Enthusiast Gaming

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Enthusiast Gaming
Enthusiast Gaming Holdings
Company type Public
Nasdaq:  EGLX
TSX:  EGLX
IndustryVideo game journalism
Founded2014;10 years ago (2014)
FounderMenashe Kestenbaum
Headquarters
Los Angeles
,
CA
Key people
 Francesco Aquilini (Chairman)
Nick Brien (CEO)
Subsidiaries Luminosity Gaming
Website https://www.enthusiastgaming.com

Enthusiast Gaming is a Canadian digital media company specializing in video game journalism. Founded in 2014 by entrepreneur Menashe Kestenbaum, the company owned the websites Destructoid and Escapist Magazine from 2014 to September 2022, as well the gaming convention Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo (EGLX). The company went public on the TSX Venture Exchange in October 2018. [1] In January 2020, the company's listing moved to the Toronto Stock Exchange. [2] In April 2021, the company also began trading on the Nasdaq. [3] Enthusiast Gaming owns a number of websites and runs an annual convention in Toronto.

Contents

Brands

Websites

Former

Gamurs Group acquired six websites and several brands from Enthusiast Gaming in September 2022: [13]

  • Destructoid (acquired 2017) [14]
    • Flixist (acquired 2017)
    • Japanator (acquired 2017 and merged into Siliconera)
    • Gamnesia (acquired 2018 and merged into Nintendo Enthusiast)
    • Nintendo Enthusiast (founded 2011 by Enthusiast Gaming founder and merged into Destructoid)
  • The Escapist (acquired 2018) [15]
    • Gameumentary (acquired 2018)
    • Only Single Player (acquired 2016)
  • Operation Sports (acquired 2018)
  • PC Invasion (acquired 2018)
    • PC Enthusiast (founded 2015 and merged into PC Invasion)
  • Siliconera (acquired 2019)
  • Upcomer (founded 2021)
    • Daily Esports (founded 2018 and merged into Upcomer)
  • Xbox Enthusiast (founded 2015, website closed in 2019)
  • PlayStation Enthusiast (founded 2015, website closed in 2019)

Esports teams

Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo

The Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo (EGLX) was an annual gaming convention hosted at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. [19] It is billed as Canada's largest video game convention, with a reported peak of 30,000 attendees. [20] In October 2018, Enthusiast Gaming announced that EGLX will host the World Electronic Sports Games Canadian Championship. [21] EGLX 2020 was delayed from October to November due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and was hosted live on streaming services. No public plans to resume hosting Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo have been announced.

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