Launch events
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Esports industry to gather for inaugural ESIC Global Esports Summit in London, with talks from Michał Blicharz, Richard Lewis and more
The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) is launching the inaugural ESIC Global Esports Summit (EGES) in London next week, […]
April 7, 2022
French retailer Sephora appears to have pulled its listing for Screen Break ‘blue light protection’ spray from Addison Rae’s Item Beauty brand following gamer backlash
French beauty products retailer Sephora appears to have removed a recent listing for Screen Break ‘blue light’ protection […]
February 2, 2022
Guild Esports reveals more info on new headquarters, academy and merch shop in London after signing 10-year lease, David Beckham says he’s excited by ‘the next important stage’ in growing the org
Shoreditch seems to be becoming a magnet for top UK-based esports organisations – Fnatic moved there in 2017, […]
January 20, 2022
Wildfire 2022 LEC music video starring Vedius, Drakos and rock band Against the Current marks first collaboration between Riot casters and a music artist
American pop rock band Against the Current have today released their latest single, “Wildfire”, in collaboration with the […]
January 10, 2022
Worlds 2021 song: Riot sneaked a meme into the ‘Burn It All Down’ music video for the LoL World Championship
It’s that time of the year again – the hype for the League of Legends World Championship is […]
September 30, 2021
University of Wolverhampton and Wolves Esports to host city’s first live esports event as new £5m Screen School launches
Update (October 1st 2021): The esports event has now taken place in Wolverhampton and you can see more […]
September 20, 2021
Esports News UK’s 5-year birthday celebration stream takes place this Thursday
UPDATE: Check the stream back here Our celebration stream kicks off at 8pm BST on Thursday October 15th […]
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October 12, 2020
EGX 2019: A preview of the esports activities taking place at this year’s show
UK games expo EGX is underway once again – this time at ExCeL Center in London. There are […]
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October 17, 2019
'Esports now has a calorie count' – competitive shooter Sol Raiders debuts at Nottingham VR venue
A player-vs-player VR ‘esports experience’ is heading to Nottingham’s meetspaceVR venue. Zero Latency opened the venue in the […]
May 26, 2019
A tour of Excel Esports' new world-class HQ and training facilities at Twickenham Stadium
UK esports organisation Excel Esports have today shown off their new headquarters and training facilities to the industry. […]
April 8, 2019
Stratford Spartans: Inside London's biggest GAME BELONG Arena
GAME has opened its biggest BELONG Arena store in London. The Westfield Stratford City store is home to […]
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August 23, 2018
Real-life actors, quests & potions: Why we need more experiential events like Red Bull's Battle for Azeroth launch
Red Bull hosted a unique event at its Gaming Sphere in London last week to celebrate the launch […]
August 19, 2018
UK Esports Awards: Full list of finalists announced
The UK Esports Awards – the new event brought to you by Esports News UK and UKCSGO – […]
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July 3, 2018
Riot Bolton interview: 'The sky's the limit for League of Legends in the UK'
Esports News UK’s Dom Sacco interviews Riot Games’ long-standing UK community manager John King, aka Riot Bolton, about […]
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May 28, 2018
Origen crowned EU Masters champions in Leicester
Origen thumped Illuminar Gaming 3-0 in the EU Masters 2018 League of Legends final in Leicester on the […]
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May 1, 2018