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Last week Newbay announced that it would be merging its Develop and Esports Pro brands with MCV to create a single, specialist brand to better serve the evolving UK games industry. Today we’re excited to unveil the team that will make the new MCV a success. We’ve assembled our best …

GAME Digital announced the sale of its Multiplay Digital business to Unity on Tuesday, in a £19m deal. Multiplay Digital handles multiplayer servers for a range of titles including Minecraft, Killing Floor 2 and Day Z. Sales last year rose from £2.1m to £4.5m, although the company filed a loss …

Audi Denmark and CS:GO outfit Astralis have announced a shirt sponsorship to expand on the pairs partnership last year. The deal will see Audi’s trademark four rings logo appear on Astralis Jersey. The deal is an expansion of a ‘pilot case’ partnership the pair announced in January 2017 that saw …

Leading streaming games platform Twitch has partnered with one of the biggest names in chess to try and drive the game’s popularity with online audiences. It has struck a multi-year agreement with Chess.com to stream on the twitch.tv/chess channel and further help promote its range of events, many of which …

Yet another real-life football club has decided to venture into the esports waters. QPR has announced that it has teamed up with Virtual Pro Gaming to launch its own esports team, which will specialise in 11v11 Pro Clubs in FIFA 18. Furthermore, it is still looking to fill four positions …

Restaurant chain Jack in the Box has signed up to become the official sponsor of Team Envy’s Overwatch League team Dallas Fuel. It becomes the sole jersey rights sponsor for team’s foray into the much-anticipated League that kicks off next month. The deal also sees the company back Envy’s Call …

Former Overwatch pros Kim ‘EscA’ In-jae and Lee ‘Leetaejun’ Tae Jun have been signed by KSV Esports to form the organisation’s first PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds team. EscA has twice won the OGN Apex with Lunatic-Hai. However, having chosen not to move to the US to compete in the Overwatch League, he …

Mexican League of Legends team Lyon Gaming has landed itself in a spot of trouble after being ruled to have breached its Riot contract. EsportsInsider reports that the team has been fined $12,500 and told it must abandon its current branding after Riot was informed by a third party that …

NRG Esports has announced that manager Max Bateman has been fired after a Twitch streamer accused him of sexual assault. NRG CEO Andy Miller has confirmed that “Max Bateman will no longer be employed by the organization… in accordance with NRG ESports zero tolerance policy”. Streamer Dezaray Luna, who describes …

In what is a growing trend, Jerry Jones, the owner of American football team Dallas Cowboys, has acquired a majority stake in esports outfit CompLexity Gaming, CompLexity co-founder and CEO Jason lake will remain on board and retain a minority interest in the company, although fellow co-founder Jason Bass has …