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Backstreet Boys perform at Merkur Spiel-Arena on September 25, 2026 in Duesseldorf, Germany Pau Barrena/Redferns/Getty Images The Backstreet Boys are giving their fans more competitive stakes to root for as they join the Global Gaming League. The band will compete on the gaming tournament platform as Backstreet Gaming, the latest in a string of celebrity-owned teams that will go head to head with other gaming groups across video game formats.
“We’ve spent our careers performing together. Now we’re building a team to compete together,” Nick Carter said in a statement. “We love gaming, we love a little trash talk, and we’re coming into this to win. We want to find players who are ready to put Backstreet Gamers on the map and have another way to connect with our fans.”
Like other teams on the platform, Backstreet Gaming will consist of four members who will compete in professionally-assembled live events. The game roster can include anything from Call of Duty and Rocket League to Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, so the teams have to be in it to win it and ready for anything.
