Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. is a Canadian digital media company specializing in

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. Founded in 2014 by entrepreneur Menashe Kestenbaum, the company owned the websites ''

Destructoid ''Destructoid'' is a website that was founded as a video game-focused blog in March 2006 by Yanier Gonzalez, a Cuban-American cartoonist and author. Enthusiast Gaming acquired the website in 2017 and sold it to Gamurs Group in 2022. Histor ...

'' and ''Escapist Magazine'' from 2014 to September 2022, as well the

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Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo (EGLX). The company went public on the

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in October 2018. In January 2020, the company's listing moved to the

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. The company was also trading on the

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from April 2021 to October 2023. Enthusiast Gaming owns a number of websites and runs an annual convention in Toronto.

Brands

Websites

* ''DiabloII Net & Wiki'' (acquired 2018) * ''Gaming Street'' (founded 2019) * ''Planet Destiny'' (acquired 2019) * Steel Media (''

Pocket Gamer ''Pocket Gamer'' is a video game website and former print magazine that focuses on mobile, portable and handheld games. It was launched in 2005 by Steel Media Limited. The publication covers portable and mobile gaming formats, including iPhone, ...

'') (acquired 2019) * The Sims Resource (acquired 2019) * Omnia Media (acquired 2020) * Vedatis (''Icy Veins'') (acquired 2021) * Tabwire (''Tabstats'') (acquired 2021) * ''GameKnot'' (acquired 2021) * ''Addicting Games'' (acquired 2021) * ''U.GG'' (acquired 2021) * ''Beyond Games'' (founded 2021)

Former

Gamurs Group acquired six websites and several brands from Enthusiast Gaming in September 2022: * ''

'' (acquired 2017) ** ''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) ** ''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

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Seattle Surge Vancouver Surge is a professional Call of Duty League (CDL) team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Representing the Luminosity Gaming esports organization, the Surge are owned and operated by Enthusiast Gaming and Canucks Sports ...

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Call of Duty ''Call of Duty'' is a first-person shooter military video game series and media franchise published by Activision, starting in 2003. The games were first developed by Infinity Ward, then by Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games. Several spin-of ...

'') * Luminosity Gaming (multiple titles)

Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo

The Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo (EGLX) was an annual gaming convention hosted at the

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. It is billed as Canada's largest video game convention, with a reported peak of 30,000 attendees. In October 2018, Enthusiast Gaming announced that EGLX will host the

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Canadian Championship. 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.

References

External links

* * {{Official website, https://eglx.ca/, name=Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo Mass media companies established in 2014 Video game journalism Companies based in Toronto Companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange Companies formerly listed on the TSX Venture Exchange