GCN joins forces with Black Fire Innovation

Esports media group Gaming Group Community (GCN) has introduced a partnership with workspace supplier Black Hearth Innovation.

By way of this deal, GCN plans to realize a number of initiatives, resembling producing collegiate esports tournaments in addition to internet hosting and training content material creators. 

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Drew Brunson, Vice President of Partnerships and Activations at GCN, commented: “The collaboration between Black Hearth Innovation and GCN will additional esports innovation to create extra alternatives and collaboration within the broader video gaming trade.”

Black Hearth Innovation was created by means of a partnership between on line casino leisure firm Ceasars Leisure and the College of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

The partnership sees GCN will contribute to the curriculum of an esports and gaming grasp class sequence for UNLV college students to achieve expertise throughout the trade. Different manufacturers will even be inspired to interact with GCN’s programmes at Black Hearth Innovation’s amenities. 

Bo Bernhard, Ph.D., Interim Affiliate Vice President for UNLV Workplace of Financial Improvement and Government Director of UNLV Worldwide Gaming Institute, additionally commented: “One of many missions of Black Hearth Innovation is to advance the hospitality and gaming house as we all know it as we speak – by means of creativity, entrepreneurship, and the acceleration of latest applied sciences. GCN is an rising thought chief within the international esports group, and we’re delighted to collaborate with them at Black Hearth Innovation.”

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Black Hearth Innovation’s amenities additionally accommodated GCN and Van Wagner’s Collegiate Esports Invitational that passed off earlier this yr. 

Esports Insider says: By way of this partnership, GCN continues to develop North America’s collegiate esports scene. The mix of GCN’s trade experience with Black Hearth Innovation’s amenities is about to supply memorable esports and gaming experiences for college students and exterior manufacturers. 

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