Vainglory World Champions Acquired by South Korea’s ROX

Singapore — June 21, 2017 – Super Evil Megacorp,
creators of Vainglory, the world’s leading mobile esport, welcomes ROX Armada
of South Korea, previously Invincible Armada, to the Vainglory competitive
community. ROX Armada will be made up of some of Vainglory’s top esports
professionals, including World Champions, Eutaek “Mango” Jeong and Hyeonjun
“Druid” An and new team member Junyoung “Engineeus” Choi. To celebrate the
newly formed team, ROX Armada will premiere for the first time at the Amazon
Mobile Masters Tournament Series in New York at KCON on June 23 against North
American powerhouses, GankStars, Tempo Storm, Tribe, Cloud9 and NRG. The
announcement comes on the eve of Vainglory’s Summer 2017 Season, which kicks
off tomorrow, alongside Update 2.6, which includes new hero Grace, and new
skins for Skye, Samuel, Koshka and Reim.

“As one of the top
Vainglory esports teams in the world, we’re excited to see Invincible Armada
compete under the new banner of ROX Armada,” said Bo Daly, Co-Founder &
President of Super Evil Megacorp. “South Korea is known for its dominance in
esports and the Vainglory competitive scene is no different. With ROX Armada’s
roster at full strength, the upcoming East Asia competitive Vainglory8 season will
be the most exciting yet.”

Invincible Armada, now
ROX Armada, most recently took first place in the Vainglory8 EA Spring Season
and first place in the Arena8, East Asia’s Vainglory esports league, beating
out South Korea’s New Challenge EA in January. The team was also crowned the
first-ever Vainglory World Champions in December 2016 at the TCL Chinese
Theatre in Los Angeles. In previous seasons, Phoenix Armada, as the team was
known as at that time, won VIPL Season 3, the VGL Korea Summer Championship and
the Samsung Galaxy Vainglory Invitational at E3 2016.

ROX is an elite esports
club with fans across the globe. ROX Tigers, a professional League of Legends
gaming team, are not only a powerhouse in the eSports industry, making it as
far as the semifinals in the 2016 League of Legends World Championships. ROX
Orcas, a professional Overwatch gaming team launched in December 2016 and has
already made strides in the competitive Overwatch scene.

“The ROX
organization has long been admiring Invincible Armada and the Vainglory
competitive scene,” said Eliot Namgung, Head of eSports at ROX.
“We’ve watched Vainglory grow immensely throughout the last year, to a
place where it has become a top eSport – and Invincible Armada has been the top
team in the scene since the beginning. We strive to be the best in every game
we compete in, and Invincible Armada fits perfectly within our competitive
culture. The formation of ROX Armada is a big step for us and will help us
achieve our goal of cementing a winning culture within our organization.”

Vainglory generated
incredible growth throughout the last year in terms of active players, esports
views and overall community engagement. Vainglory tripled its active player
community on Android and generated more than 450 million minutes of competition
watched on streaming platforms, 1 billion matches played, and leagues in North
America, Europe, Japan, China, Korea and Southeast Asia. Vainglory is forging
the path for mobile games as they shift from short-session, standalone gaming
toward deep, shared experiences.

The Vainglory8 Summer
season kicks off this weekend from June 24-25. Viewers can tune into twitch.tv/vainglory to check out all of
the action. The East Asia Vainglory8 league in which ROX Armada will make their
professional debut will kick off on July 1st local time. The Korean broadcast
will be streamed on http://play.afreecatv.com/vainglorykr.

Vainglory
can be downloaded for free from the App Store, Google Play and the Amazon Appstore.