Esports
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Alienware returns as LEC Main Partner for 2021 (update: Alienware has reportedly cut short its sponsorship agreement)
UPDATE (March 15th 2021): It’s been reported that Alienware has cut short its LEC sponsorship agreement with Riot […]
January 11, 2021
Review: BBC’s ‘Fight For First’ Excel Esports documentary captures the rawness, realness and ruthlessness of esports
Fight For First offers an engaging glimpse into life behind the scenes in the LEC, writes Esports News […]
January 10, 2021
James ‘The Governor’ Gove comes out of esports retirement: Raise Your Governors again for one of the good guys in UK LoL
Update (September 5th 2021): Governor had come out of retirement to play for Verdant, but in light of […]
January 9, 2021
Riot Games announces Wild Rift esports plans for 2021
Wild Rift, the League of Legends game built for mobile devices, will be getting its own esports activities […]
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January 9, 2021
Interview with Chronicler on joining the LCK broadcast as a caster for 2021: “When I got the news I ran around screaming, waking my girlfriend up!”
Benelux caster Maurits ‘Chronicler’ Jan Meeusen has joined the LCK (League of Legends Champions Korea) broadcast team. He […]
January 8, 2021
BBC Sport to broadcast Rocket League Championship Series X
BBC Sport will be broadcasting the Rocket League Championship Series X (RLCS X) from Saturday January 9th. The […]
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January 8, 2021
McLaren Racing and Velo announce new esports series featuring Craig David, Supercar Blondie, Rory Reid and more
UK motor racing team McLaren Racing and nicotine pouch brand Velo have launched a new esport series, featuring […]
January 7, 2021
Video: The Future of Esports News UK
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco provides an update on the site for 2021 Dom SaccoDom is an […]
January 7, 2021
Munster Rugby Gaming to play in the UKEL without Phelan involvement: ‘We look forward to competing in the UKEL and growing the League of Legends community in Ireland’
Munster Rugby Gaming, the esports arm of Irish sports side Munster Rugby, is making a comeback. It will […]
January 6, 2021
Excel co-founder Joel Holmes-Darby joins Method as general manager: ‘I wanted a new challenge and Method’s rebuild was the perfect fit’
Joel Holmes-Darby, the co-founder of Excel Esports, has joined another big UK esports organisation today: Method. As general […]
January 5, 2021
Method finish 7th in Mythic Castle Nathria Race to World First
UK esports organisation Method have completed Mythic Castle Nathria in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. The guild defeated Sire […]
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January 3, 2021
Esports News UK’s Top 10 Interviews of 2020
Happy New Year to all our readers and, as usual, we’re starting things off by looking back on […]
January 2, 2021Late payments, ‘lies’ and licensing gone wrong: What really happened at Munster Rugby Gaming that led to their departure from the League of Legends NLC (and now the UKLC)
Written by Dominic Sacco with further research by Megalodontus UPDATE (January 1st 2021): Phelan Gaming have dropped out […]
January 1, 2021
Are all these new esports venues set to open across the UK a bit of a false economy?
Image credit: Bristol arena concept by Glenn Howells Architects Limited We should hopefully have beaten Covid by the time […]
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December 30, 2020
‘The biggest problem in the UK is that teams are more inclined to import’ – Kasing talks UK League after joining Movistar Riders with Maxlore
(Image credit: Movistar Riders website announcement) Experienced UK League of Legends player Kasing has spoken candidly about his […]
December 29, 2020