Launch of Gfinity Elite Series season two

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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 £225,000. 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 Officer	Via Walbrook PR
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Jeremy Porter / John Depasquale / James Thomas
Walbrook PR (Media & Investor Relations)	Tel: [phone]
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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.

 

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