Game publisher Tencent and Chinese esports tournaments organiser VSPN have announced that their co-hosted esports competition Peace Elite League (PEL) has signed a strategic partnership deal with American mixed martial arts league Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
PEL is the official league for Tencent’s mobile shooter known as Game for Peace or alternately Peacekeeper Elite, a modified version of PUBG Mobile.
PEL’s official Weibo post on the news does not share many details on the collaboration, which has the theme “Unstoppable Ambition,” but it notes that this is UFC’s first esports partnership in China and that the companies plan to activate the alliance in various ways.
“In the future, the two parties will carry out in-depth cooperation in multiple dimensions, and innovatively inject sports genes into esports events,” reads the translated post.
UFC Partners with Peacekeeper Elite Mobile League
ByNiji Narayan
Jul 28, 2020
By Niji Narayan
Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.