Esports Insider is bringing its popular industry event back to London this September in a brand new venue. ESI London will take place at Twickenham Stadium (the home of Excel...
Article contains affiliate links London Spitfire has revealed it will be bringing Overwatch League matches home to London as part of the new home and away format. These homestand series...
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco details a fun - yet rather painful - experience at the Nvidia RTX press event. It’s a hot summer evening at Kachette bar in...
Popular YouTube and Twitch channel The Yogscast is embroiled in a harassment scandal involving one of its content creators and its CEO, with a third member under investigation. Mark 'Turps'...
This week, Esports News UK editor Dom touches on a topic that isn't explored much in esports but is possibly one of the most important things: knowing yourself, your strengths...
UPDATE (July 17th): Will this saga ever end? Asmongold has now claimed that Taliesin's apology (below) was fake, because afterwards Taliesin liked this comment on Twitter: You made the mistake of...
One of the UK's most experienced former pro players has landed a role at the University of Chichester. Ramesh 'r2k' Singh has joined the university's creative and digital technologies department...
UPDATE (July 16th): Dignitas founder Michael 'ODEE' O'Dell has joined Rogue's parent company ReKTGlobal as chief gaming officer (CGO). According to this announcement post he will develop strategy, focus on client partnerships...
It's two weeks until the UK Esports League (UKEL) kicks off and anticipation is building for UK League of Legends' unofficial division 2. We spoke with one of UKEL's founders and...
Article contains affiliate link Brand Licensing Europe (BLE) 2019 will feature a gaming and esports activation for the first time in the event's history. The show - which takes place...
Riot Games and LVP have announced Twickenham Stadium as the location of their first live UK League of Legends Championship (UKLC) finals. The finals - taking place on September 1st...
Two top World of Warcraft raid guilds will take up residency at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere in London to stream their latest world-first attempts. North American raid guild Limit and...
The UK is notably absent from the upcoming $125,000 Twitch Rivals: Teamfight Tactics (TFT) Showdown tournament. 64 streamers will be taking part in competition which will be played on the North...
The first-ever CWL Finals will take place in Miami from July 19th-21st. After 12 enthralling weeks of CWL Pro League action, the top 10 teams will battle for a grand...
Esports News UK editor Dom (left) brings on board a special guest, World of Warcraft expert and fellow esports journalist - David Hollingsworth (right) - for this week's vlog/review show....
Article contains affiliate link (Coral) FIFA has announced today that the FIFA eWorld Cup will return to London from August 2nd to 4th. Having already played host to last year's...
The UK Esports League (UKEL) has announced the eight teams set to take part in its inaugural season. UKEL is a new tournament that is positioning itself as the unofficial...
UPDATE: Minutes after posting our below article, Method announced its Raid to World First: Eternal Palace partner will be TakeTV in Germany. The stream will begin on the evening of July...
In part two of our interview with British host and esports personality Paul 'Redeye' Chaloner, we asked him about his views on the current state of esports, both globally and...
UPDATE (July 8th): Other tournaments are now emerging. Content creator Bizzleberry posted details of this tournament featuring fellow content creators: UK #TeamfightTactics 3-Round Tournament featuring your favourite Twitch & Youtube...
LVP and Riot UK have done a great job of mitigating unnecessary drama in the UK League of Legends scene over the past year. But this is UK scene, there's always...
Gamers are expected to head to Metronome in Nottingham next month for a new two-day streaming and gaming convention. StreamCon takes place on August 10th and 11th and is designed...
This weekend Esports News UK visited the Emirates Stadium to report on the 2019 PES World League Finals. Co-hosted by none other than the Gunner legend Robert Pires himself, the...
Article contains affiliate links Esports tournament operator FaceIT will be hosting the first Quake Pro League, featuring weekly broadcasts from the FaceIT studio in Earlsfield, London, every Sunday. The new league...
Our 2016 interview with outspoken esports personality and esteemed host Paul 'Redeye' Chaloner on burnout is one of the most-read articles on Esports News UK ever. Esports has progressed a...
The second annual UK Esports Awards event is approaching - and organisers have revealed the finalists ahead of the big day. A panel of seven judges will select the winners...
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco chats about the 16-year-old Rocket League pro Scrub Killa's latest big win with Vitality, Excel's bad start in the LEC, the UKLC approaching, KSI...
Article contains affiliate links It's official: Sports Direct has purchased retailer GAME in a deal worth £52m. The sportswear retail group also owns department store chains House of Fraser and...
It was another action-packed epic.LAN earlier this month, featuring a range of tournaments from CSGO to Rocket League, 1v1 League of Legends and more. Here are the winners, all of...
ESL One Birmingham returned to the UK for a second year in a row and witnessed record-breaking viewership numbers, so says ESL. The event saw Team Secret, who now hold four...
The UK League Championship (UKLC) Summer Split is fast approaching, two new teams have entered in Demise and NVision, and orgs are beginning to announce their player rosters. Esports News...
Riot Games has confirmed the European countries hosting the 2019 League of Legends World Championship (Worlds), and the UK is not among them. Germany, Spain and France will play host...
Gambling companies have a responsibility to stamp out corruption in esports, according to one betting industry official. The reputation of esports has been harmed by some scandals including match-fixing, cheating...
Well-known LEC caster and League of Legends content creator Dan 'Foxdrop' Wyatt published a Twitlonger post yesterday about his anxiety. It was a personal and brave post mentioning how he...
Gaming hardware brand HyperX has extended its 'We're All Gamers' campaign to Europe, which will feature heavily in train stations across London. The campaign will reach France, Germany, the UK and the...
UPDATE: Some of the initial information below about Mo leaving was based off a single Linkedin post and doesn't tell the full story. We'll have an update on this soon. ...
Calling all meme masters, social media pros and those who know how to reach the esports and gaming communities digitally. Esports News UK is on the hunt for social media...
UPDATE (June 22nd): Nightblue has now been banned by Riot for his threatening comments to Nubrac in the game in question mentioned below. JUST GOT A 2 WEEK VACATION pic.twitter.com/ByLtmAcRPp...
British CSGO professionals Rory 'dephh' Jackson (pro player for Complexity) and James Bardolph (caster and FaceIT Media VP) were interviewed on the ECS stage at Wembey's SSE Arena last weekend. Esports...
UK streamer Ali "Gross Gore" Larsen has spoken about his ambitions to work as a League of Legends desk host. He was talking on stream yesterday evening when he discovered...
Esports News UK is looking for a motivated and ambitious sales executive to help take the publication to the next level. This is a part-time, paid role that offers a...
Grime artist P Money is teaming up with esports organisation LDN UTD for an Apex try-outs event at Lewisham Shopping Centre. The event, which is part of the #GrimeAgainstKnives movement,...
Riot Games has lifted the lid on a brand new game mode for League of Legends - and it's not what you'd expect. Teamfight Tactics (TFT) is more akin to...
UPDATE (July 5th 2019): FACEIT has revealed the qualifier and prize pool info. The open LAN tournament is currently capped at 32 team entries from Europe and North America. Online...
On June 6th, Dignitas announced they will merge with NA Organisation, Clutch Gaming. As part of the merge, Team Dignitas will acquire Clutch Gaming's League of Legends LCS franchise spot....
UK esports organisation Vexed Gaming have announced that they have been acquired by Cooldown Ventures. Cooldown Ventures purchased Hong Kong-based company WeGotGame. As part of the deal, Cooldown Ventures will...
The ESL Premiership is getting a midseason shakeup. With the amount of news coming out this week there is no surprise changes are being made. Starting off with the biggest...
UK esports bookmaker has partnered with gaming charity SpecialEffect. SpecialEffect is a UK based charity that assists people with disabilities to participate in gaming. The partnership includes Pinnacle's donation of...
The former London Esports Counter-Strike roster has joined Vexed Gaming ahead of week four of the ESL Premiership. On May 29th, it was revealed that London Esports would be parting...
It has been revealed that McLaren Shadow has launched its second season. Its purpose is to recruit the best sim racer using numerous sim racing titles in order to recruit...
MnM Gaming’s Rainbow 6 Siege roster has been transferred to Natus Vincere. When the Tenth Season of ESL Pro League starts, the roster will compete under the Na’VI banner. This...
Global design firm HOK and software company SAP have published a new research report exploring the future of esports venues. Millions of people tune in to watch the top finals/events...
Daniel 'Dan' Hockley put in a sterling performance in the UKLC, Forge of Champions and EU Masters this year, and Fnatic have rewarded him for his efforts. The British League...
Mid-laner Emil "Larssen" Larsson has been called up to Rogue's first team and will be taking part in the 2019 LEC Summer Split. Larssen moves across from Rogue's academy team,...
Twitch Prime and Riot Games are teaming up to offer Amazon Prime members another bunch of in-game loot for League of Legends. This time it's four months’ worth of content,...
You can now help support our UK eSports coverage by donating a small amount through the ENUK page on crowdfunding website Patreon. If you're a fan of what we do, and...
The top UK League of Legends plays of 2017 video has been published!
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It's two weeks until the UK Esports League (UKEL) kicks off and anticipation is building for UK League of Legends' unofficial division 2. We spoke with one of UKEL's founders and...
In part two of our interview with British host and esports personality Paul 'Redeye' Chaloner, we asked him about his views on the current state of esports, both globally and...
Our 2016 interview with outspoken esports personality and esteemed host Paul 'Redeye' Chaloner on burnout is one of the most-read articles on Esports News UK ever. Esports has progressed a...
British CSGO professionals Rory 'dephh' Jackson (pro player for Complexity) and James Bardolph (caster and FaceIT Media VP) were interviewed on the ECS stage at Wembey's SSE Arena last weekend. Esports...
What is Phil Gaming? Is it a meme, an enigma, a secret society that only forms when Insomnia comes around? ENUK editor Dom Sacco asks UK League of Legends scene...
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