This is the full text of Super Evil Megacorp's 5/12/2016 press release.

Super Evil Megacorp, developers of the world’s leading touchscreen esport Vainglory, crowned team Phoenix Armada as the first-ever Vainglory World Champions this weekend. The team defeated North America’s Team SoloMid (TSM) 4-2 in the best-of-seven Grand Finals at the sold-out TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to take home the title of Vainglory World Champions. The TCL Chinese Theatre will honor Phoenix Armada with an imprint display which will be on display in the theatre beginning Q1 2017.

 

The Vainglory World Championships were held in partnership with Twitch and peaked at the third highest game being streamed on the platform during the weekend. The event took place throughout the weekend at the iconic TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood; a first of its kind event for esports at the iconic venue. The Championship hosted the 12 best teams from North America, Europe, Asia and South America for three days of intense competition and the culmination of the competitive year in Vainglory esports.

For highlights of the tournament and more visit youtube.com/vaingloryesports and twitch.tv/vainglory. Vainglory can be downloaded for free from the App Store and Google Play.