VANCOUVER, BC, April 15, 2021 /CNW/ - TGS Esports Inc. ("TGS" or
the "Company") (TSXV: TGS) (OTC: TGSEF) (FRA: 5RH) is pleased to
announce the official launch date of its Pepper esports tournament
platform, on Thursday 22nd of April.
Over the last two years, the Pepper team has designed,
prototyped and built a next-generation esports platform that makes
it possible to create and manage player communities, spectators,
sponsors, and brands—all in one place. During this process, the
Pepper team has worked with over one hundred esports communities
and tournament organizers to develop a unique product that connects
leaders in esports to their audience and helps them grow leaner,
faster, and smarter businesses.
The official launch of the Pepper platform includes the key
features required for tournament organizers to set up and run
world-class esports tournaments, including tournament creation,
tournament discovery, tournament registration, single elimination
and round robin brackets. The Pepper team is constantly improving
and adding new features to the platform, the next major update
which will include user profile management, swiss, leaderboard and
double elimination brackets, user and tournament wallets, will be
released in Q2 of 2021.
The first official events to be run entirely on the Pepper
platform will be a Rocket League tournament on Thursday April 29 and a League of Legends
tournament on Friday May 7.
"The launch of the Pepper platform is a major milestone for TGS,
bringing our entire esports experience under one roof." said
Spiro Khouri, CEO of TGS. "We are
now able to offer new and unique features to our clients that are
not available on other platforms."
A short video overview of the Pepper platform can be viewed
here:
https://youtu.be/Uj_EELelUww.
About TGS Esports Inc.
TGS partners with Fortune 500 brands, schools, and tournament
organizers to build out their esports community via tournaments,
broadcast production, and events. TGS has commercialized an esports
solution that allows brands and gamers to interact on its end to
end platform. The combination of TGS esports event expertise and
next generation software creates an unparalleled esports experience
that allows sponsors and brands to reach their desired gaming
demographic.
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the Company. Forward-looking statements consist of statements that
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including with respect to: the Company's partnership with FansUnite
and the expected benefits to the Company to be derived therefrom.
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cause actual results, performance or developments to differ
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related to factors beyond the control of the Company. The risks
include the following: the unknown magnitude and duration of the
effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company and other risks
that are customary to companies operating businesses such as the
business of the Company. No assurance can be given that any of the
events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or,
if they do occur, what benefits the Company will obtain from
them.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
"Spiro Khouri"
Spiro Khouri, CEO
TGS Esports Inc.
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SOURCE TGS Esports Inc
