Category: Dota 2
York beats Lancaster University in Roses Esports 2018 varsity
Established in 2013, Roses Esports began as an unofficial competition between Fragsoc and LUGES, the gaming societies of […]
May 21, 2018
Esports business conference ESI Birmingham joins the UK Dota 2 Major
ESL UK and Esports Insider today announced they are partnering up for the delivery of ESI Birmingham, a […]
May 4, 2018
The UK gets its first ESL One Dota 2 Major, which has already broken ticket sales records
UPDATE (March 16th): ESL One Birmingham has become the fastest-selling ESL Dota 2 Major ever. Tickets went on sale […]
March 13, 2018
Arrow League’s 10th Dota 2 season and inaugural Rocket League season get underway
Arrow League’s 10th Dota 2 season and inaugural Rocket League season got off to a flying start, with […]
February 15, 2018
UK Masters announces Weekly Cups in PUBG, LoL & Dota 2
The UK Masters is back with a twist – it’s returning with a series of new Weekly Cups. […]
October 25, 2017
Now QPR and AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes is getting involved in esports
Yesterday it was revealed that Arsenal’s majority shareholder Stan Kroenke is forming an esports team – now another owner of […]
August 11, 2017
Britain's Machine, ODPixel & Pyrion Flax join The International 2017 broadcast team
Three well-known British gaming personalities have been added to the Dota 2 International 7 broadcast line-up. Caster Alex “Machine” […]
July 22, 2017
'I'll miss you all' – ReDeYe won't be hosting the Dota 2 International this year
One of the UK’s most well-known esports hosts, Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner, won’t be hosting the Dota 2 International this […]
June 27, 2017
epic.LAN 21: Which teams won and how were viewer numbers?
epic.LAN 21 finished last weekend and featured everything from beach parties to charity pie faces alongside the esports tournaments. Craig […]
June 22, 2017
Demise.Pro move into Dota 2 with all-British team
UK esports organisation Demise.Pro has signed an all-British Dota 2 team. Demise.Pro say the roster is made up […]
June 20, 2017
Video interview: epic.LAN MD on future changes, a new board game event and the beach party at epic21
This week, Esports News UK’s live Twitch channel interview was with Epic Gaming MD Jon “winbar” Winkle, founder of […]
June 10, 2017
ASUS' new $500,000 ROG Masters tournament has UK qualifiers
PC hardware manufacturer ASUS announced two big new global esports tournaments last week. Turns out both of them have […]
June 3, 2017
Interview: Caster Toby "TobiWan" Dawson on moving to the UK, the state of DOTA 2 and the Australian esports scene
Australian DOTA 2 caster Toby “TobiWan” Dawson has just made the move from Berlin to Leicester. Ahead of the […]
April 23, 2017
UKDota March open kicks off this weekend
The UKDota March 2017 Open tournament will begin on Saturday March 25th at 2pm. The best-of-five final will […]
March 21, 2017
'The players always come first to me' – Perilous Gaming's new general manager opens up in exclusive interview
Perilous Gaming are well known in UK esports, from their League of Legends team to their Dota 2 […]
March 21, 2017
BAFTA Games AMD Esports Audience Award shortlist confirmed
The shortlist for the AMD Esports Audience Award at the British Academy Games Awards has been revealed. Six […]
February 20, 2017
Multiplay Ditches Dota – 'Interest in the game has dropped'
Multiplay will not be hosting a Dota 2 tournament at Insomnia60 in April. The event host will be […]
February 2, 2017
British Gaming League: New Dota 2 weekly and summer tournament provider emerges
A new series of UK Dota 2 tournaments have been announced. The British Gaming League hopes to run weekly […]
December 29, 2016
LSE win Varsity Games Dota 2 university tournament – video recap
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) have won the inaugural Varsity Games London university esports tournament. […]
November 29, 2016
Varsity Games: London universities prepare to face off
Four of the top London-based Dota 2 university teams will go head-to-head in the first Varsity Games eSports […]
November 7, 2016
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