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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 Esports, We Got This Covered,'' ''The Mary Sue'', and ''Prima Games''. GAMURS is based out of

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, with an office in

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History

In 2010, at the age of 14, Riad Chikhani and Phillip Luu established Rune Gear, an online portal for the game ''

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''. They sold the business at the age of 17 to focus on school. This portal motivated the pair to develop a similar business but for a wider variety of games, which later became the GAMURS Group. GAMURS began as a social network for gamers after joining the NRMA Jumpstart program run by the Slingshot Accelerator. Shortly after the program ended, the company raised $500,000 in a seed round. GAMURS acquired two platforms, TeamFind and CSGOTeamFinder. On February 14, 2016, these sites merged to provide team and player-finding functionality for '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' and '' League of Legends''. GAMURS raised an additional $500,000 in another seed round in April 2016. On April 26, 2016, GAMURS acquired esports publication websites ''eSports-Nation.com'', ''GoldPer10'', and ''eSports.guru.'' Once the acquisitions were completed, the three platforms were merged, making GAMURS a content provider for titles such as '' Call of Duty: Black Ops III'', '' Halo 5: Guardians'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. On June 11, GAMURS launched EsportsWikis, an online encyclopedia dedicated to esports. On September 19, it acquired esports news outlet ''SplitPush.net''. On October 28, GAMURS acquired ''Dot Esports'' from ''

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''. On November 9, 2020, GAMURS acquired ''Pro Game Guides'', a source for gaming guides. On June 28, 2021, GAMURS acquired ''We Got This Covered'', a news site for film, TV, comics, and entertainment culture. On November 17, GAMURS acquired the website ''The Mary Sue'', a website intended to highlight women in the geek culture space and provide a space for minority and underrepresented voices. On January 3, 2022, GAMURS announced the acquisition of

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, a gaming media company. On February 10, it announced the acquisition of Twinfinite, a website focused on video game news, reviews, features, and opinions. On September 30, it confirmed the acquisition of several websites from

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, including ''

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'', '' The Escapist'', ''PC Invasion'', and ''Siliconera''.

References

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