Europe tech repair service Tech Centre has joined forces with UK esports organisation Endpoint and second-hand tech retailer CeX to launch its console repair service for gamers across the UK.
Tech Centre, which specialises in the repair of consoles, controllers and handhelds, brings its service to CeX’s 380+ UK stores, creating a local service for gamers to drop off their damaged kit for repair by its tech repairers.
The brand has also agreed a 2024 sponsorship with Endpoint, one of the UK’s top esports organisations, and, in collaboration with CeX and Endpoint, will be running social media competitions with well-known content creators such as Pickapixel to promote the partnership – giving fans the chance to win high-end, gaming-related goodies throughout the year.
Tech Centre has more than 200,000 repairs and three decades of experience. It says it embraces both the nostalgia of retro consoles and caters to the latest gaming devices, repairing everything from Atari and NES to PlayStation and Steam Deck, from gamers who want to play anything from Mario to Rocket League.
Tech Centre provides a ‘no fix no fee’ guarantee and a two-year warranty – if it can’t be fixed then it will be returned to the owner.
Craig Heppinstall, Managing Director at Tech Centre, said: “We understand that your gadgets are more than just devices and our engineers are as passionate about gaming as they are about providing quality repairs. We know that accidents happen with devices and we want to see them repaired rather than discarded over a simple fix.”
Tech Centre has plans to expand its product offering, launching a standalone direct-to-consumer offering this Spring, offering a repair service to gamers.
Endpoint returned to the Rocket League RLCS earlier this year.
To find out more about Tech Centre’s gaming repair service, visit: techcentre.com
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
