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- iBUYPOWER has been announced as NRG’s official PC gaming sponsor.
- The company previously had its own teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Rocket League, and sponsored Cloud9 and Counter Logic Gaming.
- Other current NRG sponsors include Twitch, Nighthawk Pro Gaming, Qualcomm, and Sneak.
NRG Esports today announced that it has added iBUYPOWER as its new official PC gaming sponsor, marking the company’s first team sponsorship in some time.
The partnership will extend across all of NRG’s teams, and its players will use iBUYPOWER computer hardware during training and streaming. NRG currently fields teams in such games as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 
, Rocket League , and Apex Legends , as well as the Overwatch League’s
San Francisco Shock .
“We’re incredibly thrilled to welcome iBUYPOWER back into the esports team landscape,” said NRG president Brett Lautenbach, in a release. “As with any competitive facet, fine-tuning player equipment for maximum performance is a significant priority. With iBUYPOWER, our players will get the most from their hardware—and that’s a good feeling.”
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iBUYPOWER previously owned its own teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Rocket League, until selling its Rocket League Championship Series-winning team to G2 Esports
in September 2016. The company also sponsored such teams as Cloud9 and Counter Logic Gaming around the same time, but has focused on sponsoring tournaments as of late.
The Esports Observer has reached out to NRG for additional details on the deal with iBUYPOWER and how it plans to activate the partnership. NRG also has active partnerships with Twitch
, Nighthawk Pro Gaming , Sennheiser, OPSEAT , Ballistix Gaming , Qualcomm, Events DC, Cal Esports , and Sneak Energy .
