Evil Geniuses is an American esports organization based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1999, the organization has fielded players in various fighting games, Call of Duty, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Fortnite Battle Royale, Halo, League of Legends, StarCraft II, Rocket League, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, and World of Warcraft. In May 2019, EG was acquired by PEAK6 Investments LLC, a Chicago-based investment company. While independently owned at the time of the acquisition, it was formerly a subsidiary of GoodGame Agency, which in turn was owned by Amazon.com through its division Twitch. EG's Dota 2 squad won The International 2015, receiving the largest prize payout in esports history at the time. Their Call of Duty: WWII roster won the 2018 Call of Duty Championship.
Sport | Call of Duty, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, League of Legends, Super Smash Bros, Rocket League |
Founded | 1999 |
Based in | Seattle, Washington, United States |
Head coach | Kanishka Sosale (Dota 2) |
Manager | Wilson Teng (Dota 2), Stephen Swims-Fuleihan (Rocket League), Andrew Barton (League of Legends) |
About Evil Geniuses
Former subsidiary of GoodGame Agency which was founded as a Counter-Strike team in Canada. CEO Alex Garfield began working for the team in 2004.
Achievement of Evil Geniuses
The eSports team was known for playing DotA, League of Legends, World of Warcraft, Halo, StarCraft II, Call of Duty, Rocket League and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. The DotA 2 squad won the The International 2015 and received the largest prize payout in the history of eSports at the time.
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Alex Garfield - Evil Geniuses is an eSports organization based in San Francisco. Founded in 1999, the organization fields players in various fighting games, Dota 2, League of Legends, StarCraft II, World of Warcraft, and Halo.. Fighting game player sponsors.. Former European League of Legends Championship Series teams.. Heroes of the Storm teams.. Rocket League teams.. Defunct and inactive StarCraft II teams.. Team Razer.. Super Smash Bros. player sponsors.. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege teams.. Call of Duty teams.. Dota teams.
Latest information about Evil Geniuses updated on July 28 2021.