Enthusiast Gaming is a Canadian digital media company specializing in

video game journalism Video game journalism is a branch of journalism concerned with the reporting and discussion of video games, typically based on a core "reveal–preview–review" cycle. With the prevalence and rise of independent media online, online publicat ...

. Founded in 2014 by entrepreneur Menashe Kestenbaum, the company owns the websites ''

Destructoid ''Destructoid'' is a website that was founded as a video game-focused blog in March 2006 by Yanier Gonzalez, a Cuban-American cartoonist and author. Enthusiast Gaming acquired the website in 2017, and sold it to Gamurs Group in 2022. History ' ...

'' and ''Escapist Magazine'', as well the

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Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo (EGLX). The company went public on the

TSX Venture Exchange The TSX Venture Exchange is a stock exchange in Canada. It is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, with offices in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. All trading through the Exchange is done electronically, so the Exchange does not have a "trading f ...

in October 2018. In January 2020 the company's listing moved to the

Toronto Stock Exchange The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX; french: Bourse de Toronto) is a stock exchange located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the 10th largest exchange in the world and the third largest in North America based on market capitalization. Based in t ...

. In April 2021, the company also began trading on the Nasdaq.

Brands

Enthusiast Gaming owns a number of websites and runs an annual convention in Toronto.

Websites

* ''Daily Esports'' (founded 2018) * ''DiabloII Net & Wiki'' (acquired 2018) * ''Gaming Street'' (founded 2019) * ''Nintendo Enthusiast'' (founded 2011, by Enthusiast Gaming founder) * ''Gamnesia'' (acquired 2018) * ''Planet Destiny'' (acquired 2019) * ''PlayStation Enthusiast'' (founded 2015) * Steel Media ( ''Pocket Gamer'') (acquired 2019) * The Sims Resource (acquired 2019) * ''Xbox Enthusiast'' (founded 2015) * Omnia Media (acquired 2020) * '' Icy Veins'' (acquired 2021) * ''Tabstats'' (acquired 2021) * ''GameKnot'' (acquired 2021)

Former

Gamurs Group The GAMURS Group, simply known as Gamurs, is an esports media and entertainment publisher. Established in December 2014, the group operates multiple brands focusing on the esports and entertainment news markets, including the websites: ''Dot Esp ...

acquired six websites from Enthusiast Gaming in September 2022: * ''

'' (acquired 2017) ** ''Flixist'' (acquired 2017) ** ''Japanator'' (acquired 2017, merged into Siliconera) * ''The Escapist'' (acquired 2018) ** ''Gameumentary'' (acquired 2018) ** ''Only Single Player'' (acquired 2016) * ''Operation Sports'' (acquired 2018) * ''PC Invasion'' (acquired 2018) * ''Siliconera'' (acquired 2019) * ''Upcomer'' (founded 2021)

Esports teams

Vancouver Titans The Vancouver Titans are a professional ''Overwatch'' esports team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Titans compete in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the league's West region. Founded in 2018, the Vancouver Titans beg ...

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Overwatch ''Overwatch'' is a multimedia franchise centered on a series of online multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) video games developed by Blizzard Entertainment: ''Overwatch'' released in 2016, and ''Overwatch 2'' released in 2022. Both games fea ...

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Overwatch League The Overwatch League (OWL) is a professional esports league for the video game ''Overwatch'', produced by its developer, Blizzard Entertainment. The Overwatch League follows the model of other traditional North American professional sporting lea ...

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Seattle Surge Seattle Surge is a professional Call of Duty League (CDL) team located in Seattle, Washington. Representing the Luminosity Gaming esports organization, the Surge are owned and operated by Enthusiast Gaming and Canucks Sports & Entertainment. H ...

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Call of Duty ''Call of Duty'' is a first-person shooter video game Media franchise, franchise published by Activision. Starting out in 2003, it first focused on games set in World War II. Over time, the series has seen games set in the midst of the Cold W ...

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Luminosity Gaming Luminosity Gaming is a professional esports organization based in North America. It has teams competing in '' Call of Duty, Overwatch, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege'', '' Super Smash Bros.'', ''Fortnite,'' ''Apex Legends and Rocket League''. ...

(multiple titles)

EGLX

Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo (EGLX) is an annual gaming convention hosted at the

Metro Toronto Convention Centre Metro Toronto Convention Centre (originally and still colloquially Metro Convention Centre, and sometimes MTCC), is a convention complex located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada along Front Street (Toronto), Front Street West in the former Railway Land ...

. It is billed as Canada's largest video game convention, with a reported peak of 30,000 attendees. In October 2018, Enthusiast Gaming announced that EGLX will host the

World Electronic Sports Games World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) is an international esports championship tournament based in Shanghai and organized by AliSports. The first edition has a total prize pool of over . The finals were held in December 2016. The World Electronic ...

Canadian Championship.

References

External links

* * {{Official website, https://eglx.ca/, name=Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo Mass media companies established in 2014 Video game journalism Companies based in Toronto Companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange Companies formerly listed on the TSX Venture Exchange