eSports and gaming event host Multiplay has opened a brand new UK eSports studio in Basingstoke.
The company – which is responsible for the UK Masters league and Insomnia gaming festivals – showed off the studio in a live broadcast for the League of Legends UK Masters this evening.
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The UK Masters Twitter account teased the following earlier today:
We’ve got something exciting tonight for the #UKMasters… pic.twitter.com/7WuKMATZ7u
— UKMasters (@UKMasters) October 17, 2016
It then announced the studio, along with what’s possibly the most boyband-esque picture of UK caster duo Sona (left) and Excoundrel (right) we’ve ever seen.
Join @excoundrel & @Sonathecaster in the first broadcast from our BRAND NEW @Multiplay Studio! https://t.co/Rt09Tec38O pic.twitter.com/CtLBR7m0lK
— UKMasters (@UKMasters) October 17, 2016
Other Multiplay staff also tweeted about the studio:
The brilliant @Sonathecaster & @excoundrel in the beautiful @MultiplayEsport @UKMasters Studio #UKMasters pic.twitter.com/HLoAHJ1all
— James Williams (@jjwilliams85) 17 October 2016
Our new studio is sickkk #ukmasters #lolesports @MultiplayEsport @UKMasters loving it @Sonathecaster @excoundrel pic.twitter.com/LB2bq0pnjo
— Kharne (@KharneUK) 17 October 2016
We’ve reached out to Multiplay for specific details of the studio, but from the stream and images posted it’s a small, well-lit studio complete with a desk, cast, cameras and of course plenty of Insomnia and GAME branding.
Earlier this year, rival events company ESL opened its own UK studio in Leicester.
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