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Super League Announces Sale of Minehut Business Unit to GamerSafer

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Super League (Nasdaq: SLE) (the “Company”), a leading creator and publisher of content experiences and media solutions across the world’s largest immersive platforms, announced today it has sold its Minehut business unit to GamerSafer, a security and online gamer experience startup. The Board of Directors of both Super League and GamerSafer have approved the transaction, which is now complete.

The transaction allows Super League to streamline its position in partnering with major brands to build, market, and operate 3D experiences across multiple immersive platforms, including open gaming powerhouses like Minecraft, and aligns with the Company’s judicious cost improvement initiative. The two companies will maintain a commercial relationship which ensures that Minehut can remain an ongoing destination available to Super League’s partners. GamerSafer is committed to sustaining and growing Minehut which affirms the community's status as a highly desirable media property.

“We are pleased with the sale of the Minehut business to GamerSafer, a company committed to growing the business globally,” said Super League Chair and CEO Ann Hand. “Minehut is a vibrant online community of players and servers and is in great hands with GamerSafer. As a commercial partner, we look forward to observing GamerSafer’s continued success.”

“Great online gaming experiences result from a combination of user-generated content and player safety. Minehut, powered by GamerSafer safety tech and partnering with Super League, brings even more value to the community and brands,” said GamerSafer Co-founder and CEO, Rodrigo Tamellini. “Additionally, Minehut synergizes with our deep commitment to the Minecraft ecosystem, as evidenced by the official Minecraft server list built in partnership with Mojang Studios and many other projects we’ve released over the years with the Minecraft community.”

About Super League

Super League (Nasdaq: SLE) is a leading creator and publisher of content experiences and media solutions across the world’s largest immersive platforms. From open gaming powerhouses such as Roblox, Minecraft and Fortnite Creative, to bespoke worlds built using the most advanced 3D creation tools, Super League’s innovative solutions provide incomparable access to massive audiences who gather in immersive digital spaces to socialize, play, explore, collaborate, shop, learn and create. As a true end-to-end activation partner for dozens of global brands, Super League offers a complete range of development, distribution, monetization and optimization capabilities designed to engage users through dynamic, energized programs. As an originator of new experiences fueled by a network of top developers, a comprehensive set of proprietary creator tools and a future-forward team of creative professionals, Super League accelerates IP and audience success within the fastest growing sector of the media industry. For more, go to superleague.com.

About GamerSafer

Founded in Silicon Valley in 2019 by two Brazilian entrepreneurs, GamerSafer is a VC-backed startup scaling positive and fair play experiences to millions of players worldwide. Their safety tech suite helps online games, Esports platforms and online communities defeat crimes, fraud, and toxicity - a $15B problem for the industry. The solution operates across platforms, verifying and authenticating players in less than one second using computer vision and AI technologies. By consolidating information from independent customer silos, GamerSafer offers a comprehensive cross-network safety and security (similar to a credit bureau). Minecraft was the first major game ecosystem using the technology and the company also found substantial traction within Esports and thousands of Discord online communities. Currently, GamerSafer products protect more than 15M players in 85 countries.

Forward-Looking Statements
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Investor Relations Contact:
Shannon Devine/ Mark Schwalenberg
MZ North America
Main: 203-741-8811
SLE@mzgroup.us

Media Contact
Gillian Sheldon
gillian.sheldon@superleague.com


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