Founded in 2014 by entrepreneur Menashe Kestenbaum, the company owned the websites Destructoid and Escapist Magazine from 2014 to September 2022, as well the gaming convention Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo (EGLX).
[3][4] Enthusiast Gaming owns a number of websites and runs an annual convention in Toronto.
[21] It is billed as Canada's largest video game convention, with a reported peak of 30,000 attendees.
[23] EGLX 2020 was delayed from October to November due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and was hosted live on streaming services.
No public plans to resume hosting Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo have been announced.