Credit: Evil Geniuses/ Razer
- Evil Geniuses has partnered with Razer for a two-year sponsorship deal spanning peripherals such as headsets, keyboards, and mice.
- The companies were previously partnered from 2013 to 2015.
- Evil Geniuses has qualified for Dota 2‘s The International 2019, which has a crowdfunded prize pool that has already surpassed $13M USD.
Razer 
and Evil Geniuses have partnered once again, today announcing a two-year sponsorship agreement that will see the team use the peripheral maker’s various devices.
The companies had previously partnered for a sponsorship deal in 2013, but Evil Geniuses then signed with rival maker SteelSeries
in 2015. As part of this new partnership, all of Evil Geniuses’ teams and players will utilize Razer’s headsets, keyboards, mice, and mouse pads for both tournaments and training purposes.
Evil Geniuses’ Dota 2 team has qualified for August’s The International 2019 tournament, the game’s de facto World Championship. The event’s prize pool has already surpassed $13M due primarily to crowdfunding, and is on track to surpass last year’s total tally of $25.5M according to Dota 2 Prize Pool Tracker.
Related Article: The International 2019 Prize Pool Breaks Record in Less Than 24 Hours
“The partnership with Team Razer adds incredible value,” said Evil Geniuses COO Phillip Aram, in a release. “Razer’s high-performance gaming devices are top-tier and give our players a new performance edge. Razer is the perfect brand with which to enjoy continued success and to compete for a repeat win at The International.”
Evil Geniuses also competes in games such as Call of Duty , Fortnite , Rocket League , and Rainbow Six Siege. Razer’s long list of esports team partners also includes Gen.G Esports
, Team Vitality , Immortals , SK Gaming , and the Seoul Dynasty and Los Angeles Valiant of the Overwatch League , among others.
