MGG (website)
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Type of site | Video game host |
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| Available in | English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese |
| Owner | Webedia |
| Editor | Romain "Asheryth" Jouaneau |
| URL | https://fr.millenium.gg/ |
| Launched | 2002 |
| Current status | Active |
MGG is an international brand specialized in competitive video games and esport, created on February 26, 2002, by Cédric Page[1] under the name Millenium, published since 2014 by Webedia.[2]
Its activities are divided as follows:
- International and multilingual web media
- An esport show "Skell By M" aired every Monday night from 10 p.m. to midnight on LeStream
- A hardware brand dedicated to gamers
Millenium Network Sites
[edit]| Language | Launch Date |
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| USA | June 18, 2019 |
| France | 2002 |
| Spain | September 18, 2019 |
| Brazil | October 5, 2020 |
| Saudi Arabia | March 30, 2020 |
History
[edit]Initially, in 2002, Millenium was a guild (a group of players with a common goal) focused on PvP (player versus player) in the game "Dark Age of Camelot."
Driven by passionate members, the guild quickly became a reference in the French community, and its founder, Cédric Page, first transformed it into a non-profit organization in 2006, then into a Limited Liability Company in 2008 (co-founded with Elie Rotenberg and Sébastien Sadosky). With the rise of broadband internet connections and the growing player base, the company diversified around several complementary areas:
- 2006: Creation of the first version of the information site, which quickly became the number 1 information site on competitive video games and esports in France (notably thanks to its guides). It was also this year that the Millenium esport club was created, which included players in Warcraft III, Counterstrike, Quake 3.
- 2007: Creation of the first Web TV on the Livestream platform to broadcast Warcraft III matches commented by Jsung, Kleenex, Shur1kn, and Lege, then later The Best & Yogo. The Web TV Millenium adventure would later move to Netgaming, Dailymotion, and Twitch.
- 2011: Opening of the Millenium gaming house in Marseille. Players, streamers, writers, and technical teams lived and worked there, leading to strong brand growth and the emergence of many talents.
- 2014: Millenium was acquired[3] by Webedia and moved its teams to Paris.
- 2016: The Millenium Web TV shut down following many departures and a transformation of the streaming market driven by the growth of independent influencers.
- 2018: The Millenium esport club ended[4] and the new version of the website (V9) launched, marking the brand's focus on its core sustainable activity: web media information and social network growth. The decision was made to orient Millenium internationally with the launch of many similar sites in various major languages. In this year, Cédric Page, the founder, also left Webedia and Millenium.[5]
- 2019: Launch of the Millenium Equipment range (hardware brand for gamers, sold via major retailers such as Fnac, Darty, LDLC, Rue du commerce, & Boulanger)
As of May 2020, Millenium.org was the second most visited video game website in France,[6] behind Jeuxvideo.com.
In October 2020, Millenium launched its site in Portuguese in Brazil and renamed itself MGG after changing its domain name to millennium.gg.[7]
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "Millenium - Millenium, from guild to company". millenium.blogs.liberation.fr. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
- ^ Woitier, Chloé (2014-11-17). "After Jeuxvideo.com, Webedia acquires the specialized website Millenium". Le Figaro. ISSN 0182-5852. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
- ^ Emmanuel Forsans. "Webedia finalizes the acquisition of Gameo Consulting, publisher of the site millenium.org". AFJV.
- ^ Cédric Page. "Announcement of the closure of the Millenium esport club at the end of the year". Millenium.
- ^ Cédric Page. "I am leaving my role as general manager of Webedia Gaming today". Twitter.
- ^ "Ranking of video game news websites". AFJV. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- ^ "Millenium becomes MGG - Millenium". Millenium FR. Retrieved 2020-10-05.