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RNS Number : 1018W  Guild Esports PLC  08 December 2023

Press release

 

8 December 2023

 

Guild Esports PLC

 

("Guild Esports", "Guild", or "the Company")

 

Counter-Strike Roster Finalised in Preparation For Esports World Cup

 

Guild Esports PLC (LSE: GILD; OTCQB: GULDF), a global gaming-focused media
business, is pleased to announce that following the announcement of a new
Counter-Strike team on 21 August 2023, Guild has finalised its professional
roster, signing five professional players as well as coaching staff to support
the team.

 

The team, which competes under the banner of 'Guild Eagles', previously
competed together as 'Bad News Eagles'. It comprises Kosovan players Genc
"gxx-" Kolgeci, Flatron "juanflatroo" Halimi, Sener "SENER1" Mahuti, Dionis
"sinnopsyy" Budeci, and Swiss player Rigon "rigoN" Gashi. Guild has
additionally hired the team's coaching staff: Jonatan 'Devilwalk' Lundberg,
Kevin 'Krystal' Amend, and Keiran 'KayJay' Playfair. James Banks, who
previously managed the team, has joined the Company as a consultant. The Guild
Eagles has a growing audience in both the players' home region and across the
world, with a combined social media reach of over 500,000 across Twitter,
Instagram and Twitch.

 

The team has achieved competitive success as Bad News Eagles, qualifying and
competing at three Counter-Strike majors in Antwerp, Rio and Paris and in
2023, the team won a total of $96,000 in prize money. Since joining Guild, the
team has seen immediate competitive success, winning eight out of its last 10
matches. Guild Eagles recently beat G2 Esports, the fifth-ranked team in the
world.

 

The Guild Eagles join the Company ahead of the Esports World Cup, to be hosted
in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in summer 2024. Guild intends to compete in the World
Cup as part of the Company's strategy to establish a foothold in the MENA
region. Gaming and esports are increasingly popular in MENA, which is
estimated to have 87.9 million gamers by 2026 (source: Statista, 2023), and
acts as a geographic bridge between Europe, Asia and Africa, all of which have
well-established gaming communities.

 

At the Esports World Cup, the world's biggest esports teams will compete
across multiple genres of esports, each esports organisation will be expected
to compete across all esports, with the winner crowned the best esports
organisation in the world. It is expected to have the largest prize fund in
esports history (source: Reuters, 2023).

 

Guild Eagles are Guild's second Counter-Strike roster, following Guild's
signing of an all-female Counter-Strike team in March 2023. The funding to
launch the Guild Eagles was provided by multiple sources, including a national
esports federation.

 

Jasmine Skee, CEO of Guild Esports, commented: "Counter-Strike is a legendary
esport that continues to grow in popularity. For a number of years Guild has
explored how best to enter the esport, and we were delighted to launch our
all-female team earlier this year. The Esports World Cup provides the perfect
opportunity to expand our Counter-Strike presence, and we're thrilled to have
the Eagles on board. They have immediately hit the ground running at Guild,
putting in some incredible performances in the short time since they joined -
we can't wait to see what they can do at the World Cup next year."

 

For further information please contact:

 Guild Esports
 Jasmine Skee                                               via Tancredi +44 207 887 7633

 Chief Executive
 Tennyson Securities
 Corporate Broker                                           +44 207 186 9030

 Peter Krens
 Tancredi Intelligent Communication

 Media Relations
 Helen Humphrey                                             +44 7449 226 720

 Charlie Hobbs                                              +44 7897 557 112

 Jasmine Gadhavi                                            +44 7931 435 236

 guild@tancredigroup.com (mailto:guild@tancredigroup.com)

 

About Guild Esports:

Guild Esports PLC is a global gaming-focused media business that fields
professional players in gaming competitions under the Guild banner. Our
in-house training academy aims to attract and nurture the best esports talent,
and our goal is to provide the ultimate entertainment experience alongside a
distinctive lifestyle brand authentic to the esports community worldwide.
Guild is led by an experienced management team of entertainment sector and
esports veterans and co-owned by David Beckham. The Company is headquartered
in the UK and its shares are listed on the Main Market of the London Stock
Exchange (ticker: GILD) and on the OTCQB Venture Market in the United States
(ticker: GULDF). Please visit www.guildesports.com
(http://www.guildesports.com) for more information.

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