The CWL Championship 2019 marked the end of a memorable year of competitive Call of Duty (CoD) - and UK teams proved why they can hang with the best in a...
The UK will play host to the Pokémon World Championships in 2020, it's been confirmed. The announcement came during the closing ceremony of the 2019 World Championships, which took place...
Oh my days, fam! Popular football fan personality Troopz is adding his voice to FIFA 20, the next game in the FIFA series which is out next month, blud. Troopz...
British streamer Ali 'Gross Gore' Larsen has defended streaming platform Twitch following Ninja's move to rival platform Mixer. Ali said in a passionate rant on Twitter (we've edited the quotes...
Gfinity Esports Australia will cease operations from the end of November, some two and a half years after opening. Major shareholders of Gfinity Esports Australia, media company HT&E Limited and...
The esports arm of Scottish football club Celtic have secured a spot in the Call of Duty World League (CWL) Championship. They are one of 32 teams taking part in the...
Fnatic, one of the biggest esports esports organisations in the world, had their account removed from Twitter earlier today. The social media platform has now reinstated the verified account, but...
UK university esports body National Student Esports (NSE) and tournament organiser ESL have announced a new long-term partnership. Specific initiatives between the two have not yet been announced, but are...
The UK final of Red Bull R1v1r Runes (River Runes), a new 1V1 custom Dota 2 tournament, will take place at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere in London this weekend....
Logan Sama, British fighting game host and owner of event organiser Winner Stays On, has spoken out over sexual assault allegations at an EVO after-party last weekend. Over the past...
Grant 'Grievance' Rousseau has joined UK esports organisation Excel as head of operations. Grievance has a host of esports experience starting from the UK League of Legends scene three years...
Loot boxes have dominated many headlines in the video game world this year - and are continuing to do so with two fresh news stories. Loot box odds on...
Esports News UK covers two pieces of Red Bull esports news from the past week. Lino Burgold wins Red Bull Untapped German Magic: The Gathering (MTG) pro Lino Burgold...
UK esports org Vexed Gaming has today announced a strategic partnership with Kappa Sportswear. The brand will provide tournament and casual wear to the UK org. The term (and Twitch...
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco runs through some of the top esports stories, both in the UK and globally, for the past week (July 30th to August 6th)....
This past Saturday the UK esports scene descended upon Rich Mix in Shoreditch to see who would be crowned winners at the second annual UK Esports Awards. The event - hosted...
League of Legends developer Riot Games has confirmed it is working on a fighting game. Riot spoke about the news after Tom Cannon, co-founder of the EVO fighting game esports...
Jamie Wootton tests out the HyperX Alloy FPS RGB keyboard and the Cloud MIX headset, while Esports News UK offers you the chance to win a brand new keyboard, QuadCast...
Sports data firm Sportradar and League of Legends developer Riot Games have announced a partnership to help safeguard match integrity. Sportradar Integrity Services will monitor the global betting activity taking place...
The first person to receive an esports scholarship in the UK, Julia Cwierz, has graduated from the University of Roehampton with a first class degree in law. She has graduated...
A new report has found that the top five websites for counterfeit goods in Asia are selling just under $3m worth of fake Fortnite merch. Pointer Brand Protection, the company...
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco (quickly) runs through some of the top esports stories, both in the UK and globally, for the past week (July 23rd to 30th)....
Over the weekend, the ESL UK & Ireland Premiership 2019 Summer Season came to an end for CSGO and Rainbow Six. Craig Robinson reports from the finals at The Venue@DMU...
UPDATE (July 29th): North American raid guild Limit have secured the world-second in the race to defeating Mythic Queen Azshara, nine hours after Method. Limit were streaming from the Red...
Two British teenagers are among the best Fortnite players in the world. Kyle 'Mongraal' Jackson (left), who joined Team Secret last year aged 13 and later moved to FaZe Clan,...
It's that funny time after a big World of Warcraft content update has gone live but before Blizzcon - and internet speculation about the next expansion is rife. The WoW...
In the third and final part of our interview with British host and esports personality Paul 'Redeye' Chaloner, we asked him about his views on how Brexit is affecting esports and...
British game developer Bulkhead Interactive has revealed a roadmap for the next 12 months of free content and updates for Battalion 1944 players. Notably, Bulkhead will be investing $650,000 into...
Charity SpecialEffect is running a Chicken for Charity 2 PUBG fundraising tournament on Friday July 26th 2019. 25 teams from the games industry will go head-to-head in the competition live on...
The CWL Finals saw the culmination of the 12-week CWL Pro League season and the final amateur open bracket event of the year. A staggering $1.4m was up for grabs...
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, the group that owns English Football Club Arsenal FC, looks like it's buying its way into League of Legends esports. ESPN reports that the Kroenkes have...
The next Insomnia Gaming Festival will host a Battle Royale Zone again, this time promising a large Fortnite tournament. 100 Fortnite fans will be able to play each other at...
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco runs through some of the top esports and influencer stories - both in the UK and globally - for the past week (July 16th...
Margot James' backing of esports in the UK has been encouraging and we should demand the same from the next Culture Minister, says Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco. I...
The final line-up of participants for the FIFA eWorld Cup 2019 has been confirmed - and it includes three English players. Sadly for UK esports they are all starting in...
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...
In the third and final part of our interview with British host and esports personality Paul 'Redeye' Chaloner, we asked him about his views on how Brexit is affecting esports and...
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...
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