- Announced that Luminosity Gaming has signed international Fortnite influencers, “Spencerâ€, “Beaksâ€, and “Plu†to its roster of over 50 professional esports players and video gaming influencers.Â
- The three influencers will continue creating and sharing content around the popular video game, Fortnite, to their combined network of 2.7 million followers.
TORONTO, Aug. 22, 2019 – Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. (TSXV: EGLX) (OTCQB: EGHIF), (“Enthusiast†or the “Companyâ€), one of the largest vertically integrated video gaming media companies in North America, is excited to announce that Luminosity Gaming (“Luminosityâ€) has signed international Fortnite influencers, “Spencerâ€, “Beaksâ€, and “Plu†to its roster of over 50 professional esports players and video gaming influencers.Â
The three influencers will continue creating and sharing content around the popular video game, Fortnite, to their combined network of 2.7 million followers. Luminosity continues to grow its combined reach of 60 million followers through signing new professional players and influencers and capitalizing on the 8 professional esports teams managed under the brand.
On May 31, 2019, Enthusiast announced a merger with Luminosity and Aquilini GameCo. and the combined entity will consist of over 85 gaming websites, 900 YouTube Channels, 8 professional esports teams and over 50 influencers. The network reaches over 200 million viewers on a monthly basis and has become one of the leading networks for advertisers wanting to target the sought after gaming demographic. These signings allow Enthusiast to continue to build customized sponsorship and marketing programs for large brands across its website network, esports teams and players and live events business.
Luminosity’s successful esports organization is an important component of the Enthusiast platform. One of the Company’s key growth priorities is Luminosity’s franchise appreciation through the growth of the talent roster and the continued development of content rich channels through players and influencers. Enthusiast will continue to leverage Luminosity’s leading industry presence, brand affinity, and growing roster of esports players and influencers to provide brands marketing and promotional strategies and partnerships.
Menashe Kestenbaum, CEO of Enthusiast commented, “With the rapid growth of esports, we are thrilled to have such a strong team of content creators and esports professional athletes under the Luminosity brand. Between Enthusiast’s online gaming communities and live events and Luminosity’s dominance in esports, there are significant synergies for growth and cross promotion across the entire platform. We are building a powerful integrated video game and esports ecosystem and continue to provide our brand partners customized marketing programs to effectively reach these gaming communities.â€
About Enthusiast Gaming
Enthusiast Gaming is one of the largest vertically integrated video game companies and has the fastest-growing online community of video gamers. Through the Company’s organic and acquisition strategy, it has amassed a platform of over 150 million monthly visitors across its network of websites and YouTube channels. Enthusiast also owns and operates Canada’s largest gaming expo, Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo, EGLX, (eglx.ca) with approximately 55,000 people attending in 2018. For more information on the Company, visit www.enthusiastgaming.com.
About Luminosity Gaming
Luminosity Gaming is one of the largest globally recognized esports organizations in the world, with over 50 professional esports players and influencers reaching 60 million collective followers. Luminosity has 8 world class esports teams competing across top games such as Fortnite, Apex, Rainbow Six: Seige, Counter Strike, Call of Duty, Madden, Smite, etc. For more information visit www.luminosity.gg
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