Interviews
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Interview with Challenger ADC Dragdar on switching from esports player to content creator, joining Nord Esports and his push to ‘put UK League of Legends back on the map’
Fayez ‘Dragdar’ Ahmed is one of UK League of Legends rising stars. The 23-year-old in Lewisham, South-East London, […]
March 12, 2023
‘The female League of Legends scene is much better now, but it still has a long way to go’ – Fourth Wall academy support player Tabby
Tabitha ‘Tabby’ Cole is a UK/Finnish League of Legends support player, and one of several women on Fourth […]
March 11, 2023
Interview with NLC Division 1 leaders Nord Esports on their strong start, plans to enter Valorant, and the NLC: ‘I think, long-term, our region might become the strongest of them all’
Nord Esports are a relatively new esports organisation playing in – and currently dominating – the League of […]
March 6, 2023
Interviews from the first live Fourth Wall event featuring UK LoL ADC Yusa, caster Middlecott, Staffs Uni London students & org management: ‘This was the perfect chance to have our team play here with a student-led broadcast’
On Thursday February 16th 2023, the first Fourth Wall event took place at Staffordshire University London, with the […]
February 18, 2023
Interview: Women’s Valorant team Skelp NYX on signing to an organisation, Scottish esports and playing in Game Changers
NYX are a women’s Valorant team set up a few months ago that recently signed to Scottish esports […]
January 26, 2023
Fourth Wall announced: New UK esports organisation set up by former X7 staff and org owners plan to run regular events in London, with their LoL team playing to a live audience
Fourth Wall, a new UK esports organisation set up by the brains behind London Esports, Bulldog Esports and […]
January 22, 2023
King Jae on his Tekken tournament in London & the importance of in-person FGC events: ‘The fighting game spirit comes from the community that wants to express themselves and have fun’
“Where I’m from, after street fights they bring in Tekken,” so goes the opening bar in the grime […]
January 16, 2023
Esports News UK’s Top 10 Interviews of 2022
From CSGO to Valorant, League of Legends and more, a lot happened last year in the world of […]
January 2, 2023
‘We are looking to build further on the foundations we’ve laid down in Dota 2’ – Tundra Esports management on the road ahead following TI win
Tundra Esports spoke to Esports News UK and other publications in a press conference about their The International […]
December 31, 2022
How one player’s question spawned an entire TFT Casual Competition tournament series – five minutes with caster Counterfeit on his next stream set for the morning of New Year’s Eve
Experienced UK caster Peter ‘Countefeit’ Hartnell has spoken to Esports News UK about his TFT Casual Competition series […]
December 29, 2022
Quickfire interview with founder of Newvu Gaming Centre in Stevenage and Team 7am on UK esports and new academy training platform
Update: Newvu has now closed as of mid-2023. The Newvu Gaming Centre opened in Stevenage a few months […]
December 20, 2022
Interview with Excel UK FIFA player Gorilla on qualifying for the ePremier League with Spurs, how EA may change the game after FIFA split and if he has a New Year’s esports resolution
Excel Esports UK FIFA player Gorilla (aka Spencer Ealing) has just qualified for the ePremier League once again […]
December 16, 2022
‘We want London to be the European capital of esports by 2024’ – interview with London & Partners
London & Partners, a business and tourism company focused on promoting London and partly funded by the Greater […]
November 30, 2022
‘I love casting for the Farming Simulator League – every tournament is different and full of surprises!’ – UK caster Virtual Farmer on upcoming Season 4 World Championship
On November 19th and 20th 2022, the Farming Simulator League (FSL) Season 4 World Championship gets underway. We caught […]
November 11, 2022
UK TFT caster Counterfeit on upcoming Dragonlands Rising Legends EMEA finals and Global Championship: ‘The large prize pool increase signals Riot’s continued confidence in TFT’s future as a competitive game’
The 32 best Teamfight Tactics (TFT) players across EMEA will compete in the TFT Dragonlands Rising Legends finals […]
November 2, 2022