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10 Huge Announcements From League of Legends’ 10-Year Celebrations: ‘Project A’ FPS, Esports Team Management Game, Legends of Runeterra Card Game, LoL on Mobile and Consoles, New Animated Series & More

Riot Games has celebrated the tenth anniversary of League of Legends with a bang. Scrap that, this is […]

Esports news of the week: London Royal Ravens, LoL 10-Year Celebrations, Fortnite Chapter 2

Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco rounds up the news of the week to October 15th 2019. Dom […]

London Royal Ravens: Call of Duty League franchise team name and branding officially announced

London Royal Ravens, the previously-leaked team name of ReKTGlobal’s London Call of Duty League franchise slot, has finally […]

New €100m Hiro Capital investment fund aims to help esports and games businesses grow

Hiro Capital has launched a €100 million fund, to back the future UK and EU leaders in the […]

Autism charity event Autistica Play Relax Mode targets streamers, gamers and esports community

UK autism research charity Autistica has launched Relax Mode, an event designed to continue the conversation around mental […]

UK Rainbow Six player Doki banned for severe toxicity: ‘To all fellow players, let my punishment be a lesson to you’

Scottish Rainbow Six Siege pro Jack ‘Doki’ Robertson has been banned by Ubisoft and ESL due to ‘severe […]

Can you bet on esports? A beginner’s guide

Guest post (contains affiliate links) If you live in the UK, you may have considered betting on sports. […]

UK Hearthstone casters respond to Blizzard’s banning of Blitzchung, the player who made a Hong Kong protest on stream

UPDATE (October 12th 2019): Blizzard has back-tracked on its penalties handed to Blitzchung. It has now reduced his […]

Insomnia hopes to grow its audience from 45,000 to 60,000 next year

Insomnia Gaming Festival is hoping to increase its number of visitors from 45,000 to 60,000 next year. The […]

The journey and the destination: How I view WoW differently now, having played vanilla

An ageing vanilla World of Warcraft player – Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco – shares his thoughts […]

Esports News of the Week: Hearthstone Controversy, NHS Gaming Addiction Clinic, Gfinity Changes

Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco rounds up the news of the week to October 8th 2019. Dom […]

The rise of UK esports: 6 highlights from Esports Insider’s recent panel discussion

Image credit: Jak Howard/Esports Insider on Flickr 2018 was undoubtedly a landmark year for UK esports, what with […]

Haseeb ‘BlueSpirits’ Rasool crowned 1v1 Red Bull Player One UK champion

Last night saw Haseeb ‘BlueSpirits’ Rasool emerge victorious at the UK final of Red Bull Player One, a […]

Team Liquid invited to ESL One Hamburg

Promoted article (contains affiliate links) Team Liquid are making a comeback in Dota 2, having signed a new […]

ESL to host challenger tournament for battle game KurtzPel

KOG, a developer and publisher o free-to-play action MMORPGs, has teamed up with tournament organiser ESL to broadcast […]

Twitch Prime members to receive exclusive RuneScape rewards until February 2020

RuneScape and Old School RuneScape have kicked off four months of exclusive goodies for Twitch Prime Members. As […]

PUBG cross platform play now live on console, PUBG Lite to launch in 52 additional countries

Contains affiliate link PUBG Corporation has made a couple of big changes to competitive battle royale shooter Player Unknown’s […]

ePremier League returns with a second season – but still no sign of a prize pool

The Premier League and EA have announced that the ePremier League FIFA esports tournament is returning for a […]

‘Too often we see ‘same, same but different’ merch in esports’ – The Koyo Store aims to help UK esports orgs offer fans custom badges and products

Pin badge and merch brand The Koyo Store is teaming up with UK esports tournament providers, teams, influencers […]

Sjokz, Excoundrel and Boaster to commentate at UK final of Red Bull Player One 1v1 League tournament this weekend

Top League of Legends esports host Eefje ‘Sjokz’ Depoortere will be providing commentary at a 1v1 event in London […]