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Riot Games parent company Tencent to acquire major UK games developer
Riot Games parent company Tencent is set to purchase one of the UK’s well-known game development studios. Chinese […]
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July 19, 2021
Ireland’s Vela Games raises £12.5m in funding from Ubisoft, London Venture Partners and Novator
Vela Games, a Dublin-based studio with industry veterans from Blizzard, Epic, Riot Games, EA and Moon Studios, has […]
June 30, 2021
Super Squad playtest and interview: UK dev Bad Fox Studios aims to shake up MOBA genre with new 5v5 team shooter
We might not feature the game development sector all that much on Esports News UK, but the UK […]
May 4, 2021
New UK-based esports organisation Adamo Gaming announces CoD tournament after hiring Matt Loftus as general manager, founder Tom Roderick addresses his past
Update (March 9th 2022): Adamo Gaming has suddenly laid off the majority of its staff amidst pay complaints, […]
April 13, 2021
MAD Lions’ LEC win ‘marks the end of the dominance of G2 and Fnatic in the LEC, with competition becoming increasingly fiercer each year’ – Riot
Image credit: LEC Flickr (Michal Konkol/Riot Games) Riot Games has commented on MAD Lions winning the Spring 2021 […]
April 12, 2021
League of Legends MMO in the works: Will it be a WoW-beater?
It’s official: Riot Games has begun work on an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game. Greg Street, aka Ghostcrawler, […]
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December 18, 2020
With spectators returning to some live sports events in the UK, when will esports follow suit? We ask epic.LAN, ESL UK and Gfinity
Fans of sport have recently been able to attend live events, such as football matches, in a much […]
December 11, 2020
League of Legends franchise heads to consoles for the first time in Ruined King: A League of Legends Story
Riot Games has announced that upcoming title Ruined King: A League of Legends Story will launch in a few months’ […]
October 31, 2020
World of Tanks developer opens UK studio, is working on an unannounced free-to-play game targeting fans of Fortnite, Overwatch and League of Legends
World of Tanks developer/publisher Wargaming has opened a UK office and is growing its team to work on […]
December 16, 2019
A League of Legends turn-based RPG and platform game are in development
Riot Games’ new publishing label, Riot Forge, has announced that two new League of Legends-themed games are in development. […]
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December 14, 2019
Shadowgun War Games looks like a mobile version of Overwatch, first gameplay stream coming this month
While competitive mobile gaming has had its critics over the years, you can’t deny the success of titles […]
November 10, 2019
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 […]
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October 10, 2019
Esports News UK swaps places with a developer to make a game, which you can download here
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco shares a unique experience taking part in the Ukie journo/dev swap gamejam […]
September 30, 2019
'Esports is definitely a possibility for us' – an interview with the developer of MMO RTS Infinite Fleet
Infinite Fleet is an upcoming sci-fi MMO RTS (Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy) game with a twist: players […]
August 24, 2019
PES World League 2019 final preview
This weekend the home of Arsenal FC will play host to the PES World League Finals. After a […]
June 27, 2019