Interviews
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UK LoL caster who was once fired from a broadcast for having long hair announces he’s permanently stepping away from casting: In-depth interview with Viperoon
Experienced UK League of Legends caster Will ‘Viperoon’ Whittingham recently announced he was leaving esports for good. He […]
October 5, 2022TeaGuvnor on coaching Esports England’s Dota 2 team & the state of the scene: ‘UK Dota is finally in a position of having multiple competitive players rise up to the higher levels’
UK Dota 2 commentator and analyst, Robson ‘TeaGuvnor’ Merritt, coached the Esports England Dota 2 team and helped […]
September 22, 2022As France gets its first CSGO Major, what can the UK Government do to better support esports? We interview Shadow Culture Minister Alex Davies-Jones at Westminster Games Week: ‘I don’t think the government ‘get’ esports. I’d encourage all parliamentarians & stakeholders to get involved and see what esports is all about’
Shadow Culture Minister Alex Davies-Jones has called on the UK Government and other MPs to better understand esports […]
September 12, 2022Never one… without the other: Interview with LoL casters Initialise and Nymaera on grassroots leagues to the LEC, starting LJL Officially Unofficial, thoughts on the EU Masters & more
Image credit: Michal Konkol/Riot Games Flickr UK casting duo Sam ‘Initialise’ Hapgood and Alex ‘Nymaera’ Hapgood quickly rose […]
September 11, 2022Neil Newbon interview: Heisenberg voice actor on his work, upcoming Resident Evil Village DLC and attending Insomnia Gaming Festival
The UK has a lot of great esports broadcast talent, but it also has a plethora of voice […]
September 5, 2022EssentialsTF Interview on Insomnia 69 TF2 finals, a potential TF3 & what makes Team Fortress such a unique esport
Team Fortress 2 (TF2) might not be the biggest esport in the world, but it’s certainly the biggest […]
September 4, 2022Insomnia 69: Esports personalities offer esports career advice
Esports is an exciting fast-paced industry, but it’s also hard work – and getting your foot in the […]
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September 4, 2022Insomnia 69: UK esports personalities on franchising in esports and the future of leagues
Team franchise slots in the League of Legends LEC are continuing to rise in value With the emergence […]
September 4, 2022ESI London 2022 preview & interview with Esports Insider co-founder Sam Cooke: ‘This is our biggest event in history – we are about to surpass our attendees target of 600’
Promoted article (contains partner links) Esports industry conference and networking event ESI London is around the corner once […]
September 2, 2022Interview: London Royal Ravens’ ODEE and Zer0 on playing at Insomnia, franchising and the future of CoD esports
UK Call of Duty League (CDL) franchise team, the London Royal Ravens, were active around Insomnia 69 today […]
August 28, 2022League of Legends Epic.LAN return cancelled – quickfire interview with MD Jon Winkle from the archive
Update (October 15th 2022): The League of Legends tournament at Epic.LAN 37 will sadly no longer be taking […]
August 24, 2022Kieran Holmes-Darby on recent €100,000 Formula E esports finals in London: ‘We look forward to putting on many more events for the racing games community’
Kieran Holmes-Darby, gaming director at Formula E (right) with 2022 Accelerate champion Frede Rasmussen (left) Electric car motorsport […]
August 21, 2022Freya Spiers Interview: Finding a place in esports, diversifying and a trip down memory lane (PGL Antwerp Major Interview #4)
Photo Credit: PGL In this long-awaited fourth interview from Tom Taylor’s visit to the PGL Antwerp Major, he […]
August 13, 2022Interview with Maxlore, Lorcz & Zero: UK trio from Giants Gaming on winning Spain’s Superliga Summer 2022 Regular Season & chances at EU Masters
Giants Gaming have just won the regular season of the Summer 2022 LVP Superliga in Spain, with 13 […]
August 7, 2022Furuy reflects on his performances with Bifrost in 2022, the quality of mid-laners in the NLC and what’s next: ‘If I look back on the whole year, I cannot be sad – I’m always looking to improve and I’m looking at the bigger leagues’
Dutch League of Legends mid-laner Mike ‘Furuy’ Wils has made a solid name for himself in the NLC […]
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