Esports

Drink and brewing company AB InBev has launched a new service – Cooldown – allowing esports fans to […]

Read More… from Cooldown launches: New service lets fans find or set up esports viewing parties in UK bars, partners with OpTic Gaming

Esports brand Fnatic, whose head office is in the UK, has announced a $17m funding round led by […]

Read More… from Fnatic secures $17m in funding to support its expansion into Japan and Asia-Pacific

Image source: FemaleLegends More than half of women gamers say they mask their identity when playing online, according […]

Read More… from 59% of women gamers say they adopt a non-gendered or male identity to avoid harassment while playing online

New UK-based esports organisation Tenstar have announced their first team – the Valorant roster known as Tarren Mill. […]

Read More… from Tenstar move into Valorant: New UK-based esports organisation sign UK-core Valorant roster Tarren Mill

UK-based retailer GAME has sold its Insomnia Gaming Festival business and the organiser behind it – Player1 Events […]

Read More… from GAME sells Insomnia Gaming Festival as founder returns to relaunch event for 2021

The Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) is about to run its second Masters event of the year, with the […]

Read More… from Interview with Valorant broadcast talent Yinsu Collins and MitchMan ahead of the VCT Stage 2 Masters: “People are going to ask where were you when the first ever international Valorant LAN happened and you’re going to look like a right melon for not watching it, so tune in and support our boys Team Liquid and Fnatic!”

Vodafone Giants have signed UK support player Raymond ‘KaSing’ Tsang to complete their 2021 Summer League of Legends […]

Read More… from Rebranded Vodafone Giants sign KaSing and 113 to LoL roster, say pair are ‘like father and son’

Red Bull Kumite London gets underway this weekend (May 22nd and 23rd, from 2pm to 10pm BST each […]

Read More… from Red Bull Kumite London preview with UK FGC commentators F-Word & Tyrant: ‘Hopefully this kicks off more offline events as it’s been really tough without them; I’d like to see the UK FGC maintain its level of hunger beyond this event’

Four top Dutch Rocket League players from a mix of UK teams have been announced to represent the […]

Read More… from Dutch Rocket League players from UK orgs form eTeamNL to compete in the Intel World Open ahead of the Olympic Games

UPDATE (May 25th): Manchester United footballer Harry Maguire has now also joined Semper Fortis as an ambassador. Original […]

Read More… from Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin joins new UK esports org Semper Fortis as ambassador (update: now Harry Maguire has too)

League of Legends: Wild Rift launched on mobile devices late last year in the UK and other regions, […]

Read More… from Wild Rift Origin Series announced: Riot encourages teams from the UK, Europe and MENA to take part in new €300,000 tournament

On May 7th 2021, Resolve acquired long-running UK organisation Barrage Esports. It was a surprising turn of events, […]

Read More… from The Last Voyage: A tribute to Barrage Esports

Wanyoo, the esports studio and gaming cafe chain, has opened a new branch at Westfield Stratford in East […]

Read More… from Wanyoo opens Westfield London esports studio, its fourth in the UK

UK esports organisation Excel Esports have confirmed the signing of Norwegian mid-laner Erlend ‘nukeduck’ Våtevik Holm (pictured, centre) […]

Read More… from Excel finalise LEC Summer 2021 roster after signing Nukeduck and Denyk

Update (September 6th 2021): The University of Warwick is set to celebrate the opening of its new esports […]

Read More… from University of Warwick invests £275,000 in new esports centre research hub and competition venue, grand opening takes place in September