On November 5th, Simplicity Esports and Gaming Company announced that 29 of the organization’s gaming centers had been designated as official submission centers with Certified Guaranty Company (CGC). This deal will make Simplicity the largest network of official submission centers in the CGC ecosystem.
“I am thrilled to begin this partnership with the preeminent pop culture collectibles grading service in the world,” said Roman Franklin, the CEO of Simplicity. “We hold numerous TCG events per month across our footprint of esports gaming centers and sell Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering cards on-site to walk-in customers and players in these tournaments, as well as collectors online via our newly launched e-commerce site SimplicityGames.com.”
CGC is a division of the Certified Collectibles Group. Since the organization was founded in 1987, they have certified almost 70 million collectible items.
Simplicity Esports is a well-known brand in the gaming industry. Some of the titles they support include Apex Legends, PUBG Mobile, Overwatch, League of Legends, and several EA Sports games.
(All information was provided by Stockhouse and Yahoo! Finance)