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The rise of UK esports: 6 highlights from Esports Insider’s recent panel discussion

Image credit: Jak Howard/Esports Insider on Flickr 2018 was undoubtedly a landmark year for UK esports, what with […]

The future of UK Fortnite? We look at two UK players who have slipped under the radar

Article contains affiliate link It’s fair to say the Fortnite World Cup pushed Fortnite to even greater heights […]

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 […]

Introducing the new-look Esports News UK website with premium ad-free options

Esports News UK has received a fresh makeover as it approaches its fourth year of operation, courtesy of […]

Top 5 Events in League of Legends Esports History

Promoted article (contains affiliate links) At the end of October, League of Legends will celebrate its 10th birthday. […]

There's more than $3m worth of fake Fortnite merch online, report finds

A new report has found that the top five websites for counterfeit goods in Asia are selling just […]

The day I got railgunned in the head by onscreen in a Quake II RTX tournament

Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco details a fun – yet rather painful – experience at the Nvidia […]

The rise of esports betting at online casinos

Advertisement feature (contains affiliate links) Esports can be dated back to the days of LAN parties, where friends […]

UKLC Summer Split team roster roundup (in progress)

The UK League Championship (UKLC) Summer Split is fast approaching, two new teams have entered in Demise and […]

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

REPOST (May 15th): With 2019 ESL One Birmingham around the corner, with the desk talent now announced, we […]

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

It’s that time of the month again where seriousness goes out of the window on Esports News UK […]

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

Fnatic Rising will have the chance to win it all in Leicester’s iconic Haymarket Theatre this weekend after […]

Why esports needs to understand more about autism

Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco reports from the ‘Autism and the games industry’ event If I had […]

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

The League of Legends European Masters group stages get underway today (April 15th) and the UK’s sole representative […]

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

Chinese internet cafe chain Wanyoo opened its first UK store in London earlier this year, and Esports News […]

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

It’s been a while, but as promised, it’s time to update the memes section on Esports News UK. […]

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

There are just 2 towers left to scale before we enter the prestigious all-European League of Legends slugfest […]

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?

Vaevictis Esports announced an all-female roster last week and the girls have heavily lost their first three matches […]

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

Earlier this month the 26th epic.LAN took place at Kettering Conference Centre – and it was one to […]

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

We might not have had the singularity yet, Terminator T-1000s that can shapeshift with liquid metal or even […]