Update: Check out the EGX 2022 esports winners here.
Original article: Annual UK video games event EGX will once again be taking place in London this month, with EGX 2022 featuring a host of esports activities.
EGX has announced a few esports tournaments taking place over the four days from September 22nd to 25th 2022. They’re run by Reedpop/EGX with SpaceTime Strategies on board as tournament admins, with help from the Visual Platform team in the UK (including Marc Denton from the Capcom Tour). Luke Thompson, who works on PAX and EGX doing esports, is also the former head of esports and events for Psyonix and created the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS).
Perhaps the most unique esports competition at EGX this year is a GoldenEye “ultimate tournament” – a casual tournament with several prizes in the works.
The classic retro first-person shooter game from the Nintendo 64 era is celebrating its 25th birthday. And EGX will also have an exclusive panel with the game’s developers at the EGX Theatre on Saturday September 24th 2022 from 12pm. Game director Martin Hollis, artists Karl Hilton and Brett Jones and composer Graeme Norgate will be a part of the panel.
The news comes around the GoldenEye 007 Remastered announcement, with the game set to launch on Nintendo Switch and Xbox consoles.
There will also be talks from Yogscast, Twitch, Valve and more, with the latter taking place at 4pm BST on Thursday September 21st 2022.
Valve Live will be a Q&A session with Valve’s Alden Kroll and Erik Peterson (who will be streaming in live from Seattle) about Steam and the latest opportunities with the platform. There are more GI Live talks from EGX 2022 here and other EGX 2022 panel talks here.
‘Last year we featured several FGC tournaments and this year we are expanding the schedule to include more solo and team-based competitions. We are awarding £6,500 in cash prizing and will combine the EGX Arena and PC Freeplay spaces into one to offer flexible qualifying and freeplay hours for our fans.’
Daniel Jones, EGX
On Thursday September 22nd, a Guilty Gear Strive tournament will get underway from 11am BST, with registration opening at 10am. £500 qualifiers and finals will get underway. Also on Thursday, there’s a £1,000 Splitgate 4v4 open qualifier taking place from 11am to 3pm, followed by £1,000 finals from 3pm to 5pm.
Looking towards Friday September 23rd, 2v2 Rocket League and 1v1 Street Fighter V tournaments will take place, with the former running from 11am to 2pm and 7.30pm to 9pm, and the latter from 11am to 5pm.
Looking to Saturday September 24th, Valorant will get a £1,000 open qualifier from 11am to 3pm and £1,000 finals from 3pm to 5pm.
Also on the Saturday, a Multiversus competition will get underway from 11am to 2pm. Multiversus is a Smash Bros-like fighting game from Warner Bros featuring characters from DC Comics, Cartoon Network, HBO and more. There will be £500 up for grabs, plus goodies from Warner Bros including a PS5 for the winner.
Then, on Sunday 25th, another Street Fighter V tournament (11am to 2pm) and Rocket League tournament (11am to 5pm) will take place.
There’s more info on EGX 2022 esports tournaments and scheduling on the EGX Arena page here.
There’s also a PC LAN Zone at EGX with players able to try CSGO in 1v1s and other challenges in a variety of games.
Street Fighter 6 will also be playable at EGC 2022.
SquadBlast, a new side-scrolling tactical shooter, is also launching its European Playtest at EGX London. The debut game from UltraHorse Entertainment features a roster of heroes, each with their own feel and strategic playstyles (tank, support, healer and more) as well as unique abilities, with 2v2 Capture The Point and 5v5 Payload all the way to classic Team Deathmatch modes.
Finally, a Cosplay Showcase on Saturday and Sunday will occur, including a non-competitive cosplay catwalk (sign ups happen on the day before 1pm) and an EGX 2022 cosplay competitive craftmanship series (sign ups online).
Daniel Jones, marketing manager at EGX, told Esports News UK: “We are very excited about this year’s line-up of esports tournaments at EGX Arena in London.
“Last year we featured several FGC tournaments as fan favourites, and this year we are expanding the schedule to include a nice palette of solo and team-based competitions. We are awarding £6,500 in cash prizing and will combine the EGX Arena and PC Freeplay spaces into one to offer flexible qualifying and freeplay hours for our fans.
“We are very passionate about esports and this is our first major step towards scaling up our competitive endeavors at EGX London!”
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.
