Update (March 31st 2022): The EE Ultimate Gamer event came to a close finish, with thousands tuning in to watch Excel’s pro UK Fortnite player Jaden ‘Wolfiez’ Ashman crowned the winner of EE and Excel’s newest event.
With only a few points between them, Wolfiez was crowned EE Ultimate Gamer dominating across all three games and bagging 49 points overall, knocking Ollie Ball into second place with 42 points.
Although dominating in the FIFA round, Munya took third place with 38 points and Angelika came fourth with 34 points.
Wolfiez commented: “It feels great to be crowned EE Ultimate Gamer. Ollie, Munya and Angelika put up a good fight and tested my skills – I hope the fans enjoyed the event.”
Original article (March 24th): UK esports organisation Excel Esports has teamed up with its sponsor and mobile network EE to announce the launch of EE Ultimate Gamer.
This event includes a six-hour Twitch stream held on March 30th 2022 and will see four famous UK personalities compete against each other across three separate games – Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5 and FIFA 22 – in a house all powered by EE’s Full Fibre broadband.
Celebs taking part will include comedian Munya Chawawa, Excel’s pro Fortnite player Jaden ‘Wolfiez’ Ashman (who recently secured Red Bull sponsorship), TikToker Ollie Ball and London Royal Raven’s content creator Angelika ‘ImAngelikaa’ Slon (who recently joined agency XU Esports).
Each competitor will play five rounds of Halo Infinite, FIFA and Forza on EE’s Full Fibre broadband, and the player with the highest total of kills, goals and race position finishes across all three titles will be crowned EE’s Ultimate Gamer.
The stream will be hosted by esports personality Adam Savage, with broadcast production from Ginx TV.
Comedian Munya Chawawa commented: “You mean I get to game as part of my work? I’m in heaven – EE Ultimate Gamer, prepare to face the lean, mean Zimbabwean button-bashing machine.”
Commercial director at Excel Esports, Mark Carter, commented: “Excel and EE share a joint passion for creating entertaining events and content for the UK gaming community, and we are thrilled to announce the launch of EE Ultimate Gamer.
“It’s set to be a really fun and engaging stream. We are looking forward to our fans and community to tune in and see who will be crowned EE Ultimate Gamer champion.”
Mark Carter, Excel Esports
“Bringing together one of the best UK professional gamers Wolfiez, the humour of Munya and Ollie and entertainment from ImAngelikaa – it’s set to be a really fun and engaging stream. We are looking forward to our fans and community to tune in and see who will be crowned EE Ultimate Gamer champion.”
Pete Jeavons, director of marketing communications at EE, added: “This new gaming experience produced by EE and competitive gaming culture brand Excel is another new and exciting way to showcase the power of EE’s Full Fibre broadband. As the best network for gaming, we know how important it is for gamers to have great connection while playing and streaming. With EE’s Full Fibre, this six-hour streaming experience will be a seamless and uninterrupted one.”
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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.
