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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…

epic26 recap: We look back on the winners, the national coverage from the BBC and the first ESL Prem conference

February 16th, 2019

Earlier this month the 26th epic.LAN took place at Kettering Conference Centre - and it was one to remember. epic26 was the biggest epic.LAN event to date and was almost a complete sell-out, with 760 people on site overall. epic.LAN founder and MD Jon Winkle told Esports News UK: "For our first event of this…

Will we see AI vs AI esports ‘teams’ play each other in the future? We ask researcher Dr Florian Block

February 12th, 2019

We might not have had the singularity yet, Terminator T-1000s that can shapeshift with liquid metal or even HAL from A Space Odyssey, but we do have drones, Siri and little bots on Discord that make things easier for us, so er, maybe we're slowly getting there. Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the up, and it's going…

UKLC Roster Roundup: Meet the teams and players competing in the 2019 UK League Championship

January 26th, 2019

The UKLC has been officially unveiled and the nine participating teams have now confirmed their player rosters. Each week, they will compete to scale the UKLC tower by going head-to-head in a best-of-one knockout tournament. The team that climbs highest will then get to face the previous week's tower champion. If they are victorious, they…

The changing face of gaming houses and esports training facilities

January 16th, 2019

Gaming houses are nothing new, but they're becoming more prevalent in the UK scene and orgs around the globe are thinking more about their format and how to maximise their effectiveness. From expert gaming hardware to dedicated sports psychologists and even team chefs, team facilities are on the up. LAURA BYRNE explores how League of Legends…

Category Archives: Features

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?

epic26 recap: We look back on the winners, the national coverage from the BBC and the first ESL Prem conference

Will we see AI vs AI esports ‘teams’ play each other in the future? We ask researcher Dr Florian Block

UKLC Roster Roundup: Meet the teams and players competing in the 2019 UK League Championship

The changing face of gaming houses and esports training facilities

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