UK Call of Duty Warzone star, Red Bull athlete and London Royal Ravens streamer, Liam ‘Jukeyz’ James, is on fire right now.
He’s performed well in several Warzone tournaments and has just announced a tour of the US, where he will be playing duos and producing content.
First up, he won the $1,600 Rebirth Customs tournament hosted by UK esports organisation Delirium, as well as host and model Mina Mendes and events organisation Collateral.
How Team Delirium became the UK’s biggest CoD Warzone organisation outside of the CDL
This tournament featured CoD streamers such as Smixie, ex-CoD pros like Skrapz and TojoR and others from organisations such as Fnatic. It was open to NA and EU players (those from the US, Canada, UK, Germany and Spain were in attendance).
Delirium said Jukeyz held 8,000+ viewers for three hours, as he picked up the win with his teammates Hisoka and Envailedd.
Elsewhere, he won the $150,000 Tim the Tatman 2v2 Warzone Killrace tournament, with fellow UK CoD player Fifakill, as well as picking up a share of $3,000 in the Baka Bros tournament.
Jukeyz has made a real name for himself in the Warzone community and his hard work saw Jukeyz receive a Red Bull sponsorship in early 2021.
He also tweeted: “I worked in all different warehouses making £250 roughly a week which is £12,000 a year for a few years before playing Call of Duty, last night me and my team mate made £25,000 each for winning a two-day tournament. Wtf is life. All I can say is thank you.”
Now, Jukeyz has his sights set on the US.
Jukeyz announces ‘See Me in NA’ Warzone Gaming Tour
Jukeyz is set to embarks on a tour across North America to test his skills against the top players in the world in the new ‘See Me in NA’ YouTube series. The series was revealed across Jukeyz’ social media channels with a teaser trailer hinting at the North American tour, where he’ll be taking on challenges of all kinds.
The weekly content series, which will start on April 15th 2022, will follow the Warzone prodigy as he flies from his hometown of Liverpool, where he’s already established himself among Europe’s Warzone elite, to North America for the very first time to compete against some of the best players on an even playing field (LAN / NA servers without ping issues).
Representing the UK, Jukeyz will tour New York City, Los Angeles and Dallas – often referred to as the US’ home of Call of Duty – as he ticks off the biggest cities and esports hubs in the US. Jukeyz will be upping the ante in each iconic destination, challenging local Warzone heroes to £5,000 wager Duos matches on their home turf to prove his skills on a whole new level.
Jukeyz will also be joined by Ben ‘BennyCentral’ Perkin, a familiar face on both sides of the pond as an ex Call of Duty pro and one of the UK’s OG personalities. Adding his trademark humour to the tour, the CoD icon will be helping Jukeyz prepare for the pressures of LAN play, competing in front of crowds and get him acclimated to the gaming culture shift.
The full episode schedule is below:
- Episode 1 (Liverpool): Friday, April 15th
- Episode 2 (New York): Friday April 22nd
- Episode 3 (Los Angeles): Friday April 29th
- Episode 4 (Dallas): Friday May 6th
Weekly episodes will be released on Jukeyz’ YouTube channel to follow each stage of his trip. He’ll also be doing regular on-location livestreams on twitch.tv/jukeyz, broadcast from some top venues across the US.
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.
