Wichita, Kansas-based esports tournament operator and events company Unified announced Tuesday that it has acquired North American amateur League of Legends competition platform Challengers Uprising.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The leadership team at Challengers Uprising will join the team at Unified to continue helping to develop North American LoL talent.
Challengers Uprising CEO Chris Harris said in a video released on social media Tuesday that this unified team will continue to help build, streamline and improve path-to-pro for North American amateur players, shoutcasters, and other talents, with plans to create more and bigger events, including in-person competitions as COVID-19 begins to wind down.
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