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Manchester’s Play Expo reveals esports tournament line-up

April 21st, 2019

PLAY Expo is returning to Manchester for the seventh time on May 4th and 5th and will once again have some community esports tournaments taking place. The event - which will be held at Manchester Central Exhibition Centre and is set to draw 25,000 gaming fans - is focusing on fighting games for 2019. There will…

Can Fnatic Rising reach the EU Masters semi-finals? Group stage recap and quarter final preview

April 20th, 2019

UK League of Legends team Fnatic Rising won three matches out of three in the European Masters group stages. They now stand on the brink of making it to Leicester for the European Masters finals. What are their chances? Megalodontus takes a look. In our previous piece, we delved into Fnatic Rising’s chances against their group…

Lightning Pandas cease operations

April 19th, 2019

UK organisation Lightning Pandas have ceased operations, effective as of April 18th 2019. In a Twitlonger statement, the org (owned by influencer marketing agency Kairos Media) stated that due to "the impending cost of franchising and other internal factors" the decision was made to cease operations. Mr Stark, I don't feel so good... Read: https://t.co/aXCf3sSUBx…

Fnatic Rising’s EU Masters Group Stage Preview: What are the UK’s chances in Europe after Diabolus were knocked out?

April 15th, 2019

The League of Legends European Masters group stages get underway today (April 15th) and the UK's sole representative is now UKLC winners Fnatic Rising. Now that the play-ins are over (which saw fellow UK side Diabolus get knocked out), 16 teams remain to battle it out in the Main Event. So where does Fnatic Rising…

Kasing interview: ‘LEC Spring Split was one of the hardest in my career, I will try for my life in the Summer Split, my goal is to make it to Worlds’

April 14th, 2019

Raymond 'Kasing' Tsang is one of, if not the most experienced pro League of Legends player from the UK. The support player has played for the likes of Dignitas, Splyce as well as at Worlds in 2015 with H2K. Today, he's with UK organisation Excel Esports as team captain. How did he feel the LEC…

Digital Schoolhouse 2019 National Esports Tournament champions announced

April 13th, 2019

UK games industry trade body Ukie's Digital Schoolhouse school esports tournament concluded a few days ago, with the final taking place at London's Gfinity Esports Arena. Eight teams came together at the event to duke it out after months of gruelling regional qualifiers, playing 3v3 in Overwatch. Ukie says the tournament saw a record 3,500 participants…

Blizzard rescinds Preach Gaming’s invite to Content Creator Summit after banning him and other Warcraft players like MethodJosh over the leveling potion issue

April 12th, 2019

UPDATE (April 12th 2019): Preach has revealed that Blizzard rescinded his invite to a Content Creator Summit in California. Here, he would have viewed upcoming content in World of Warcraft and had the chance to provide feedback to the dev team. But following his ban (explained below), he was no longer invited. The reason he…

Interview with MnM RB6 player Kendrew: ‘I definitely think we can make Pro League this season’

April 9th, 2019

During the Rainbow Six Siege ESL UK & Ireland Premiership finals in Manchester, ENUK's Craig Robinson had a chat with UK player Kendrew from MnM Gaming, after his team's semi-final victory against Vexed Gaming. Of course, MnM went on to win the finals versus Team Secret. We ask Kendrew about the finals, the state of…

A tour of Excel Esports’ new world-class HQ and training facilities at Twickenham Stadium

April 8th, 2019

UK esports organisation Excel Esports have today shown off their new headquarters and training facilities to the industry. Located at Twickenham Stadium, the home of England Rugby, the facility boasts a lounge area, hot desk space, media/green screen room, practice rooms and more spaces for streaming and other activities. They also have access to the…

‘We want to build a female team around Vicksy that can inspire the next generation’ – Excel

April 8th, 2019

Growing UK esports organisation Excel have spoken about their plans for a female esports team in the future. Excel previously had a female League of Legends team which won the FemaleLegends tournament at DreamHack in late 2017. Since then the roster has changed and today its former mid-laner - Victoria 'Vicksy' Doman - is now…

Category Archives: Games

Manchester’s Play Expo reveals esports tournament line-up

Can Fnatic Rising reach the EU Masters semi-finals? Group stage recap and quarter final preview

Lightning Pandas cease operations

Kasing interview: ‘LEC Spring Split was one of the hardest in my career, I will try for my life in the Summer Split, my goal is to make it to Worlds’

Digital Schoolhouse 2019 National Esports Tournament champions announced

Blizzard rescinds Preach Gaming’s invite to Content Creator Summit after banning him and other Warcraft players like MethodJosh over the leveling potion issue

Interview with MnM RB6 player Kendrew: ‘I definitely think we can make Pro League this season’

A tour of Excel Esports’ new world-class HQ and training facilities at Twickenham Stadium

‘We want to build a female team around Vicksy that can inspire the next generation’ – Excel

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