ggCircuit Blog

Zack Johnson and Jason McIntosh are back at the ggCircuit Townhall where they discuss everything relating to the business that involves esports and more.

ggCircuit has recently released several new features and improvements for the ggLeap esports center management software. We have kept developing the ggLeap platform and added features, some of which were requested by esports gaming center owners, to ensure the efficiency of the software and to keep up with the updates from Windows, games, and apps.

In the summer of 2016, ggCircuit received a phone call. The introductory line utilized was, "I hear you're building management software." This call was from Jesse Wang, then the leader of the UC Irvine Esports club. While ggLeap was in its extreme alpha phases but was rapidly being adopted through a grassroots movement, this was met with "Yes, how can we help?". At that time UC Irvine was working on becoming the first public university to have a dedicated esports arena. They had tried out the competition and didn't feel those programs met the heightened security of the UC Irvine campus network.

Established in 2019, Uptime Academy, otherwise known as Uptime Esports, is a premium esports gaming center located in Hanover, MA, Bedford, NH, and Exeter, NH. This esports venue aims to provide a venue where aspiring young gamers can train to join the world of professional gaming.

Are you finally thinking about opening your own esports gaming center business? Thinking about quitting your 9 to 5 job and starting doing something that is in line with your gaming hobby? You came to the right place but be warned, a lot of things that will be discussed here may break your expectations and may even get you discouraged from even starting.

The end of the year is fast approaching and it seems like yesterday when we started releasing incremental improvements and updates to the ggLeap esports center management software. LAN centers can expect more updates and improvements to ggLeap but we would like to review our progress with ggLeap 2.0.

ePLEX opened its doors in July 2020 and offered high-end PC, console, and virtual reality gaming for casual and competitive local gamers in Connection City, Missouri. This is the second location of ePLEX esports centers in the Southeastern region of the US.

ggCircuit is delighted to have new esports venue subscribers join its professional network. With the explosive growth of the gaming industry across 2020 and 2021, the call for more esports venues is thriving more than ever today.

Scrims Esports Gaming Center recently opened their doors to esports players in January 2021. This esports venue features 60 (SIXTY!) high-end PC and console gaming, regular esports events, Smash tournaments, and even wine events every first Friday of the month!

Starting a business can be difficult. Starting an esports venue business is even more difficult. In one of the episodes of our Esports & LAN Center Show, our CEO, Zack Johnson, and I discussed the top 10 common misconceptions when opening an esports gaming center.