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Gearhouse’s esports vision helps to deliver the FACEIT London Major in venue and online in 1080p FACEIT is a leading competitive platform for online multiplayer games, with more than eight million users logging more than 12 million online gaming sessions each month. The esports giant allows players to easily play in tournaments and leagues for virtual and physical prizes through automated tournament management and competitive gaming technology. When FACEIT announced it was bringing the world’s most prestigious CS:GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) esports competition to the UK with the FACEIT London Major, it required expert support to be able to 50 MARCH ‘19
deliver the ambitious 1080p broadcast it had planned.
Majors and minors There were two parts to the project. The first was the FACEIT Minors, which was held at London’s Twickenham Stadium. The winners of which then crossed the city to compete for a prize pool of $1,000,000 at the FACEIT London Major which was held at the SSE Arena, Wembley. With passionate sell-out crowds following on the big screens within the arena and a huge global tech-savvy audience watching online, the production had to be
technically and creatively perfect. If it wasn’t, it could damage FACEIT’s standing among esports fans. Gearhouse Broadcast and FACEIT first collaborated at the Esports Championship Series (ECS) at SSE Arena, Wembley. The event offered the perfect test bed for the FACEIT London Major which would take place at the same venue three months later.
A vision of the future For both events, Gearhouse was tasked with providing the core vision facilities for the 1080p production. It was