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Flamengo Esports agrees Free Fire partnership with TRT Gaming

Simplicity Esports-operated Brazilian organisation Flamengo Esports has announced it will remain in Free Fire’s professional ecosystem after signing TRT Gaming as its new partner.

Flamengo Esports’ deal with TRT Gaming is expected to last until 2023, which is the year that Simplicity Esports’ license with Brazilian football club Flamengo expires. Unlike the organisation’s previous partnership with B4, the Free Fire team will compete under the name Flamengo Esports, as apposed to Flamengo B4.

The Brazilian team announced that it had parted ways with B4 in December 2020, with Flamengo Esports’ Director Fred Tannure calling the partnership a “learning experience for us to enter other modalities.