RedForce PC Arena, a South Korean PC bang (internet café) chain, announced that it has become an official sponsor of the LCK Challengers League, the second-tier competition below the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK).

RedForce PC Arena, also known as RedForce PC Cafe, is jointly owned by Nongshim RedForce, the LCK team, and BNM Company, a company that runs internet cafés in Korea. The new deal adds the LCK Challengers League to a list of League of Legends and VALORANT esports properties the brand has backed in recent years.

Neither side has released financial details of the agreement, and it’s not yet clear how long the sponsorship will last. It’s also not confirmed exactly what each party is required to do under the deal, for instance, whether RedForce PC Arena will supply any equipment to the league or whether its logo will have exclusive placement during broadcasts.

Before this agreement, RedForce PC Arena held an official sponsorship deal with VALORANT Challengers Korea. The company has also been involved in the National VALORANT Cup (NVC), a nationwide amateur tournament held in 2025 with Riot Games’ involvement.

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BNM Company CEO Seo Hee-won said (translated from Korean), “Helping the players of the Challengers League, who possess limitless potential, fully showcase their skills is the surest way for the esports industry and the PC bang industry to coexist and prosper together. By combining our offline base at the Jonggak branch, our in-house F&B offerings, and the overwhelming hardware technology of the recently acquired QNIX brand, we will continue to provide sponsorship that offers tangible satisfaction to both rookie players and fans.”

Alongside the sponsorship news, BNM Company said it has moved to single-owner management of QNIX, a gaming monitor brand, by buying up all the shares of BNM QNIX, the company that runs it. As part of this change, QNIX monitors under a new branding will be rolled out first at RedForce PC Arena branches around the country before appearing elsewhere.

This move is separate from the LCK Challengers League sponsorship itself, but it shows the company expanding its reach into hardware alongside its sponsorship activity in esports.

LCK has already lined up a number of sponsors and partners for both past and upcoming events. ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG), a couple of months ago, was announced as the official PC sponsor for the LCK Finals in Hong Kong, which was organised together with the Hong Kong esports organizer Cyber Games Arena (CGA). Around the end of last year, LCK also revealed a five-year partnership with South Korea’s search engine Naver and the Korean livestreaming platform SOOP, which gave them the exclusive broadcast rights of LCK matches in Korea.

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