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Revolution Esports and SAF Global Gaming partner to develop UK FIFA esports talent
Update (January 2022): Revolution Esports has now dissolved and has shut down as a company, as can be […]
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January 22, 2021
Riot reveals League of Legends Clash was brought down by a DDoS attack last weekend
League of Legends’ Clash mode has been hampered by minor tech gremlins now and then since launching a […]
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January 22, 2021
Meet the pro rugby player who also coaches for Godsent’s League of Legends NLC esports team in his free time: Jamal ‘Makinui’ Ford-Robinson
During the day, Jamal Ford-Robinson is a professional rugby player for Premiership side Gloucester Rugby. At night, he […]
January 21, 2021
Fortnite news roundup: UK football clubs added, FNCS $20m prize pool, Man City and FaZe tournament, new Guild player Anas and content creator Gee Nelly
There’s been a ton of Fortnite esports news this week, including several UK-based stories. Here’s a quick rundown. […]
January 21, 2021
Red Bull Home Ground £24,000 Valorant Invitational to feature all-UK and Ireland broadcast talent line-up, as Guild and Rix.gg announce new signings
Home Ground by Red Bull, a new pro Valorant competition launching in partnership with AOC, will showcase some […]
January 20, 2021
F1 Esports Series 2020 breaks viewing records as Virtual Grand Prix events return for 2021
The F1 Esports Series 2020 drew as a record number of fans, with a total of 11.4m live […]
January 17, 2021
UK League of Legends 2021 spring roster roundup: NLC, UKLC and UKEL teams and casters listed
Now that 2020 is over and a new League of Legends season has begun, it’s back to the […]
January 16, 2021
BBC to broadcast League of Legends UKLC once again for Spring 2021 Split as Bulldog qualify
BBC Sport has announced that it will be broadcasting regular UK League of Legends action across its digital […]
January 15, 2021
NSE announces new MD as Jon Tilbury leaves for Riot Games
UK university esports body National Student Esports (NSE) has announced that Alex Coulson (right) has taken on the […]
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January 14, 2021
Endpoint ROG Academy to help young UK CSGO players go pro, will feature a behind-the-scenes content series inspired by football academies (update: Endpoint has closed the project in its current form)
Update (December 6th 2021): Endpoint has announced it has closed its academy project in its current form, and […]
January 13, 2021
UK orgs Vexed and Endpoint named partner teams in the $1.2m Home Sweet Home CSGO season, first $100k cup takes place this month
A couple of the UK’s better-known esports organisations have been announced as flagship partnered teams in the 2021 […]
January 13, 2021
New gaming products announced at CES 2021: Razer’s Project Hazel smart mask, Nvidia RTX 30 laptops, AMD mobile Ryzen 5000 CPUs, HyperX’s first 60 percent keyboard and more
Esports News UK rounds up some of the gaming-related announcements from tech conference CES 2021 so far Razer […]
January 12, 2021
Alienware returns as LEC Main Partner for 2021 (update: Alienware has reportedly cut short its sponsorship agreement)
UPDATE (March 15th 2021): It’s been reported that Alienware has cut short its LEC sponsorship agreement with Riot […]
January 11, 2021
LEC caster Medic broke the Hades speedrunning world record (update: his original record has now been beaten but he’s setting other records in the game)
UPDATE (August 10th): Medic is continuing to showcase his speedrunning skills in Hades, having set another record, this […]
January 11, 2021
James ‘The Governor’ Gove comes out of esports retirement: Raise Your Governors again for one of the good guys in UK LoL
Update (September 5th 2021): Governor had come out of retirement to play for Verdant, but in light of […]
January 9, 2021