Gfinity PLC Launch of Gfinity Elite Series season two (2983R)
September 20 2017 - 5:20AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 2983R
Gfinity PLC
20 September 2017
Gfinity plc
("Gfinity" or the "Company")
Launch of Gfinity Elite Series season two
Highly acclaimed Gfinity Elite Series confirms its return for
season two of esports tournament
Gfinity plc, a leading international esports group, confirms the
launch of the Gfinity Elite Series season two, commencing on 6(th)
October 2017 and to be broadcast live from the Gfinity Esports
Arena in London.
Following the success of the first Gfinity Elite series, the
Elite Series season two will run until 9(th) December 2017, when
the champions will be awarded their trophies at the Gfinity Esports
Arena in London and prize money of GBP225,000. Season two willonce
again feature the same three popular games as season one: Rocket
League, Street Fighter V and Counter Strike: Global Offensive.
Series one saw total viewership in excess of three million, with
fans around the globe watching through a range of high profile
broadcast partners, including BBC Three, BT Sport, Eleven Sport and
Twitch.tv, with more than 220 million impressions on social media.
The Company expects to build on these numbers for season two
following its stated strategy to establish the Gfinity Elite Series
as the leading global format for professional esports competitions
and the basis for a truly global esport competition.
To prepare for the Gfinity Elite Series season two, the second
Elite Draft was held on 15(th) September in which eight
professional teams competed to add new players to their rosters
from the top qualifying amateur players who earned their spot from
competing online in the Gfinity Challenger Series.
Neville Upton, CEO, Gfinity plc says: "Following the incredibly
successful Gfinity Elite Series season one, we are extremely
pleased to bring back all the competitive professional gameplay
live at the Gfinity Esports Arena and broadcast online and on
linear television starting 6(th) October. We also welcome back some
of the best players in the competitive gaming community and look
forward to seeing the newly discovered talent that comes from the
Challenger Series via the Elite Draft."
Full details of the Gfinity Elite Series season two will follow
in late September at www.GfinityEsports.com
Enquiries:
Gfinity plc www.gfinityplc.com
Neville Upton, Chief Executive Via Walbrook PR
Officer
Allenby Capital Limited - AIM Tel. +44 20 3328
Nominated Adviser and Broker 5656
Jeremy Porter / John Depasquale
/ James Thomas
Walbrook PR (Media & Investor Tel: +44 (0)20
Relations) 7933 8780
Paul Cornelius / Helen Cresswell or gfinity@walbrookpr.com
/ Sam Allen
About Gfinity
Gfinity is a leading international esports entertainment
business. The London-based company enjoys strong relationships with
the pre-eminent game publishers, esport players and the wider
esports community and has built a reputation for delivering top
quality esport competitions, both on-line and off-line, and
producing industry leading esports broadcasts.
Gfinity delivers online esport competitions open to all
registrants and stages world leading off-line events in which the
world's top esport players travel to the Gfinity Esports Arena in
London to take part in competitions broadcast on-line to millions
of viewers worldwide. Gfinity stages live esports events featuring
top video gaming titles, across PCs, consoles and mobile
devices.
Gfinity monetises the strong position that it has created in
professional esports through a combination of sponsorship,
advertising, and broadcast income relating to Gfinity's own events.
Gfinity will also earn license fees and revenue share from
licensing the Gfinity Elite Series format as part of an
international roll-out in addition to fees received for creating
and delivering bespoke events for sponsors and game publishers
seeking to engage with the esports community.
In 2017 Gfinity launched the Gfinity Elite Series professional
esports tournament which has quickly established as the pre-eminent
professional esports competition in the UK.
About the Elite Series
The Elite Series, first announced in November 2016, is a dynamic
new eSports league format which provides the eSports community with
an exciting new platform to play and watch games in a fiercely
competitive environment on www.GfinityEsports.com.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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