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Riot raises League of Legends RP prices in UK following Brexit
Riot Games is increasing the price of in-game Riot Points (RP) in the UK by 20% due to […]
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July 4, 2017
Millennial Esports to acquire racing esports firm Ideas+Cars
Millennial Esports has announced it will acquire the company behind McLaren’s World’s Fastest Gamer competition – IDEAS+CARS (logo […]
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June 29, 2017
ESL layoffs loom but UK staff safe
ESL is laying off some staff as part of a restructure. Apparently 50 staff at ESL Germany have been laid […]
June 28, 2017ESL partners with University of York to focus on esports teaching, research & careers
Tournament organiser ESL has teamed up with the University of York in the first esports education-focused partnership of its kind […]
June 27, 2017
UK games developer Codemasters has esports in mind for future games
Long-running UK-based games developer Codemasters is looking at adding better esports functionality into its racing games. The studio […]
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June 26, 2017
Meltdown bars to launch 'Tribes' membership scheme and quarterly magazine
London’s Meltdown bar could soon get its own rewards scheme for members, as well as a new print […]
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June 16, 2017
E3 esports news roundup: Lawbreakers tournament rumoured, new VR esports titles, $1m Quake World Champs, CSGO Grand Slam
We’re not just about the local scene here at Esports News UK, sometimes we’ll cover the big global announcements […]
June 12, 2017
Munchables leaves UK esports for a brief spell to host Vainglory 8 in California
British caster Joe “Munchables” Fenny is moving to California to host Vainglory 8 for the next five months. […]
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June 11, 2017
DBLTAP will be a minefield but it could change the face of esports reporting and journalism
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco shares his views on a new community-led esports content website. DBLTAP, a […]
June 9, 2017
'Esports is going to grow and I want to encourage it' – Labour MP Kevin Brennan
This evening we published an interview with the Pirate Party asking them why the major parties don’t seem […]
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June 8, 2017
Do any of the major political parties really care about esports? We asked the Pirate Party
Esports News UK reached out to all the major political parties over the past few months to attempt to […]
June 7, 2017
Ebuyer and Chillblast team up to make FMESPORTS-branded PCs
You’ll soon be able to buy an official FMESPORTS desktop PC system, courtesy of online retailer Ebuyer and […]
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June 1, 2017
FATAL1TY launches ReadyUp, the 'first esports team management platform' for amateur and pro teams
One of the world’s first and most well-known pro esports players, Johnathan “FATAL1TY” Wendel, has co-founded a new esports […]
May 31, 2017
Where will the winner of McLaren's esports competition work? (behind the scenes HQ tour & video interview)
Earlier this month British racing brand McLaren became the first Formula 1 team to enter esports. It announced the World’s Fastest […]
May 29, 2017
'I think we'll see more 1v1 competitive experiences on mobile' – Vainglory dev CEO
Kristian Segerstrale, the CEO of Vainglory developer Super Evil Megacorp, shares his opinion on the growing competition in mobile […]
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May 23, 2017