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Bayes Esports will work alongside KRAFTON to drive engagement with PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS after the two companies signed a new official data agreement.
The agreement, Bayes Esports explained, will “expand the official data offering, and streamline data access” to PUBG games, thereby expanding its coverage of esports titles.
Amir Mirzaee, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer at Bayes Esports, commented: “We aim to support KRAFTON in laying the groundwork to streamline data access for its global community and scale their official data offering both for esports and community use cases.
“That will include enabling a broad variety of digital applications, including live and historic game data access, statistics and data visualizations, and many more. Our main objective is always the enhancement of community engagement while driving for the integrity of the esport in particular.
“We’re still in the early days of enabling the esports industry. We couldn’t be happier to welcome KRAFTON in helping them support the global esports and gaming community with an official game data offering.
“We view their involvement as critical in order to take esports as a sport to the next level of global engagement.”
Bayes Esports’ network of partners currently includes companies such as Riot Games – focusing on League of Legends (LoL) tournaments – ESL Gaming, Dreamhack, BTS and OGA.
“KRAFTON always seeks to provide a wider variety of entertainment to its PUBG Esports fans and audience,” added Yi Min-ho, Head of KRAFTON’s PUBG Esports.
“By working with Bayes, KRAFTON is thrilled to be providing numerous meaningful and insightful data to our fans, allowing them to dive deeper into the world of PUBG Esports.”
