Interviews
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‘We need to reinvent ourselves now for LEC playoffs and find other ways to win games’ – Excel Esports head coach YoungBuck reveals his playoff plans to Esports News UK
Image credit: LoL Esports Flickr, Michal Konkol/Riot Games They’ve finally done it. After 1,142 days, UK-based organisation Excel […]
March 6, 2022
Interview with xMatty of Team BDS on his first LEC season: ‘It was a bit of a shock at the start and I needed to get used to this level. But once we adjusted, I feel like it’s been comfortable. The only thing I had to get used to was how negative LEC fans are in chat’
Image credit: LoL Esports Flickr, Michal Konkol/Riot Games Matthew Charles “xMatty” Coombs has been a prominent name in the […]
March 2, 2022
Interview with Caedrel on his return to Excel Esports as a content creator: ‘I think this is the season Excel make playoffs, but if they do lose, I promise it’s not my fault this time!’
Image source: Michal Konkol/Riot Games Popular British League of Legends streamer and LEC caster, Marc ‘Caedrel’ Lamont, has […]
February 28, 2022
Caster switches to player following closure of third-party leagues: Interview with Pendragon Esports on their all-UK NLC Division 3 LoL roster (update – several changes)
Update (May 2nd 2022): Pendragon has ceased operations. Update: Dani ‘Xica’ Wilcox has departed Pendragon Esports as assistant […]
February 13, 2022
‘I’m not your typical UK CSGO player’ – Fnatic Mezii interview conducted by James Banks | Powered by MSI
William ‘mezii’ Merriman is one of few UK CSGO pros playing at the top level, and one of […]
February 12, 2022
Dota Valkyries COO & GB women’s silver medal winner Ruby: “We don’t have a unified UK Dota 2 scene – that’s what I’m trying to build” (Interview by Reinessa & powered by MSI)
Ruby ‘valkyrjaRuby’ Dawn is fully entrenched in the heart of UK Dota 2: she’s COO of the Dota […]
February 5, 2022
‘Janna Top strategy doesn’t need to be removed’ – we speak to the UK LoL content creator who helped popularise Janna Smite Top on the chaos he’s caused, Medic & Caedrel express their shock to see it in pro play
Janna Top with Smite – an unconvential pick in League of Legends is causing havoc in solo queue […]
February 4, 2022
In-depth video interview with esports journalist Adam Fitch on his new reporting style at Hitmarker, why he left Dexerto and what’s wrong with esports journalism
Adam Fitch is one of the UK’s most well-known esports journalists, having worked as editor of Esports Insider, […]
January 26, 2022
In-depth interviews with X7 Esports players and staff on their strong start in the Spring 2022 NLC and big ambitions for the future: ‘We want to get X7 to the LEC’
(Left to right, back row: ADC Nata, top-laner Jaeger, head coach Nias, jungler Haru, mid-laner Tempt, and front […]
January 24, 2022
Esports News UK Rewind: 12 Big Interviews of 2021
2021 was a big year for Esports News UK, with editor Dom Sacco taking the site full-time and, […]
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January 6, 2022
Alphari on the West being good enough to win Worlds, TP changes, how Vitality can overtake G2’s 2019 roster as the best Western team of all time in the 2022 LEC, and his dismissal of LS’ criticism – video interview powered by MSI
Barney ‘Alphari’ Morris is arguably the UK’s greatest League of Legends esports player right now. The top-laner has […]
January 3, 2022
‘We were a defensive team but we’re more aggressive now since Seikoo joined’ – interview with Endpoint UK Rocket League player RelatingWave by Craftman | Powered by MSI
Esports News UK is hosting a series of big interviews live on Twitch over the next month powered […]
December 31, 2021
In-depth interview: UK Rainbow Six Siege casters AceOfPyrite, Fluke and Dezachu review the Sweden Major and look ahead to the 2022 Six Invitational
Earlier this month Faze Clan beat NiP 3-2 in an all-Brazilian final to win the Rainbow Six Siege […]
November 30, 2021
Interview with UK CoD player Zer0 on rejoining the London Royal Ravens: ‘This team has some of the best talent I’ve ever seen, so I believe we’ll do extremely well in the 2022 season’
Last week, the London Royal Ravens announced their all-English Call of Duty League roster for the 2022 season, […]
November 25, 2021
Are Intel’s new Alder Lake 12th gen processors good for esports? UK PC seller share their views
Intel has finally lifted the lid on its new Alder Lake 12th generation processors, and the performance gains […]
October 30, 2021