{"id":22148,"date":"2021-09-19T20:42:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T20:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/team-nigma-and-galaxy-racer-announce-merger"},"modified":"2024-07-19T22:58:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T22:58:51","slug":"team-nigma-and-galaxy-racer-announce-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/team-nigma-and-galaxy-racer-announce-merger","title":{"rendered":"Team Nigma and Galaxy Racer announce merger to create Nigma Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Team Nigma, the esports organisation founded by Dota 2’s The International 7 winners, is set to join forces with Galaxy Racer to become Nigma Galaxy.<\/p>\n

Nigma Galaxy will head up the organisation’s esports efforts whilst the Galaxy Racer branding will be retained for its content creators, tournaments management, merchandising and lifestyle and GXR Records; a newly established record label.<\/p>\n

Team Nigma and Galaxy Racer announce merger<\/h2>\n

The Galaxy Racer esports team (which will now be rebranded as Nigma Galaxy), comprises over 60 players from over 20 different countries and field teams in Fortnite, CS:GO, League of Legends and Dota 2. They also previously fielded a Rocket League team<\/a> before dropping their European roster at the culmination of Season 10 of the Rocket League Championship Series.<\/p>\n

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Team Nigma will head up Galaxy Racer’s esports offering under the Nigma Galaxy name. (Picture: Galaxy Racer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Galaxy Racer, much like Team Nigma, was founded in 2019 and is based out of Abu Dhabi in the UAE. The organisation fields 80 of the world’s biggest content creators across the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) and Asia on its roster and boasts over 330 million followers across all of its platforms.<\/p>\n

They have recently made a number of strategic moves which suggest a move to be more Europe-facing. This follows after Danny Lopez, the former Director of Marketing and Brand at Guild Esports, joined Galaxy Racer as the Chief Content Officer<\/a> and acquired deals with  Spanish football’s top-flight football league (LaLiga). They also recently signed the mother of Fortnite pro, Benjy “benjyfishy” David Fish, as a content creator in her own right.<\/p>\n

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Benjyfishy (left) is one of Fortnite’s most recognisable names and his mum has got in on the act too. (Picture: Galaxy Racer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n