FACEIT

Overview

FACEIT is an esports gaming platform for online multiplayer games, with more than 6 million users logging in a total of over 12 million online game sessions each month.

Founded by Niccolo Maisto, Michele Attisani and Alessandro Avallone, FACEIT allows players to easily play in tournaments and leagues for virtual and real-world prizes through automated tournament management and matchmaking technology.

For developers, FACEIT's advanced software development kit (SDK) allows game creators to easily integrate user-friendly matchmaking and tournaments into their titles to allow gamers to take part in competitive online games at all skill levels. Esports organizers, players and communities use FACEIT to create and manage online competitions.

FACEIT's involvement in Dota 2 has been predominantly organising the open qualifiers for major and premier international tournaments before 2017 and during the Dota Pro Circuit era. In addition, FACEIT Pro Leagues have been created to provide an inhouse lobby system with ranked players in various regions.

In January 2022, FACEIT and ESL Gaming merged to form ESL FACEIT Group though both brands will continue to coexist, the group will now come under the ownership of Savvy Gaming Group.^[2]

ESL and FACEIT merge to create the world's leading competitive gaming platform
In the past years, ESL and FACEIT had a significant positive impact for the growth of the esports industry, bringing a variety of propositions for players, teams, publishers, and developers.
By uniting these complementary capabilities, and with the backing of SGG, we are taking a long-term approach to develop a more robust platform to better support the future of the whole competitive gaming ecosystem and generate more value for all its stakeholders in a sustainable way.

Niccolo Maisto, FACEIT CEO (^[3])