Corporate information and going concern |
12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2025 | |
| Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] | |
| Corporate information and going concern | 1. Corporate information and going concern
(a) Corporate information
GameSquare Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: GAME)(formerly Engine Gaming & Media, Inc.) (“GameSquare” or the “Company”) is a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware as of March 7, 2024 (and was a corporation existing under the Business Corporations Act (Province of British Columbia) prior to March 7, 2024). The registered head office of the Company is 6775 Cowboys Way, Ste. 1335, Frisco, Texas, USA, 75034.
GameSquare is a vertically integrated, digital media, entertainment and technology company that connects global brands with gaming and youth culture audiences. GameSquare’s end-to-end platform includes Swingman LLC dba as Zoned, a gaming and lifestyle marketing agency, Code Red Esports Ltd. (“Code Red”), a UK based esports talent agency, Click Management Pty Ltd (“Click”), an Australia based gaming and esports talent agency, FaZe Holdings Inc. (“FaZe”), a lifestyle and media platform rooted in gaming and youth culture whose premium brand, talent network, and large audience can be monetized across a variety of products and services, GameSquare Esports, (USA), Inc. dba as Fourth Frame Studios, a creative production studio, Mission Supply, a merchandise and consumer products business, Stream Hatchet S.L. (“Stream Hatchet”), live streaming data and analytics platform, SideQik, Inc. (“Sideqik”) a social influencer marketing platform, Gaming Community Network (“GCN”), a digital media company focused on gaming and esports audiences, and TubeBuddy, Inc. (“TubeBuddy”), a powerful search engine optimization, workflow, analytics, and productivity tool company.
GameSquare completed the plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) with GameSquare Esports Inc. (“GSQ”) on April 11, 2023, resulting in the Company acquiring all the issued and outstanding securities of GSQ. At completion of the Arrangement Engine Gaming and Media, Inc. changed its name to GameSquare Holdings Inc.
GameSquare, completed its Plan of Merger (the “Merger”) with FaZe Holdings, Inc. (“FaZe”) on March 7, 2024, resulting in the Company acquiring all the issued and outstanding securities of FaZe.
GameSquare is primarily engaged in the business described above. However, as a secondary strategy, GameSquare is also leveraging sophisticated crypto infrastructure with the intent to generate digital asset yield. GameSquare has partnered with Dialetic, a crypto-native asset manager, to implement an Ethereum (“ETH”) based treasury strategy. GameSquare’s ETH-focused yield generation strategy is built on top of Dialectic’s proprietary platform Medici, which applies machine learning models, automated optimization, and multi-layered risk controls to generate returns. GameSquare’s Board has approved an ETH based treasury and cash management strategy of up to $250 million, based on staged investments over time, while keeping adequate working capital for the operating business. To date, GameSquare has purchased or acquired, directly and indirectly, approximately $63 million ETH and other digital assets, excluding NFTs, to support broader growth initiatives across the Company’s platform. During the year ending December 31, 2025, the Company has sold $2.8 million in digital assets and exchanged $1.8 million of digital assets for acquisition of NFTs. As of December 31, 2025, our total fair market value of our digital assets, including fair value of ETH in our investment with Dialectic, amounted to $47.4 million. The reduction primarily being driven by decline in market value of ETH from purchase date to year end.
GameSquare completed its acquisition of Click, an Australian proprietary limited company (“Click”), on September 11, 2025, resulting in the Company acquiring all the issued and outstanding securities of Click.
On February 20, 2026, GameSquare also acquired and TubeBuddy, Inc. (“TubeBuddy”), a company with powerful search engine optimization, workflow, analytics, and productivity tools powered by proprietary AI, which are used by creators and digital publishers to grow, manage, and monetize their content.
(b) Going concern
These consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates that the Company will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. Accordingly, they do not give effect to adjustments that would be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern, and therefore be required to realize its assets and liquidate its liabilities and commitments in other than the normal course of business and at amounts different from those in the consolidated financial statements. Such adjustments could be material. It is not possible to predict whether the Company will be able to raise adequate financing or ultimately attain profit levels of operations.
The Company has not yet realized profitable operations and has incurred significant losses to date resulting in an accumulated deficit of $162.3 million as of December 31, 2025 and of $122.2 million as of December 31, 2024. The recoverability of the carrying value of the assets and the Company’s continued existence is dependent upon the achievement of profitable operations, or the ability of the Company to raise alternative financing, if necessary. While management has been historically successful in raising the necessary capital, it cannot provide assurance that it will be able to execute its business strategy or be successful in future financing activities. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had a working capital deficiency of $18.7 million and of $18.3 million as of December 31, 2024, which is comprised of current assets less current liabilities. The Company has an additional $41.4 million of ETH value held within our investment in ETH fund, which can be redeemed and subsequently sold at our election (subject to the ETH fund’s redemption provisions).
These conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and, therefore, the Company may be unable to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.
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