University College London (UCL) have taken first place at the first Genshin Impact University Invitational UK final, winning £5,000.
They topped the leaderboards with 2,780 points, ahead of Brunel University London with 2,580 in second place and Queen Mary University of London in third place with 2,410 points.
UCL also received 2,000 Primogems for each team member, while Brunel left with £3,000 overall plus 1,000 Primogems per member, and Queen Mary won £2,000 altogether, with each team member receiving 500 Primogems.
The winning team told host Djarii at the end that it “was worth putting all that time into Genshin Impact!”
Other talent involved in the event – which took place at London’s Platform Bar – also included casters MapleTV (aka Ellie) and AsianGuyStream (Atsu).
Companies involved included UK university esports body National Student Esports (NSE), Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse, marketing agency GLTCH Group and broadcaster Ginx Esports TV.
Imperial College London also received the Popularity Award at the grand final, earning them £1,000 as well as 600 Primogems for each team member.
The Genshin Impact University Invitational is a first for UK esports. Announced earlier this month, it saw 10 university teams getting involved in a series of game contests, such as gathering resources as fast as possible. The full list of detailed rules for the Genshin UK Invitational can be found on the event’s website by clicking the question mark at the top then more information.
There are more competitive Genshin events planned for the UK this year. NSE will run challenges and activities, and give university societies the ability to run their own Genshin Impact events with support from both NSE and HoYoverse.
The final stream pulled in more than 33,000 viewers – you can check out the Genshin Impact Invitational final VoD on Twitch here.
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.
