Interviews
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ESI 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, 2022
Interview: 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, 2022
League 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, 2022
Kieran 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, 2022
Freya 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, 2022
Interview 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, 2022
Furuy 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 […]
August 7, 2022
Interview with the leader of Birmingham City Council on West Midlands esports deal and the Commonwealth: ‘There’s enormous potential in Birmingham and we’d like to become a city that’s known for hosting esports events’
Left, Ian Ward, leader of Birmingham City Council, and right, Dato’ Ananth S.Nathan, president of the Malaysia Esports […]
August 3, 2022
Who actually are the Global Esports Federation? Interview with CEO Paul J. Foster on links with Tencent & Saudi Arabia, its funding model, the Commonwealth Esports Championships & criticism from the community
Since being founded in December 2019, the Global Esports Federation (GEF) have partnered with Tencent, brought together 100+ […]
August 3, 2022
Interview with X7’s new LoL jungler Viking on settling in, insights into scrims and his Korean laners being the best he’s ever played with
Earlier this month, X7 signed former Izi Dream and Dusty jungler Anton ‘Viking’ ‘Taxer’ Andersson after a string […]
July 16, 2022
How teacher Emily ‘Perkz’ Perkins, Leicester City FC and the Life Multi-Academy Trust are transforming school esports in Leicestershire
Emily ‘Perkz’ Perkins (pictured left) has had one of the most unusual yet inspiring stories in UK esports. […]
July 13, 2022
Taxer on Astralis Talent’s rise in form in the LoL Summer 2022 NLC: ‘If we keep improving at the rate we are right now, then we’ll be an EU Masters team at the end of the split’
Astralis Talent have revitalised their year after a disappointing Spring split and now sit a respectable third in […]
July 10, 2022
When Harry Met Hugo: A Deep Dive into the UK CSGO Scene and the Esports Journey of Harry ‘JustHarry’ Russell (PGL Antwerp Major Interview #3)
Images: PGL/Liquipedia Despite the lack of UK-based players and coaches at the PGL Antwerp Major, the UK CSGO […]
July 6, 2022
NLC video interview: Stefan on Riddle Esports’ 7-game win streak, coaching Haru and returning to playing
Riddle Esports are on fine form in Division 1 of the Summer 2022 NLC, having recorded seven wins […]
July 2, 2022
DonJake calls out NLC and UK orgs for not doing enough to build their identity or create better content: ‘Orgs are killing this region. Where’s that rebel energy? We’re the UK, man!’
UK League of Legends personality, Ruddy Esports org owner, content creator and LFL English caster DonJake has called […]
June 29, 2022