announcements. Luminosity
Gaming, Enthusiast Gaming’s esports organization, which counts 70
million fans, hosted the finale of its Rising Stars reality
competition to find the next gaming superstar, which included more
than a month of preliminary challenges and judging. With a panel
featuring top Luminosity content creators Félix “xQc” Lengyel and
Elliott “Muselk” Watkins, up-and-coming streamer,
BabyCappah, was announced as the winner and was
awarded a $100,000 Luminosity Gaming sponsorship. Fortnite pro
Nicholas “Nick Eh 30” Amyoony was also signed to
Luminosity Gaming’s roster where he will continue to create
family-friendly content.
“We are tremendously proud of how much EGLX has
grown over the past five years, from a small cottage event to a
premium, tier 1 gaming and esports fan experience. We look forward
to continuing to create new and unique content experiences for our
fans like Rising Stars and Gamers Got Talent, that consistently
attract new sponsors and create additional content distribution
opportunities on other platforms,” shared Adrian
Montgomery, CEO of Enthusiast
Gaming. “EGLX, which has traditionally been a live,
in-person event, pivoted this year to a digital format. I could not
be more pleased with the finished product that drew an audience of
over 12 million. During a time when we are all physically separated
- gaming has a unique advantage in its online communities that have
existed for years, and we want to continue building on them through
events like EGLX where they can all come together.”
Additional event highlights included:
- The Escapist Magazine’s Games
Showcase
- Gamers Got Talent with guest
judges, Anomaly, Justin Guarini, runner-up on the first season of
American Idol and hosted by Corey Mandell and Dreezy
- SlayVS, NFL star Darius Slay joined
fellow NFL players Richard Sherman and the Griffin Twins and
American Rap Artist Goldlink to play a friendly game of Call of
Duty Warzone
- Call of Duty Tournament hosted by
RockyNoHands
- The Sims Resource LIVE featuring
designs by Louise Goldin and hosted by Sims content creator and
streamer, Deligracy
- Pocket Gamer Launchpad, celebrating
new, upcoming or updated iOS and Android games
About Enthusiast
GamingEnthusiast Gaming (TSX: EGLX)(OTCQB: ENGMF)(FSE:
2AV) is building the world’s largest social network of communities
for gamers and esports fans that reaches over 300 million gaming
enthusiasts on a monthly basis. Already the largest gaming platform
in North America and the United Kingdom, the Company’s business is
comprised of four main pillars: Esports, Content, Talent and
Entertainment. Enthusiast Gaming’s esports division, Luminosity
Gaming, is a leading global esports franchise that consists of 7
professional esports teams under ownership and management,
including the Vancouver Titans Overwatch team and the Seattle Surge
Call of Duty team. Enthusiast’s gaming content division includes 2
of the top 20 gaming media and entertainment video brands with BCC
Gaming and Arcade Cloud, reaching more than 50MM unique viewers a
month across 9 YouTube pages, 8 Snapchat shows and related
Facebook, Instagram and TikTok accounts. Its 100 gaming-related
websites including The Sims Resource, Destructoid, and The Escapist
collectively generate 1.1 billion page views monthly. Enthusiast’s
talent division works with nearly 1,000 YouTube creators generating
nearly 3 billion views a month working with leading gamer talent
such as Pokimane, Flamingo, Anomaly, and The Sidemen. Enthusiast’s
entertainment business includes Canada’s largest gaming expo, EGLX
(eglx.com), and the largest mobile gaming event in Europe, Pocket
Gamer Connects (pgconnects.com). For more information on the
Company visit enthusiastgaming.com. For more information on
Luminosity Gaming visit luminosity.gg.
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Enthusiast Gaming Contact: Eric Bernofsky, Chief Corporate Officer, 416.623.9360
Media Relations – ID Public Relations, EnthusiastGaming@id-pr.com
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