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UK final of Red Bull River Runes Dota 2 tournament to be hosted by UK caster KillerPigeon

August 12th, 2019

The UK final of Red Bull R1v1r Runes (River Runes), a new 1V1 custom Dota 2 tournament, will take place at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere in London this weekend. It will see the finest Red Bull R1v1r Runes players compete for the chance to meet and play with a member of reigning TI8 champions,…

‘This criminal behaviour needs to get out of society’ – UK FGC host Logan Sama on disturbing reports from EVO after-party

August 11th, 2019

Logan Sama, British fighting game host and owner of event organiser Winner Stays On, has spoken out over sexual assault allegations at an EVO after-party last weekend. Over the past week, several reports of groping, sexual assault and drink spiking have emerged from the fighting game event's Red Bull after party. Logan said in a…

Former Splyce director Grant Rousseau joins Excel Esports

August 10th, 2019

Grant 'Grievance' Rousseau has joined UK esports organisation Excel as head of operations. Grievance has a host of esports experience starting from the UK League of Legends scene three years ago (as co-founder of Last Remedy) to higher-tier organisations globally. Notably, he's worked as player development coach at CLG in North America and director of esports…

All games will be required to disclose loot box rates on consoles, Rocket League ditches in-game crates

August 9th, 2019

Loot boxes have dominated many headlines in the video game world this year - and are continuing to do so with two fresh news stories. Loot box odds on consoles mandatory Publishers that release games on consoles will be required to disclose the odds of loot boxes dropping different in-game items. This means that…

Magic the Gathering: Arena winner announced at Red Bull Gaming Sphere, M.E.O. Season 2 incoming

August 8th, 2019

Esports News UK covers two pieces of Red Bull esports news from the past week. Lino Burgold wins Red Bull Untapped German Magic: The Gathering (MTG) pro Lino Burgold (pictured) emerged victorious last weekend at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere in London. He beat Thomas Holzinger in the final to win $60,000 and a…

Kappa enters esports through merch partnership with UK org Vexed Gaming

August 7th, 2019

UK esports org Vexed Gaming has today announced a strategic partnership with Kappa Sportswear. The brand will provide tournament and casual wear to the UK org. The term (and Twitch emote) ‘kappa’ may be known in the gaming world to define sarcasm or a funny/trolling or lighthearted moment, but Kappa is also a clothing brand…

Weekly Esports News Roundup Video: Trump vs gamers, Ninja on Mixer, Riot’s fighting game

August 6th, 2019

Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco runs through some of the top esports stories, both in the UK and globally, for the past week (July 30th to August 6th).

2019 UK Esports Awards winners announced

August 6th, 2019

This past Saturday the UK esports scene descended upon Rich Mix in Shoreditch to see who would be crowned winners at the second annual UK Esports Awards. The event - hosted by Elle Osili-Wood and Jack “Jacky” Peters - saw a total of 13 awards given out. The night saw several returning winners including Organisation Of The…

Riot on developing a fighting game: ‘We want to bring the fighting game experience to more people’

August 5th, 2019

League of Legends developer Riot Games has confirmed it is working on a fighting game. Riot spoke about the news after Tom Cannon, co-founder of the EVO fighting game esports event and game developer Radiant Entertainment (which was acquired by Riot back in 2016), revealed the info on stream. “Back in 2016, when we joined…

Review: HyperX Alloy FPS RGB keyboard and Cloud Mix headset (plus win goodies in our competition)

August 3rd, 2019

Jamie Wootton tests out the HyperX Alloy FPS RGB keyboard and the Cloud MIX headset, while Esports News UK offers you the chance to win a brand new keyboard, QuadCast Mic and other goodies (UPDATE August 20th: the competition is now closed and winners have been announced). Alloy FPS RGB keyboard review Specifications and price…

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UK final of Red Bull River Runes Dota 2 tournament to be hosted by UK caster KillerPigeon

‘This criminal behaviour needs to get out of society’ – UK FGC host Logan Sama on disturbing reports from EVO after-party

Former Splyce director Grant Rousseau joins Excel Esports

All games will be required to disclose loot box rates on consoles, Rocket League ditches in-game crates

Magic the Gathering: Arena winner announced at Red Bull Gaming Sphere, M.E.O. Season 2 incoming

Kappa enters esports through merch partnership with UK org Vexed Gaming

Weekly Esports News Roundup Video: Trump vs gamers, Ninja on Mixer, Riot’s fighting game

2019 UK Esports Awards winners announced

Riot on developing a fighting game: ‘We want to bring the fighting game experience to more people’

Review: HyperX Alloy FPS RGB keyboard and Cloud Mix headset (plus win goodies in our competition)

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