With the T a sactio closed, GameSqua e moves f om eachi g fa s o behalf of othe s to ow i g a d mo etizi g fa elatio ships di ectly. The Compa y’s data, c eato , age cy a d media busi esses ow sit alo gside Fa E gi e’s ights to globally ecog ized f a chises a d its platfo m fo tu i g audie ces i to k ow , fi st-pa ty fa commu ities.
Delive a step cha ge i scale a d p ofitability . Fo 2027, GameSqua e expects eve ue of ove $150 millio , g oss ma gi above 50% a d adjusted EBITDA of mo e tha $30 millio .Leve age existi g i f ast uctu e to d ive ope ati g efficie cies. Fa E gi e is expected to equi e limited i c eme tal ove head a d ope ati g expe ses, allowi g GameSqua e to leve age its existi g i f ast uctu e a d capabilities to co ve t i c eme tal g oss p ofit dolla s i to highe adjusted EBITDA a d ope ati g p ofitability.Co t ibute immediately to fou th qua te 2026 esults . Fa E gi e is expected to be immediately acc etive to adjusted EBITDA. The Compa y expects Fa E gi e to co t ibute to its 2026 p ofo ma outlook of $85+ millio i eve ue a d $5+ millio i adjusted EBITDA.P oduce highe -quality eve ue . Fa E gi e adds ecu i g, di ect-to-fa eve ue st eams, i cludi g ewa ds, me cha dise a d comme ce, ticketi g, live a d i – eal-life expe ie ces, lice si g a d b a d pa t e ships, alo gside GameSqua e’s existi g se vices eve ue.P ovide u ique ow e ship of compelli g IP eco omics . The po tfolio i cludes ights a d elatio ships tied to Peaky Bli de s, Simo ‘s Cat a d 15 global athletes, i cludi g The Two Robbies & F ie ds a d Be Stokes, with a g owi g pipeli e ac oss e te tai me t f a chises, spo ts a d music a tists.Captu e ma gi th ough i teg atio . Fa E gi e has elied o thi d pa ties fo p oductio , eve ts, comme ce a d gamificatio . GameSqua e pe fo ms these fu ctio s i -house a d expects to b i g that spe d i side the Compa y.
Adjusted EBITDA guida ce excludes items such as t a sactio costs, impai me ts a d othe o e-time expe ses. A eco ciliatio is ot p ovided due to the i he e t difficulty i fo ecasti g a d qua tifyi g ce tai amou ts that a e ecessa y fo such eco ciliatio a d the u easo able effo ts such eco ciliatio would equi e.
“Closi g this t a sactio ma ks the sta t of a ew chapte i GameSqua e’s evolutio ,” said Justi Ke a, Chief Executive Office of GameSqua e. “We have built best-i -class capabilities to measu e, each a d e gage audie ces at scale. With the ability to ow the fa elatio ship a d ea f om it epeatedly, Fa E gi e adds a impo ta t piece to ou ecosystem. We expect that to show up i ou esults quickly, with Fa E gi e co t ibuti g to ou 2026 p ofo ma outlook a d suppo ti g 2027 guida ce of mo e tha $150 millio i eve ue a d mo e tha $30 millio i adjusted EBITDA. Ou focus ow is i teg ati g the acquisitio a d executi g ew comme cial oppo tu ities fo ou ow ed IP assets.”
“Fa E gi e ep ese ts a sig ifica t oppo tu ity to u lock the comme cial value of di ect elatio ships betwee IP ow e s, tale t, c eato s a d thei audie ces,” said Be Hugo o behalf of Fa E gi e. “By combi i g p emium IP with fa ide tity a d mo etizatio capabilities, we t a sfo m f agme ted audie ce e gageme t i to di ect, data-d ive fa elatio ships that ca ge e ate actio able i sights a d ecu i g eve ue. GameSqua e’s i f ast uctu e, comme cial each a d scale positio us to accele ate this model ac oss multiple IP p ope ties, c eati g a platfo m fo sustai able g owth a d lo g-te m sha eholde value.”
This elease i cludes measu es that a e ot i acco da ce with U.S. ge e ally accepted accou ti g p i ciples (“GAAP”). Othe tha with espect to eve ue a d g oss ma gi , GameSqua e o ly p ovides guida ce o a o -GAAP basis. GameSqua e does ot p ovide a eco ciliatio of fo wa d-looki g Adjusted EBITDA ( o -GAAP) to GAAP et i come (loss), due to the i he e t difficulty i fo ecasti g a d qua tifyi g ce tai amou ts that a e ecessa y fo such eco ciliatio . Because othe deductio s used to calculate p ojected et i come (loss) va y d amatically based o actual eve ts, GameSqua e is ot able to fo ecast o a GAAP basis with easo able ce tai ty all deductio s eeded i o de to p ovide a GAAP calculatio of p ojected et i come (loss) at this time. The amou t of these deductio s may be mate ial a d, the efo e, could esult i p ojected GAAP et i come (loss) bei g mate ially less tha p ojected Adjusted EBITDA ( o -GAAP).
GameSqua e (Nasdaq:GAME) is a cutti g-edge media, e te tai me t, a d tech ology compa y t a sfo mi g how b a ds a d publishe s co ect with Ge Z, Ge Alpha a d Mille ial audie ces. With a platfo m that spa s awa d-wi i g c eative se vices, adva ced a alytics a d FaZe Espo ts, o e of the most ico ic gami g o ga izatio s, we ope ate o e of the la gest gami g media etwo ks i No th Ame ica. As a digital- ative busi ess, GameSqua e p ovides b a ds with u pa alleled access to wo ld-class c eato s a d tale t, delive i g authe tic co ectio s ac oss gami g, espo ts a d youth cultu e. Compleme ti g ou ope ati g st ategy, GameSqua e has developed a i ovative t easu y ma ageme t p og am desig ed to ge e ate yield a d e ha ce capital efficie cy, ei fo ci g ou commitme t to buildi g a dy amic, high-pe fo mi g media compa y at the i te sectio of cultu e, tech ology a d ext-ge e atio fi a cial i ovatio .
To lea mo e, visit www.gamesqua e.com.
Fa E gi e is a tech ology, media a d fa -eco omy asset agg egato whose assets e able IP ow e s ac oss spo ts, music a d e te tai me t to build di ect elatio ships with thei audie ces a d u lock ew ecu i g eve ue st eams. Th ough a p op ieta y tech ology stack combi i g fa ide tity, behavio al i tellige ce, AI, gami g a d blockchai i f ast uctu e, Fa E gi e t a sfo ms f agme ted audie ces i to co se t-based, fi st-pa ty fa commu ities. Its p oducts a d se vices spa co te t, commu ity, gami g, ticketi g, me cha dise, digital ow e ship, ewa ds a d comme ce, co ecti g physical a d digital expe ie ces th oughout the fa jou ey. Desig ed to i teg ate with existi g b a ds, c eato s, audie ces a d dist ibutio platfo ms, Fa E gi e p ovides scalable i f ast uctu e a d mo etizatio tools that deepe e gageme t, expa d comme cial oppo tu ities a d c eate lasti g value fo IP ow e s, b a ds a d thei audie ces.
Fo mo e i fo matio , visit www.fa e gi e.tech.
This p ess elease co tai s “fo wa d-looki g stateme ts” withi the mea i g of Sectio 27A of the Secu ities Act of 1933, as ame ded, a d Sectio 21E of the Secu ities Excha ge Act of 1934, as ame ded, that a e i te ded to be cove ed by the safe ha bo p ovisio s of the P ivate Secu ities Litigatio Refo m Act of 1995. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts may be ide tified by the use of wo ds such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “pla s,” “a ticipates,” “i te ds,” “ta gets,” “p ojects,” “believes,” “estimates,” “pote tial” o “co ti ue,” o the egatives of these te ms o othe compa able te mi ology. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts i this p ess elease i clude, amo g othe s, stateme ts ega di g: the a ticipated impact a d timi g of the be efits, if a y, of the T a sactio ; the achieveme t of the fi a cial milesto es a d the issua ce of the elated equity; the Compa y’s futu e pe fo ma ce, i cludi g ea i gs, p ofitability a d eve ue, the success of the T a sactio a d i teg atio ; a d the Compa y’s ability to execute o its cu e t a d futu e busi ess pla s a d st ategy. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e based o ma ageme t’s cu e t expectatio s a d assumptio s a d a e subject to isks a d u ce tai ties that could cause actual esults to diffe mate ially f om those exp essed o implied, i cludi g, amo g othe s: the Compa y’s ability to co ti ue as a goi g co ce ; the isk that the fi a cial milesto es a e ot achieved i whole o i pa t; dilutio esulti g f om the issua ce of equity i the t a sactio ; the Compa y’s ability to i teg ate the T a sactio ; the Compa y’s ability to achieve its objectives, successfully execute its g owth st ategy, obtai futu e fi a ci gs o complete offe i gs o acceptable te ms; failu e to leve age the Compa y’s po tfolio ac oss e te tai me t a d media platfo ms; depe de ce o the Compa y’s key pe so el; ge e al busi ess, eco omic, competitive, political a d social u ce tai ties; a d the othe isks a d u ce tai ties desc ibed u de “Risk Facto s” i the Compa y’s fili gs with the Secu ities a d Excha ge Commissio , available at www.sec.gov. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts speak o ly as of the date of this p ess elease. Except as may be equi ed by applicable law, the Compa y u de takes o obligatio to update o evise a y fo wa d-looki g stateme t, whethe as a esult of ew i fo matio , futu e eve ts o othe wise. You should ot place u due elia ce o a y fo wa d-looki g stateme t.
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