Legends of Gaming Live is taking place at London’s Alexandra Palace on Saturday September 5th, bringing together a bunch of the UK’s top gaming YouTubers, streamers and personalities.
But what’s happening there exactly? Let’s take a look…
The idea behind the 12-hour event is to let visitors watch their favourite gamers play against each other, pro gamers and even challenge them themselves, as well as attempting to break Guinness world records and win competitions.
We’re not sure you can call a bunch of teenagers and young gamers ‘legends’ already but there’s no doubting their enormous popularity – these guys’ videos have billions of views on YouTube and a loyal following.
Some – like Ali-A – will even have their own areas at the show, where you can take part in challenges, and in Ali-A’s case try to break his Minecraft world record (‘Most wood collected in three minutes on Minecraft on PS4 – 78′). Others with their own sections include Syndicate, Calfreezy and Wroetoshaw.
The event will also be livestreamed online.
So what else will be happening on the day?
- There will be a tournament zone, in partnership with Multiplay, letting gamers team up or compete against each other in Minecraft Parkour and FIFA Cup
- Gamers can play with or against ‘legends’ on stage in a game of Super Smash Bros, Minecraft or Splatoon
- Cosplay (of course)
- The event will allow attendees to challenge pro gamers Ryan Hart, Dave Bytheway and Ramesh Singh
- Take to the ‘Presenters Podium’ for 30 seconds and “do something that could make you the next big gaming star”. Hmmm… sounds to us this means: “Do something stupid so we can post it on the internet and laugh at you!”
- An Indie Zone promises to introduce you to “some incredible, quirky and utterly addictive masterpieces” being created in sheds, spare rooms and university campuses
- Competitions with prizes including PS4 and Wii U consoles, games and 3D printed weapons
The event is being organised by Endemol Shine in partnership with the likes of IGN, Nintendo, PlayStation, Konami and Twitch. Oh, and our friends Yoyotech are also sponsoring the event, so make sure you check out their PC systems on the day!
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What do you think of the show? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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.
Cool, I wish I was popular on YouTube.