Esports Entertainment partners with The Coalition to run Gears 5 video game tournament

Esports Entertainment Group Inc said it has teamed up with The Coalition to host the Esports Gaming League (EGL) Open Series, a nine-month tournament that will be run using Esports Entertainment’s tournament platform to track player’s performance, rankings and leaderboard.

The EGL Open Series, founded in 2020, was created to promote tournament participation in Gears 5, a third-person shooter video game, from grassroots to professional level in Europe and South America.

“We are extremely excited to add The Coalition to our growing catalog of tournament partners here,” EGL general manager Glen Elliott said in a statement.

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“Our working relationship dates back to 2017, so the expertise on both sides will not only be beneficial to a continued partnership, but also to the competitors who will experience a top-notch event in all aspects,” Glen Elliott added.

The Coalition, which is part of Xbox Game Studios and the developers behind Gears of War, has produced content broadcasts with EGL in the past.

The EGL Open Series will run over the next nine months with three splits of tournaments. Each will culminate in a Split Finals, where there will be $7,500 worth of prize money distributed.

Throughout the tournament, over $45,000 of total prize money will be up for grabs among the competition, with the finals set to take place in June 2022.

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