EGLX on NASDAQ

Enthusiast Gaming

Logo: enthusiastgaming.com5

Canadian digital media company

Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. is a Canadian digital media company specializing in video game journalism. Founded in 2014 by entrepreneur Menashe Kestenbaum, the company owned the websites Destructoid and Escapist Magazine from 2014 to September 2022, as well the gaming convention Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo (EGLX) from 2015 to 2019. The company went public on the TSX Venture Exchange in October 2018.3 It is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2014Founded1

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  • TickerEGLX on NASDAQ1
  • HeadquartersToronto, Canada1
  • Websitewww.enthusiastgaming.com
  • Legal formpublic company1
  • Listed onToronto Stock Exchange (EGLX), Nasdaq (EGLX)1
  • LEI5493007TD7TFIXFV9Q624
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)4
  • Registered address1100 Melville St., V6E 4A6 Vancouver, Canada4
  • Registered withBC Registry Services, BC11697374
Enthusiast Gaming image from its website
Image: enthusiastgaming.com5

Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. is a Canadian digital media company specializing in video game journalism. Founded in 2014 by entrepreneur Menashe Kestenbaum, the company owned the websites Destructoid and Escapist Magazine from 2014 to September 2022, as well the gaming convention Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo (EGLX) from 2015 to 2019.3

Corporate structure

Enthusiast Gaming sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Major holders of Enthusiast Gaming

  • Enthusiast Gaming Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Luminosity Gaming Subsidiary · Toronto, Canada
    • Seattle Surge Owned · Seattle
    • The Escapist Owned
    • The Sims Resource Owned
    • Vancouver Titans Owned · Vancouver, Canada

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Enthusiast Gaming reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Seattle Surge
  • The Escapist
  • The Sims Resource
  • Vancouver Titans

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

Websites

DiabloII Net & Wiki (acquired 2018)

Gaming Street (founded 2019)

Planet Destiny (acquired 2019)

Steel Media (Pocket Gamer) (acquired 2019)

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The Sims Resource (acquired 2019)

Omnia Media (acquired 2020)

Vedatis (Icy Veins) (acquired 2021)

Tabwire (Tabstats) (acquired 2021)

GameKnot (acquired 2021)

Addicting Games (acquired 2021)

U.GG (acquired 2021)

Beyond Games (founded 2021)

Former

Gamurs Group acquired six websites and several brands from Enthusiast Gaming in September 2022:

Destructoid (acquired 2017)

Flixist (acquired 2017)

Japanator (acquired 2017 and merged into Siliconera)

Gamnesia (acquired 2018 and merged into Nintendo Enthusiast)

Nintendo Enthusiast (founded 2011 by Enthusiast Gaming founder and merged into Destructoid)

The Escapist (acquired 2018)

Gameumentary (acquired 2018)

Only Single Player (acquired 2016)

Operation Sports (acquired 2018)

PC Invasion (acquired 2018)

PC Enthusiast (founded 2015 and merged into PC Invasion)

Siliconera (acquired 2019)

Upcomer (founded 2021)

Daily Esports (founded 2018 and merged into Upcomer)

Xbox Enthusiast (founded 2015, website closed in 2019)

PlayStation Enthusiast (founded 2015, website closed in 2019)

From Wikipedia’s article on Enthusiast Gaming, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Luminosity Gaming

Also owns

  • Seattle Surge
  • Vancouver Titans
  • The Escapist since 2018
  • The Sims Resource since 2019

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2019Acquired The Sims Resource1
  2. 2018Acquired The Escapist1

Timeline

  1. Apr 2021Went public Listed on NASDAQ1
  2. Jan 2020Went public Listed on Toronto Stock Exchange1
  3. 2019Acquisition Acquired The Sims Resource1
  4. 2018Acquisition Acquired The Escapist1
  5. 2017Acquisition Acquired Destructoid1
  6. 2014Founded Founded1

Filings

1 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 1 large holders. The latest 1:

  1. Nov 16, 2021SC 13D SCHEDULE 13D EDGAR

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Major holders

Investors who own more than 5% of the shares must tell the SEC: a 13D if they may seek to influence the company, a 13G if they hold passively.

SEC filer profile

How Enthusiast Gaming is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGAREnthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc.2
  • CIK0001760247
  • Incorporated inOntario, Canada2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Business address150 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 203, Toronto, A6 M4P 1E82
  • Phone416-623-93602
  • On EDGAR sinceDec 11, 20182
  • Filings2 in all: D (1), SC 13D (1)2