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Guild Esports PLC (LSE GILD), a global brands and organisation for teams, is happy to announce that it has extended the contracts with professional Fortnite players AnasEl-Abd (“Anas”) & Henrik McLean (“Hen”) in an one-year contract, with an option of extending for another year.
Anas, a Danish national, signed with Guild in January 2021. Since then, he has maintained a high level of performance for Guild. Anas, a Dane, won US$1,000,000 by winning the global Fortnite competition “MrBeast’s Extreme Survival Challenge”. He also won the ‘zero build’ event at Gamers8 Fortnite LAN Saudi Arabia. This allowed him to share the $250,000 prize with his fellow teammate.
Hen, a professional British-Lithuanian player, signed with Company in December 2020. Hen has been a competitive success internationally, winning the Fortnite Champion Series EU three times (March 2021 – November 2021 – March 2022), which contributed to Guild’s significant trophy tally. Hen and Anas are both widely considered to be among the top Fortnite players.
Anas has more than 450,000 followers across his social media channels. This includes 218,000 Twitter followers, 70,600 YouTube subscribers and 99,900 Twitch followers. He also has 62,900 Instagram followers, 25,000 TikTok followers, and 62,900 Instagram followers. Hen has more than 600,000. Hen also has 262,800 followers on Twitter, 66800 YouTube subscribers, 224,000 Twitch followers, 50,600 Instagram followers, and 6,800 TikTok followers.
Anas and Hen compete regularly together, having recently achieved third place at the Elite Cup Weekly Finals in Europe in January 2023. Anas and Hen will be competing under the Guild banner at all upcoming European Fortnite tournaments. This includes the Fortnite Champions Series (FNCS) which returns in 2023 with a new structure and a US$10,000,000 prize pool. There is also a Global Championship in person event in Copenhagen in the latter part of 2023. In accordance with the contractual agreements between Guild and its players, a small portion of their winnings will be donated to Guild.
Jasmine Skee is the CEO of Guild Esports. She commented that “Guild continues its ability to attract the most talented players in the world and we are delighted that Anas and Hen decided to extend their contracts with Us. With the Fortnite professional scene looking strong in 2023, with a $10m prize pool and an in-person international event later in the year for FNCS (another major focus of Guild), we are committed to player development. We look forward to continuing our partnership and supporting these two elite players. I will also be cheering them on this year as we expand our trophy collection.
