GiantX

GIANTX

Short name	GX
Divisions	Esports Virtual Arenas (EVA) League of Legends Pokémon Champions Valorant
Founded	December 14, 2023 (December 14, 2023)
Based in	London, United Kingdom Málaga, Spain
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CEO	José Ramón Díaz
Website	giantx.gg

GiantX (stylized as GIANTX) is a European esports organisation with active rosters in League of Legends, Pokémon Champions, Valorant and Esports Virtual Arenas (EVA). The organisation was created as a result of a merger between Excel Esports and Giants Gaming on 14 December 2023.

GIANTX has two League of Legends divisions: one that competes in the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), the top level of professional League of Legends in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and an academy team that competes in the Liga Española de League of Legends (LES), the top level of professional League of Legends in Spain. The organisation also fields two players for Pokémon Champions who compete in VGC tournaments, two Valorant teams that competes in the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) EMEA and Game Changers, and a Esports Virtual Arenas (EVA) team.

History

GIANTX was formed in December 2023 as a result of the merger between Excel Esports and Giants Gaming, with Excel CEO Tim Reichert and Giants CEO José Ramón Díaz becoming co-CEOs of the company. The merged organisation retained all talent, rosters, and content creators from both teams and will compete in the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) and the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) EMEA League. Prior to the merger, Excel Esports was known for its LEC roster, while Giants Gaming was a partner team for the VCT EMEA in Valorant. The organization kept all of its employees, and maintained regional headquarters in both London, United Kingdom, and Málaga, Spain, with competitive performance center located in Berlin, Germany. It also retained its commercial partners. JRJ Group, which obtained a majority stake in Excel in 2018 along with Toms Capital, retained its position as the controlling shareholder in the newly formed organisation. In July 2024, GIANTX acquired AI start-up iTero Gaming in a multi-million dollar acquisition. In October 2024, GIANTX announced a partnership with Samsung to collaborate on an in-person activation for EGX Comic Con 2024.

Rosters

GIANTX rosters
Esports Virtual Arenas (EVA) Handle Name Nationality Chrisaser Cabrera, Christian Spain Guzy Roldán, Víctor Manuel Spain JPPro Tomba, Juan Pablo Spain Javcross Cruz, Javier Spain Venom Servado, Gabriel Spain	League of Legends (LEC) Handle Name Nationality Oscarinin Muñoz, Óscar Spain ISMA Boualem, Ismaïl Belgium Jackies Jeřábek, Adam Czech Republic Flakked Lirola, Víctor Spain Jun Yoon Se-jun South Korea Lot (I) Yıldız, Eren Turkey Noah (I) Oh Hyeon-taek South Korea	League of Legends (LES) Handle Name Nationality Th3Antonio Espinosa, Antonio Spain Time Almeida, Tiago Portugal Dyenn Sánchez, Daniel Spain Rayito Curtet, Michael Spain Attila Carvalho, Amadeu Portugal
Pokémon Champions Handle Name Nationality Folagor Ramírez, Yoel Spain Torviv Medina, Víctor Spain	Valorant (VCT) Handle Name Nationality westside Duda, Miłosz Poland ara Hanceriuc, Eduard-George Romania Flickless Maeckelbergh, Karel Belgium neT Bernet, Michael United States Jesse Čtvrtníček, Adam Czech Republic	Valorant (GC) Handle Name Nationality adora Sasnauskaite, Nadia Lithuania Anita Doykova, Anna Bulgaria Anva Dinçer, Nehir Turkey jademwah Duffy, Jade Scotland Jduh Kondu, Ceyda Turkey
Legend: (I) Inactive (S) Suspended (L) On loan (2W) Two-way player Substitute Injury / Illness

Source: GiantX

External links

• Official website