RE: Recruitment25 Aug 2023 09:37
Press release
25 August 2023
Guild Esports PLC
("Guild Esports", "Guild", or "the Company")
Entry into Street Fighter
Collaboration with Sky for Street Fighter tournament launch
Guild Esports PLC (LSE: GILD; OTCQB: GULDF), a global gaming-focused media business, is pleased to announce the launch today of a new professional team to compete in Street Fighter 6, marking the Company's first entry into competitive Street Fighter.
The Company's new team, which will compete under the Guild banner, comprises Reneil "JoKeR JoKeZ" Landell (UK), Rabiae "Takamura" Houmaid (BE) and Alfonso "VegaPatch" Martínez Pozo (ES). Guild believes the new team will create new revenue-generating and audience growth opportunities for the Company.
Street Fighter is a long-running fighting game series, featuring hand-to-hand combat between two arcade characters. Street Fighter has built a thriving esports scene, and the game's audience continues to grow; in June 2023, the CR Cup Street Fighter tournament had more than 313,000 concurrent viewers, making it the most popular video game on streaming site Twitch at the time (source: Dexerto, 2023).