Saudi Arabia Now Co-Owns Biggest Street Fighter Tournament Of The Year

Saudi Arabia Now Co-Owns Biggest Street Fighter Tournament Of The Year

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Saudi government-backed firm and "giga project" now co-owns fighting game tournament Evo

A company backed by the Saudi Arabian government's Public Investment Fund have become the co-owner of the Evolution Championship Series (Evo) fighting game tournament. Following Sony's sale of their stake in Evo, with India-based esports company Nodwin gaming buying it up, the event's co-owners have been Nodwin and talent management company RTS. Well, RTS have now been bought by Qiddiya Investment Company, a PIF-backed firm that's also overseein…

Fighting game players in uproar after Evo's new Saudi government owners, calls to support grassroots events

Fighting game players are up in arms following news that RTS - a gaming talent agency and owner of the Evo tournament series - has been acquired by the Saudi Arabian mega city project Qiddiya.

Saudi Arabia's Qiddiya fully acquires Evo organizers RTS to take charge of the largest fighting game tournaments in the world

The Evolution Championship Series has been running and growing as the largest fighting game events in the world, and they'll apparently be under some new ownership now.Saudi Arabia's Qiddiya announced their full acquisition of Evo's co-owner ...

Saudi firm acquires co-ownership of Evo fighting game tournaments

The long-running fighting game tournaments are now co-owned by PIF-backed Qiddiya…