Sujoy Roy, a former Quake pro and the creator of Gamerbase (which was bought by HMV), has joined ESL.
He started on February 1st and is working as part of the International Publisher and Developer Relations team.
He’ll be based in London for the time being and liaising with the rest of the ESL team who are based in Burbank.
Sujoy said that ESL UK is sharing with games industry trade body Ukie in Holborn at the moment so he’ll be based next to them. But his role is with ESL globally, not ESL UK.
“It’s exciting and a real privilege to be joining the world’s largest esports brand at a time when our industry is growing so quickly.”
Sujoy started playing Quake in the ’90s, before quitting his job in early 2000 to go professional. He secured several top sponsorship deals at a time when esports was barely a thing.
He’s since worked in events management and has held various roles in the games industry (see more info on his background here).
Sujoy also launched live gaming destination Gamerbase, which was purchased by HMV in 2008, and more recently, helped launch university esports initiative Varsity Games.
I’ve started work at ESL, my first “proper” job for 17 years. Can’t play games all day anymore, but ESL One will be an expensed trip now!
— Sujoy Roy (@sujoy_r) February 15, 2017
Sujoy told Esports News UK: “I’ve been attending and watching ESL events since they started all those years ago. Now I get to be an insider.
“It’s exciting and a real privilege to be joining the world’s largest esports brand at a time when our industry is growing so quickly.”
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
