Craig Fletcher is a UK esports veteran, having clocked up 20 years in the industry. He is now working for GAME as ‘Multiplay founder & SVP esports and competitive gaming strategy at GAME’ – phew.  Multiplay’s impact on GAME has been obvious, with the company expanding rapidly into competitive gaming …

Console esports simply wouldn’t be at the level they are today if it wasn’t for highly-modified competitive controllers. The latest – and arguably greatest – such controller is the new Evil Shift from Evil Controllers, which is due to be released later this summer. Such controllers allow competitors to perform …

Devolver Digital has announced its upcoming online action game Absolver will receive a limited physical release in when it launches next month. This is in addition to its standard digital release. Launching on PS4 and PC on August 29th, Devolver Digital will also be releasing 3,250 physical collector’s editions per …

There’s no bigger character on the UK high street than Mike Ashley. His acquisition of a significant holding of GAME shares today is the biggest story for UK games retail in years. Does it show the sector’s key retailer is simply undervalued or is this the beginning of a long-running …

Serbian games distributor Iris-Mega just announced the acquisition of Slovenian distributor Colby, headquartered in Ljubljana, for an undisclosed sum. This announcement comes just a month after Iris-Mega acquired another Slovenian distribution company, Videotop Skupina, making it the market leader across the Adria region, with a distinct focus in Serbia, Slovenia …

Games retailer GameSeek has announced it will launch a brand-new online marketplace for toys in September, making it the UK’s first specialist toy marketplace where users can not only buy toys direct from the site, but also sell their own goods using GameSeek’s e-commerce options. The news comes just two …

Nintendo Switch sales rose 46 per cent in Japan last week, according to the latest figures from Famitsu, suggesting Nintendo’s boost to production is finally coming into effect at Japanese retail. The console shifted over 36,000 units last week, allowing it to take a 44.7 per cent market share of …

We now have what should hopefully be a final release date for PS4 racer Gran Turismo Sport. The game will skid into retail in Europe on October 18th, a day after it crosses the North American finish line on October 17th. That’s two weeks after Forza Motorsport 7, incidentally. The …

This week, we partner with our sister title Esports Pro for a special esports edition of MCV. We met some of the biggest players of the UK esports scene – the British Esports Association, ESL UK, Faceit, Gfinity and Multiplay – and discussed the growth of the market, what needs …

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive outfit Astralis has signed a sponsorship deal with PanzerGlass, a Danish glass screen protection company. Dot Esports, reporting on the news, believe the deal to be worth somewhere in the region of half a million dollars. The deal will see PanzerGlass launching a number of products with …