Gfinity PLC Rocket League to form part of Elite Series (6310A)
27 March 2017 - 10:30PM
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Gfinity PLC
27 March 2017
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Gfinity plc
("GFIN" or the "Company")
Rocket League to form part of Elite Series
Gfinity announces final game to feature in Elite Series
Gfinity plc (AIM: GFIN), a leading eSports business, announces
that Rocket League, the award-winning video game, will be the final
game to feature in the Gfinity Elite Series ("Elite Series"),
launching later this year.
Rocket League, the vehicle-based soccer game, has become a
growing feature of the eSports scene and will be played in
multiplayer teams of three versus three. This follows the two
announcements made earlier this month that Counter-Strike: Global
Offensive and Street Fighter V are to be the other two games to
feature and therefore the full Elite Series programme has now been
revealed.
Registration is still open for gamers to participate in the
Challenger Series tournament, where aspiring gamers can acquire
ranking points ("G-Points") and the opportunity to be drafted into
one of eight pro-franchises. The Company also announces that, as of
today, gamers are now eligible to sign up for competitions in all
three games and start their journey to becoming professional
players.
The Elite Series, first announced in November 2016, is a dynamic
new eSports league format which will provide the eSports community
with an exciting new platform to play and watch games in a fiercely
competitive environment on www.gfinityesports.com. The series is
expected to attract an active audience of eSport enthusiasts and
competitive gamers to generate sponsorship and broadcasting rights
for the Company and provide a unique set of sponsorship, media and
franchise opportunities for potential partners.
Neville Upton, Chief Executive Officer, Gfinity plc, said:
"Gfinity has always been about the gamers and the signing of
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Street Fighter V and Rocket
League will guarantee the very best action and entertainment for
those playing and watching the Elite Series. We are taking
responsibility for growing the scene in the UK by encouraging
people of different abilities to have a shot at competitive gaming
through the Challenger Series. We want more gamers playing harder
and better at the top level to showcase new home-grown talent to
existing pro teams, and ultimately pave the way for more UK pro
teams being formed that can go on and compete at global events. The
Gfinity Elite Series is set to be the pinnacle eSports event in the
UK."
For more information on Gfinity's Elite Series click on the
following hyperlink: www.gfinityesports.com.
Enquiries:
Gfinity plc www.gfinityplc.com
Neville Upton, Chief Executive Via Walbrook PR
Officer
Allenby Capital Limited - Nominated Tel. +44 20 3328
Adviser and Broker 5656
Jeremy Porter / John Depasquale
/ James Thomas
Walbrook PR (Media & Investor Tel: +44 (0)20
Relations) 7933 8780
Paul Cornelius / Sam Allen / Paul or gfinity@walbrookpr.com
Whittington
About Gfinity
Founded in 2012, Gfinity has quickly established itself as one
of the world's leading eSports companies. The London-based business
enjoys strong relationships with game publishers, players and the
wider eSports community and has already built a strong reputation
for delivering high quality competitions, both on-line and
off-line, and producing industry leading eSports broadcasts.
The Company has over half a million registered users, eligible
to compete in its online competitions and stages world leading
off-line events, which see the top players in the world, across a
range of eSports titles travel to the Gfinity Arena in London to
take part in competitions, which are broadcast on-line to millions
of viewers around the world. The Company stages events featuring a
number of top video gaming titles, across PCs, consoles and mobile
devices.
The Company monetises the strong position that it has created
through a combination of sponsorship, advertising, broadcast income
relating to Gfinity's own events and through fees received for
creating and delivering bespoke events for sponsors and game
publishers seeking to engage with the eSports community.
About eSports
eSports (electronic sports) is watching or playing competitive
video gaming. Leading titles include League of Legends, Counter
Strike: Global Offensive, Defence of the Ancients 2 (DoTA 2), Call
of Duty and Rocket League. The industry is growing rapidly, with
new communities developing around more and more titles. The global
eSports market generated US$325 million of revenue in 2015 and is
expected to make $463 million in 2016. The global eSports audience
in 2015 was 226 million people, 80% under the age of 35 and 70%
male (source: Newzoo). Online streaming channels Twitch and YouTube
command the biggest audiences, although eSports events are also now
being broadcast on conventional TV. The 2015 League of Legends
Championships finals in Berlin were watched by 36 million people,
with a peak concurrent viewership of 14 million viewers, while at
DotA 2's flagship annual championship 'The International 2016'
competitors from around the world competed for a prize pot of over
$20 million.
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