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EE and EXCEL ESPORTS launch EE Ultimate Gamer featuring comedian Munya Chawawa and TikToker Ollie Ball
- The Twitch stream will see comedian Munya Chawawa, pro-Fortnite player Wolfiez, TikToker Ollie Ball and content creator ImAngelikaa battle it out
- Each player will compete in five rounds of Halo Infinite, FIFA 22, and Forza Horizon 5
- The event will be hosted live from a house totally powered by EE Full Fibre on 30th March
- Fans can catch all the action over on EXCEL Twitch TV
Today EE, the UK’s best mobile network, and British competitive gaming culture brand EXCEL ESPORTS announce the launch of EE Ultimate Gamer. The event includes a six-hour Twitch stream held on the 30th of March and will see four famous UK personalities compete against each other across three separate games, Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5 and FIFA 22, in a house all powered by EE’s Full Fibre broadband.
EE Ultimate Gamer will feature famous faces going head to head across three separate games, including comedian Munya Chawawa, EXCEL’s professional Fortnite player Jaden ‘Wolfiez’ Ashman and TikToker Ollie Ball and Royal Raven’s content creator Angelika ‘ImAngelikaa’ Slon. Each competitor will play five rounds of Halo Infinite, FIFA, and Forza on EE’s Full Fibre broadband, and the player with the highest total of kills, goals and race position finishes across all three titles will be crowned EE’s Ultimate Gamer.
The stream will be hosted by esports personality Adam Savage live from a house fully powered by EE’s Full Fibre broadband with broadcast production from GINX TV.
EE’s Full Fibre broadband can handle anything. It enables users to connect 100 devices simultaneously with an ultrafast gigabit connection on brand new cutting-edge broadband technology, powered by BT. The strength of EE’s Full Fibre broadband is perfect for busy connected homes providing extra capacity for multiple online gaming users for the ultimate gaming experience, boxset bingeing, live streaming on social media and everything in between.
Comedian Munya Chawawa commented: “You mean I get to game as part of my work?! I’m in heaven – EE Ultimate Gamer, prepare to face the lean, mean Zimbabwean button-bashing machine!”
Commercial Director at EXCEL ESPORTS, Mark Carter comments: “EXCEL and EE share a joint passion for creating entertaining events and content for the UK gaming community, and we are thrilled to announce the launch of EE Ultimate Gamer!
“Bringing together one of the best UK professional gamers Wolfiez, the humour of Munya and Ollie and entertainment from ImAngelikaa – it’s set to be a really fun and engaging stream. We are looking forward to our fans and community to tune in and see who will be crowned EE Ultimate Gamer champion!”
Pete Jeavons, Director of Marketing Communications at EE, said: “This new gaming experience produced by EE and competitive gaming culture brand EXCEL is another new and exciting way to showcase the power of EE’s Full Fibre broadband. As the best network for gaming, we know how important it is for gamers to have great connection while playing and streaming. With EE’s Full Fibre, this 6-hour streaming experience will be a seamless and uninterrupted one.”
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Zenni Optical, the world’s leading online eyewear retailer, announced a partnership with ESL FACEIT Group (EFG), the leading esports and video game entertainment company. Designed to integrate eye health education with innovative eyewear solutions for the esports community, the partnership will officially launch at DreamHack festival in Dallas, taking place from May 31 to June 2.
This collaboration will showcase a co-branded collection of lifestyle and competitive eyewear and accessories, highlighting Zenni Optical’s commitment to promoting overall eye health, particularly in addressing issues like eye fatigue and strain. Additionally, the initiative will incorporate essential eye health education across various DreamHack Festivals, in alignment with EFG’s broader mission to foster inclusive gaming worlds and engaged, supported communities.
“DreamHack and ESL represent some of the most community-centric and prestigious competitive events in the world. In their own unique ways, they embody esports for everyone. By partnering with these incredible brands across the gaming and esports spaces, we aim to create engaging experiences that combine eye-health education with innovative eyewear solutions for players and fans at all levels,” said Robb Chiarini, Head of Gaming, Sports, & Events at Zenni Optical.
“We are thrilled to partner with Zenni Optical as the Official Eyewear Partner of DreamHack and ESL. The genuine passion that Zenni has for the esports industry is a refreshing sight to see, and a major driving factor for the decision behind our partnership. Zenni’s ongoing commitment to provide eyewear for everyone mirrors our own drive to create worlds beyond gameplay for gamers everywhere,” Craig Levine, Co-CEO at EFG, said.
Bucks Gaming’s Cream City Convergence Esports Tournament has been selected as a Capcom Pro Tour event, becoming one of just three tournaments in North America chosen to be a qualifier for the prestigious Capcom Cup.
The Capcom Cup is an annual Street Fighter 6 competition, hosted by video game developer and esports organizer Capcom, with a $1 million first place prize. Each year, Capcom selects a small number of tournaments worldwide to serve as Capcom Pro Tour events, with the winning players from each event qualifying for the Capcom Cup. As one of the tournaments selected by Capcom for the honor this year, Cream City Convergence will become the first esports event run by an NBA team to work with a major esports organizer.
Top-ranked Street Fighter 6 players will compete at Cream City Convergence when it returns for its second year on Saturday, Aug. 24, at Baird Center. In addition to Street Fighter 6, this year’s tournament will also have brackets for Tekken 8; Super Smash Bros Ultimate; Super Smash Bros Melee; and Guilty Gear: Strive.
The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has announced Kambi and Abios, its esports data subsidiary, as new ESIC Anti-Corruption Supporters. This partnership signals the alignment of Kambi’s longstanding commitment to corporate probity and sports integrity with ESIC’s ongoing battle against match-fixing and corruption in esports.
Kambi and Abios join a distinguished class of other Anti-Corruption Supporter stakeholders who have historically worked with ESIC to ensure that attacks against the competitive integrity of esports competition are appropriately reported and dealt with. Anti-Corruption Supporters assist ESIC in investigating suspicious betting activity, supporting ESIC’s broader mission to combat cheating and betting fraud in the esports industry. Kambi and Abios’ entrance into the Anti-Corruption Supporter class will see the entities actively work with ESIC to assist in ESIC’s mission to disrupt, prevent, investigate and prosecute all attempts to compromise competitive integrity in esport competition.
Abios’ Managing Director and Founder, Anton Janér, commented: “Our mission at Abios has always been to enable the sustainable growth of esports. As such, we’re incredibly excited to join ESIC in their mission to future-proof esports through combatting match-fixing and other integrity-related malpractices. Fair play is a crucial component in ensuring the viability of esports as a long-term community and investment and we hope to be able to support the industry together with ESIC going forward.”
Stephen Hanna, ESIC’s Chief Executive Officer, commented: “We are pleased to welcome Kambi and Abios as Anti-Corruption Supporters. Kambi and Abios are well trusted and recognised operators in their respective industries, and their entrance into the Anti-Corruption Supporter class of ESIC membership emphasises their shared commitment to upholding the highest standards of integrity and fair play within the esports industry.”
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