Interview: Richard Simms previews this weekend's Halo HCS Pro League EU Finals in Leicester

eSports News UK speaks to ESL UK host, caster, community/social media manager (and dank memlord) Richard Simms about the […]

July 22, 2016

You can now support Esports News UK on Patreon

You can now help support our UK eSports coverage by donating a small amount through the ENUK page on […]

July 17, 2016

ESL UK/IRE Overwatch Cup week 3 recap, MVPs and match reports: King's Row Edition

Last week in UK Overwatch, we saw 25 teams joining in for the competition. In this article, we will […]

July 3, 2016

What chance does EU have at ESL One Cologne – and where are the UK players?

With the second Counter-Strike major of the year just around the corner, the stage is set for a […]

July 3, 2016

Watch: Caster Excoundrel's WWE Intro to UK Overwatch match

UK eSports is a strange spectacle, but at times it can be quite beautiful. There was a moment during last week’s […]

June 26, 2016

A rundown of the first ESL UK Overwatch cup won by GLB

Last Wednesday, the first UK and Ireland Overwatch competition got underway, with 34 checked in teams geared up to play. Here, […]

June 18, 2016

ESL UK interview: 'We want to keep investing in UK eSports – we're not doing this to make money'

eSports News UK got the chance to sit down with ESL UK co-managing directors James Dean and Spike […]

June 15, 2016

ESL to host $100,000 Overwatch tournament at Gamescom 2016

ESL has announced the Overwatch Atlantic Showdown tournament which will take place at Gamescom in Germany this August. It’s the first […]

June 10, 2016

ESL to host UK Overwatch community cups

ESL is planning to organise UK Overwatch community cups – which could lead to the creation of an official ESL […]

June 8, 2016

Interview: UK Hearthstone champion George "BoarControl" Webb

eSports News UK gets five minutes with Torpedo’s George “BoarControl” Webb after he won the ESL UK Hearthstone Premiership […]

June 1, 2016

UK gets behind first wave of competitive Overwatch tournaments

It’s fair to say Overwatch has drawn global attraction during its first week of launch. A number of competitive […]

May 30, 2016

UK Hearthstone final breaks viewer records

The Hearthstone Premiership grand final broke viewership records to become ESL UK’s most-watched domestic eSports league event. The ESL Hearthstone […]

May 30, 2016

Streaker bundled off stage by 'jedi' at UK Hearthstone finals

eSports can clearly now be considered a sport in the UK – it’s had its first streaker. A […]

May 29, 2016

Top 8 moments from the ESL Pro League CSGO finals at the O2 in London

After the fantastic group stages in Leicester G2, Luminosity Gaming proceeded to the Indigo O2 Arena in London […]

May 20, 2016

Interview: ESL CEO Ralf Reichert on the new WESA governing body and how it will change eSports

A few days ago the World Esports Association (WESA) was announced – described by some as the FIFA of […]

May 16, 2016