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Excel Esports and Giants Gaming merge to form GiantX
British esports organisation Excel Esports and Spanish org Giants Gaming have announced a merger of both companies to […]
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December 14, 2023
Code Red Esports parent company GameSquare to acquire $16m-valued Faze Clan
Esports News UK Counter-Strike content powered by ENDX GameSquare, the parent company of UK-founded agency Code Red Esports, […]
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October 20, 2023
‘UK League of Legends is dead’ – NLC demoted to non-accredited ERL and adds Malta as Riot announces big changes to 2023 European LoL esports, merging it with MENA, Turkey & CIS
The NLC has this morning lost its accredited EMEA Regional League (ERL) status, as part of Riot Games’ […]
November 18, 2022
ESL and Faceit acquisition criticised over Saudi Arabia government funding
Two major esports tournament providers, ESL and Faceit, have joined forces under controversial circumstances. They willl now be […]
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January 24, 2022
X7 Esports acquire UK org Bulldog and bring founder Newts on board as director of esports
X7 Esports, the Isle of Man’s first professional esports organisation, have acquired UK organisation Bulldog Esports. Bulldog founder […]
September 5, 2021
Six UK esports orgs merge to form Coalesce: ‘CSGO is at the forefront of our goals, we want to reach top 100 in the HLTV rankings and take that ESL Prem title from Endpoint’
Six UK-based esports team organisations have merged to form a bigger org that the founders hope will help […]
August 26, 2021
Resolve Esports acquire Barrage Esports and will be playing in the League of Legends NLC
For transparency: Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco was hired on a freelance consultancy basis to help shape […]
May 7, 2021
ESL and DreamHack merge: ‘We will, together, continue to advance the innovation that drives this space via the most exceptional products and events’
Big-name esports event organisers ESL and DreamHack have merged, parent company Modern Times Group (MTG) has announced. In […]
October 1, 2020
Are org mergers a sign of things to come in the UK scene? Barrage and Dukes pool resources
UPDATE (July 31st): Dukes’ former owner Taylor Duke has sold the org/branding, meaning Dukes will still continue as […]
July 17, 2017
Team EndPoint merge with VATIC, acquire staff and Overwatch roster
Team Endpoint have today announced their merger with VATIC. The deal will see the team at VATIC joining […]
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November 29, 2016