Pro gamers

London-based esports organisation Fnatic have promoted academy bot-laner Louis ‘Bean’ Schmitz to their League of Legends first team. The […]

Read More… from Fnatic Rising UK LoL scene bot-laner Bean called up to Worlds at last minute as Upset is forced to return home

Riot Games has suspended Beyond Gaming’s Taiwanese mid-laner Chien ‘Maoan’ Mao-An in a huge scandal at the 2021 […]

Read More… from Worlds 2021 betting scandal: BYG player suspended for leaking inside information, Twitter reacts

Balance changes are part and parcel of modern competitive games, keeping things fresh and interesting, but they also […]

Read More… from UK Rainbow 6 pros question proposed balance changes in Siege Y6S3.3 patch

English Premier League football club Manchester City have moved into Fortnite esports for the first time. They’ve signed […]

Read More… from Man City to compete in Fortnite esports after signing 16-year-old player

UK Overwatch professional player Cameron ‘Fusions’ Bosworth has announced his retirement from competitive play. The 22-year-old tank player announced his […]

Read More… from UK Overwatch player Fusions retires from pro play, Boston Uprising thank him for ‘being a rock for the team’

Artwork by Ali Hassanein originally posted in the LoL subreddit, used with permission The Welshman is at Worlds […]

Read More… from Alphari confident Team Liquid can qualify for Worlds quarter finals: ‘I want to win Worlds. I’m not going to say that’s 100% the expectation this year, but I think we’ll get out of groups’

For transparency: Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco used to work full-time for British Esports between September 2016 […]

Read More… from Players representing Team Britain at Global Esports Games announced, with UK esports veterans Mark Weller, Ryan Hart, TeaGuvnor and more involved

Blast has partnered with Riot Games to bring back the Spike Nations Valorant tournament for a second instalment […]

Read More… from Team UK announced for €60,000 Valorant Spike Nations charity tournament, featuring Fnatic Boaster and Mistic

UK esports organisation Semper Fortis (SMPR) Esports has moved into FIFA after signing UK players Jas Singh and […]

Read More… from Semper Fortis moves into FIFA 22 with UK players as EA announces expanded esports program

Update (October 5th 2021): Excel has also resigned another British FIFA player, and former eWorld Cup champion, Spencer […]

Read More… from Excel completes biggest FIFA esports transfer signing in history: UK player Tom Leese joins from Hashtag United as Excel announces new FIFA jersey and EE partnership, Excel also resigns Gorilla

Astralis mid-laner Carl Felix ‘MagiFelix’ Boström has left the LEC League of Legends team. The organisation announced today […]

Read More… from Astralis part ways with MagiFelix: ‘Unfortunately Felix isn’t the right fit for our strategy and for us as a team at this time’

The 2021 Women in Games Awards took place last night, with a host of top esports talent acknowledged […]

Read More… from Women in Games 2021 UK esports award winners announced, including Fluke, Frankie Ward, Geomancy, Roehampton Uni and more

UK Fortnite star Kyle ‘Mongraal’ Jackson (pictured left) has opened up about being mistreated by other pro players […]

Read More… from Mongraal Aqua Fortnite drama: ‘I’m constantly slandered in private by the majority of pros but actually hearing it flipped a switch’

UK esports organisation Rix.gg have announced the signing of British Fortnite talent Zachariah ‘Pinq’ Siddall as they move […]

Read More… from Rix.GG enter Fortnite by signing UK talent Zachariah ‘Pinq’ Siddall

English Call of Duty player Zach ‘Zed’ Denyer has announced his retirement from professional play. The 23-year-old talent, […]

Read More… from UK CoD talent Zed retires from pro play: ‘This may be the scariest moment of my life’