Interviews
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Interview with UK Rocket League player Speed on Team Liquid’s new training facilities: ‘The support is just worlds apart from other teams’
Image credit: DreamHack/Liquipedia British Rocket League player Jack ‘Speed’ Packwood-Clarke is a promising young talent, having won the World Showdown […]
September 17, 2020
Interview with MNM Rainbow Six player Fonkers: “I think from a tier 3 standpoint we are the most competitive national league out there”
Fonkers during the 2019 Six Major Raleigh when competing with Team Secret (image credit: Ubisoft) Esports News UK […]
August 30, 2020
Top UK League of Legends sides will now be able to field academy teams in the lower-tier UKEL: Here’s how it works plus a Q&A with UKEL founder Synygy
The team behind the UK Esports League (UKEL) yesterday announced that sides in higher-tier UK League of Legends […]
August 6, 2020
‘One day I’d love to be known as the best player to come from Scotland!’ – Chemera on his nickname ‘the Scottish Faker’ and being inspired by Snoopeh
Scottish mid-laner Ronan ‘Chemera’ Stewart says his friends joke that he’ll be ‘the next Snoopeh’, but that he’ll have […]
August 3, 2020
‘Speedrunning is about love’ – UK host BOWIEtheHERO on the recent Doom Eternal Break The Record event, UK speedrunning and reasons to adore RNG
Last weekend, a Doom Eternal speedrunning event took place, titled Break The Record: LIVE presented by Kaspersky and […]
July 28, 2020
In-depth interview with DLC Studios’ founders Kalvin Chung, Daniel Chung and Sammy Lam: “I think the UK just has a completely wrong mentality when it comes to content creation”
When it comes to UK esports teams, MNM Gaming (aka Molotovs and Marshmallows) are among the most well-known. […]
July 18, 2020
Interview with Nordavind NLC coaches iHansen and Donby: ‘I consider us stronger than Tricked and Munster, but people are free to form their opinions until they get proven wrong in playoffs’
With the NLC now in full swing and the BBC in full support with its broadcast, spectators have […]
July 14, 2020
Wolves interview: ‘Wolves esports has the potential to eclipse our football pillar in the future’
Out of all the English Premier League football clubs, Wolves are among a small handful that have made […]
July 1, 2020
Rainbow 6 Siege interview with Ubisoft’s Will Attwood: ‘With the National Leagues now connected to the European and global scenes, the stakes are now so much higher for everyone’
Ubisoft UK’s Will Attwood speaks to Esports News UK’s Craig Robinson ahead of the upcoming UK Ireland Nationals, […]
June 11, 2020
Interview with British W Series driver and sim racer Alice Powell: ‘Hopefully we’re going to encourage lots of young girls to take up esports and get behind the wheel’
Image credit: 2019, Colin McMaster/LAT Images/W Series The W Series Esports League for female racing drivers gets underway […]
June 10, 2020
Interview: UK’s first pro gamer on joining Midnite, how esports betting can lift grassroots esports and how the lockdown has impacted the industry
Promoted article (contains partner links) We chat to Sujoy Roy, the UK’s first pro gamer and current marketing […]
June 5, 2020
Interview with Riddle Esports’ British head coach Louis ‘Smeagol’ Green on his UK scene return: “I think this split of NLC will be very competitive… and I’m confident we can make a playoffs run”
Last month, an ambitious project was announced by DreamHack to merge UK/Ireland League of Legends esports with the […]
May 30, 2020
‘I’ve been sent cow poo through my letterbox, they have my address and I really believe someone could kill me one day’ – Gross Gore exclusive interview on dealing with haters, why he didn’t pay his former video editor and if he’ll be streaming again
UPDATE (May 9th): Gross Gore has now paid his former video editor Foossy, and Esports News UK understands […]
May 8, 2020
Interview: mousesports Candyfloss, Jeskla and Tolkin on facing Fnatic Rising in the EU Masters, playing in the UK League of Legends scene and LIDER’s infamous champion pool
Last summer, Berlin International Gaming [BIG] emerged victorious in the EU Masters, claiming glory not only for themselves […]
April 21, 2020
EU Masters main event preview: How will UK League of Legends teams Fnatic Rising and BT Excel get on in Europe?
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the latest and greatest European Regional League (ERL)-based competition! Beginning on April 22nd, […]
April 19, 2020