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Toronto-based Enthusiast Gaming, the parent company of esports organisation Luminosity Gaming, has completed the purchase of Vedatsis SAS, the owner of strategy guide platform Icy Veins. Enthusiast Gaming’s planned €7m (£∼6.01m) acquisition of Icy Veins was first announced in March this year. Credit: Enthusiast Gaming RELATED: Enthusiast Gaming set...

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Canadian esports company Enthusiast Gaming announced that it has closed its acquisition of Vedatis, which owns Icy Veins — a platform dedicated to guides for Activision Blizzard games including Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch — for €7M EUR ($8.51M USD). Icy Veins founders Damien Thivolle and Vlad-Matei Mladin will remain with the company long-term to operate the website.   The acquisition...

The Global Esports Federation (GEF) has announced that the first three host cities for its multi-title esports competition, the Global Esports Games, will be Singapore, Istanbul, and Riyadh. Singapore will host this year’s event, scheduled to take place in December 2021, with Istanbul, Turkey and...