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Series C funding for the VR/AR tech company with J.P. Morgan staff joining the board

The ESL is among the longest-running esports organisations in the world. We talk to its UK chief, James Dean, about its operations in the UK and the opportunities for publishers The ESL has been around for 17 years, making it something of the old man of esports. It’s been highly …

The Overwatch League could be about to face its latest hurdle, a legal challenge from Major League Baseball, over OWL’s logo. This comes from the law firm Morrison Lee, who report that MLB, after seeing the Overwatch League’s logo in a weekly newsletter roundup of new corporate logos. This is …

When I spoke to Sam Braithwaite, it was halfway through Heroes of the Storm’s Mid-Season Brawl, a tournament set out by Blizzard to act as, well, the halfway point of the season. As the name suggests. Braithwaite, the esports franchise lead for Heroes of the Storm, is in good spirits. …

Psyonix’s car-based kickabout Rocket League is two years old this month, and while most toddlers can’t even string a sentence together, Rocket League has managed to mark itself out as one of the most promising esports of the generation. Over those two years, Rocket League has picked up 33m players, …

Sybo Games has appointed Amy Kalson as senior game developer. Kalson previously worked at EA as creative director and at Disney Interactive as senior design producer, and has also contributed to brands including Bejeweled and The Sims. In her new role, Kalson will play a key role in the continuing …

The London-based multiplayer gaming studio teams up with the World of Tanks developer and is looking to hire

Atari finally offered a first look at its new mysterious console, after teasing the product at E3 2017. Called the Ataribox, it aims at delivering both classic gamingcontent” and current gamingcontent,” the announcement reads, without further details on what we should expect. Atari rather chose to focus on giving details …

A popular streamer has gotten the boot from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds after teamkilling a random player live on stream, violating the game’s terms of service. Dr DisRespect, who has 651,114 followers on Twitch and had 22,000+ at the time of his ban, killed a fellow player because there wasn’t space on …