# Community Gaming

> Community Gaming provides esports tournament software for players, organizers and game developers, combining brackets and team management with automated blockchain prize payouts. Its wider ecosystem includes CG+ rewards and the Forkast prediction market on Ronin.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Chris Gonsalves (Co-founder and CEO), Evany Chang (Co-founder; COO reported in 2022), Hayder Sharhan (Co-founder; CTO reported in 2022)
- **Products:** Community Gaming tournament platform, Organizer grants and publisher-supported events, CG+, Forkast, CGX
- **Notable:** Announced a USD 16 million Series A in April 2022., Reached 100,000 registered users by early 2022, according to contemporaneous coverage., Co-produced the USD 25,000 VALORANT Elite Showdown with Riot Games NA Esports in 2021.

## Products & services

- **Community Gaming tournament platform** — Registration, team rosters, brackets, result reporting and crypto or traditional prize-payment workflows.
- **Organizer grants and publisher-supported events** — Partner-backed resources, prizes and assistance for grassroots organizers; Moonton collaboration announced in 2024.
- **CG+** — Pass-based access to exclusive tournaments and quests, with advertised CGX participation rewards.
- **Forkast** — Prediction market for gaming and internet-culture outcomes on Ronin.
- **CGX** — Ecosystem token for incentives and staking across Community Gaming and Forkast.

## Achievements

- Announced a USD 16 million Series A in April 2022.
- Reached 100,000 registered users by early 2022, according to contemporaneous coverage.
- Co-produced the USD 25,000 VALORANT Elite Showdown with Riot Games NA Esports in 2021.
- Ronin reported over 1,000 tournaments and over 60,000 total participants in its ecosystem over two years as of December 2024.
- Launched Forkast and CGX in February 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Announced Moonton collaboration supporting Mobile Legends: Bang Bang organizers in Latin America.
- **2024-12** — Ronin announced forthcoming Forkast integration and reported two years of CG tournament activity.
- **2025-02** — Forkast and CGX launched on Ronin. Blockworks reported website downtime, falling token prices and insider-selling allegations denied by the CEO.

## Links

- Website: https://www.communitygaming.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/communitygaming/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CommunityGaming
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/cgny_
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CommunityGamingNewYork

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Last updated: 2026-10-03