Ultra Prime Esports, formed in 2020 by

Nenking Group Nenking Group (), or Nanhai Nenking (), is a Chinese conglomerate founded on 28 March 1998 and based in Foshan, Guangdong, providing Real Estate, Property Management, Financial, Sports Culture, Pharmaceuticals, Investment Abroad, Trade Purchas ...

, is a professional

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franchise based in

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. Ultra Prime Esports manages Nenking's esports teams, such as

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History

Nenking established a new esports brand "Ultra Prime" for Nenking's esports business on 28 August 2020. Ultra Prime Esports manages Nenking's esports teams, such as

of the

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 ...

. On 17 December 2020, Nenking acquired the LPL team of the Chinese esports franchise "eStar Gaming". On 29 March 2021, Nenking Esports Center had its grand opening. Located in

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, Nenking Esports Center will be the base of Ultra Prime Esports and all of Nenking's esports teams. Nenking also announced that "eStar Gaming", their ''

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'' branch, had been rebranded to "Ultra Prime".

Teams

Guangzhou Charge (OWL)

Ultra Prime Academy (OWC)

On 8 August 2020, Nenking acquired an OWC team called "Ignition One (IO)" and rebranded the team to Ultra Prime Academy as the academy team of

Ultra Prime (LPL)

On 17 December 2020, LPL team eStar was acquired by Nenking. It was later renamed as "Ultra Prime" during the grand opening of Nenking Esports Center on 29 March 2021.

References

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