Category Archive for "Features"

UKLC Summer Split team roster roundup (in progress)

June 22nd, 2019

The UK League Championship (UKLC) Summer Split is fast approaching, two new teams have entered in Demise and NVision, and orgs are beginning to announce their player rosters. Esports News UK lists some of the confirmed rosters so far and will update this article regularly as more are revealed. If you're from an org and…

Behind the scenes at ESL One Birmingham: I toured, explored and adored the UK’s first Dota 2 Major

May 15th, 2019

REPOST (May 15th): With 2019 ESL One Birmingham around the corner, with the desk talent now announced, we thought it'd be a good time to reshare this piece by Craig Robinson who toured the event last year. Hope you enjoy. Dom. Craig Robinson attended the 2018 Dota 2 Major in Birmingham (eventually won by Virtus.pro), where…

Memes of the Month (April 2019): Insomnia LAN special

May 3rd, 2019

It's that time of the month again where seriousness goes out of the window on Esports News UK and we gather a selection of memes from yours truly: members of the UK League of Legends scene. From the UKLC to Forge of Champions and LAN at Insomnia, there were lots of activities in the scene…

Fnatic Rising now have a chance to bring it home, but can they? EU Masters semi-finals preview and quarters recap

April 25th, 2019

Fnatic Rising will have the chance to win it all in Leicester’s iconic Haymarket Theatre this weekend after their victory over Ventus Esports. The UK League of Legends side have secured a minimum top 4 finish in the EU Masters, however the road to Leicester was certainly bumpier than expected and their next opponents are…

Why esports needs to understand more about autism

April 17th, 2019

Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco reports from the 'Autism and the games industry' event If I had a pound for the amount of times I've seen the word 'autist' used as an insult in online games, I would be a rich man. Posts like this from a League of Legends player demonstrate it's a common…

Fnatic Rising’s EU Masters Group Stage Preview: What are the UK’s chances in Europe after Diabolus were knocked out?

April 15th, 2019

The League of Legends European Masters group stages get underway today (April 15th) and the UK's sole representative is now UKLC winners Fnatic Rising. Now that the play-ins are over (which saw fellow UK side Diabolus get knocked out), 16 teams remain to battle it out in the Main Event. So where does Fnatic Rising…

We visit the new Wanyoo UK Esports Studio in London: Check out our review, pictures and video of the gaming cafe here

April 7th, 2019

Chinese internet cafe chain Wanyoo opened its first UK store in London earlier this year, and Esports News UK had the chance to test out its facilities. We had a room with five systems to play on during Wanyoo's first £3,000 League of Legends Championship, so there was plenty to see and do on the day.…

Memes of the Month (March 2019): UKLC roundup, Aux smashes things, Gross Gore gets conned

April 2nd, 2019

It's been a while, but as promised, it's time to update the memes section on Esports News UK. We used to do these posts regularly, and now that there's lots of UK League of Legends activities up and running again, with some great content produced by the teams and players, there's no better time to…

In-depth opinion: Which UKLC teams have a chance at reaching the EU Masters?

March 20th, 2019

There are just 2 towers left to scale before we enter the prestigious all-European League of Legends slugfest that is the EU Masters 2019. 9 UKLC teams will contest, 4 will make playoffs, but only 2 can go. Megalodontus asks in this in-depth opinion piece for Esports News UK: Is the EU Masters coming home?…

All-female Russian LoL team Vaevictis Esports lose 52-2 in the LCL: Is this really about giving women a platform or is it just an unfair publicity stunt?

February 17th, 2019

Vaevictis Esports announced an all-female roster last week and the girls have heavily lost their first three matches in the League of Legends Continental League (LCL). Management describes the team's formation as an 'experiment' to see how they will fare in the league, however from early indications it seems to be nothing more than a…

Category Archives: Features

UKLC Summer Split team roster roundup (in progress)

Behind the scenes at ESL One Birmingham: I toured, explored and adored the UK’s first Dota 2 Major

Memes of the Month (April 2019): Insomnia LAN special

Fnatic Rising now have a chance to bring it home, but can they? EU Masters semi-finals preview and quarters recap

Why esports needs to understand more about autism

We visit the new Wanyoo UK Esports Studio in London: Check out our review, pictures and video of the gaming cafe here

Memes of the Month (March 2019): UKLC roundup, Aux smashes things, Gross Gore gets conned

In-depth opinion: Which UKLC teams have a chance at reaching the EU Masters?

All-female Russian LoL team Vaevictis Esports lose 52-2 in the LCL: Is this really about giving women a platform or is it just an unfair publicity stunt?

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