Singapore– Pioneering global broadcaster Eleven Sports has agreed a deal with leading Esports tournament provider Gfinity to bring LIVE and exclusive competitive video gaming action from the Elite Series to fans across all seven of its markets, including Singapore.
Gfinity’s Elite Series aims be one of the most innovative, engaging, entertaining and technologically advanced esports platforms in the world, bringing together eight professional franchises competing across three games; Street Fighter V, Counterstrike:GO (CS:GO); and Rocket League.
The eight teams, which include Team EnVyUs, an American team who were recently crowned International Team of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards and Epsilon Esports who are Belgium based competitive gaming veterans with one of the top European CS:GO teams, will face off in Elite Series with each having drafted top amateur talent into their roster from the online Gfinity Challenger Series.
This means the very best teams and players will compete in a 7-week regular season featuring round robin league fixtures, followed by semi-finals and finals. All matches will be held at the Gfinity Esports Arena in Fulham Broadway, London.
Eleven Sports will show live and exclusive coverage of the premium action, along with preview and review shows, behind the scenes footage, documentary and magazine content and industry interviews and features.
“Esports is growing rapidly worldwide and we are thrilled to be able to bring this new, relevant content to Singapore,” said Shalu Wasu, Managing Director, Eleven Sports Singapore.
“Gfinity aims to create a community where gamers can play, share, watch and learn via dynamic and engaging content. This makes it the perfect partner for Eleven Sports in line with our strategy to bring fans close to the action, creating a go to destination where a community of dedicated and passionate millennial fans can access a diverse range of content that is tailor-made for them.”
“Eleven Sports distributes some of the biggest sporting events which makes them a natural fit for all the competitive video game action that the Elite Series has to offer in full HD, globally.” said Neville Upton, CEO, Gfinity plc.
Across all of its properties, Gfinity has organised 4.2 million gaming sessions which have achieved more than 100 million views to date across more than 20 countries with a total of 1.2 billion minutes watched, making it one of the world’s leading esports companies and the UK’s premium esports Tournament operator.
