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UK esports players expected to earn £3m from prize winnings this year, passing the £20m mark by 2023

February 15th, 2019

It's been predicted that British esports players will earn more than £3m from prize winnings alone in 2019. The UK was placed 14th in the list of regions whose esports players earnt the most from prize winnings in 2018, according to Esports Earnings, which tracks prizes from tournaments. Some 600 UK players earnt a combined £2.17m…

UKLC: Excel Esports become Tower Champions in Week 1 after exciting match vs Enclave

February 14th, 2019

by Laura Byrne & Dom Sacco Excel Esports swept aside the competition in the first week of the UK League Championship (UKLC) to become tower champions. They started by beating Phelan Gaming, then Diabolus and finally Fnatic Rising (the new name for Fnatic's academy team), before progressing to face the current tower champions, Enclave Gaming. Enclave…

UK player Fusions called up to Overwatch League side Boston Uprising

February 13th, 2019

UK Overwatch talent Cameron 'Fusions' Bosworth has been called up to play for Boston Uprising in the 2019 Overwatch League season. The main tank player previously played for London Spitfire academy/Contenders team British Hurricane, and signed a deal with Boston Uprising late last year. He signed a two-way contract to both Boston and its partnered academy side Toronto…

The world’s best PUBG teams will face-off in London at the FaceIT Global Summit: PUBG Classic this April

February 13th, 2019

Competitive gaming platform FaceIT has partnered with PUBG Corporation to host the first global event of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' (PUBG) 2019 esports season. The FaceIT Global Summit: PUBG Classic will take place at ExCeL London on April 16th to 21st, mark the end of Phase 1 for PUBG esports and crown the first champion of the PUBG Classic…

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…

Fnatic Rising: Org rebrand academy team name and logo ahead of UK League Championship

February 12th, 2019

Fnatic have announced a new name and logo for their League of Legends academy team which will be taking part in the new UKLC tournament this week. The academy side will be known as Fnatic Rising and have received a logo influenced by East London graffiti, 'teenage energy' and even the logo of rappers Wu-Tang Clan.…

Future of Red Reserve in doubt as players leave

February 11th, 2019

The future of esports organisation Red Reserve, home to one of the top UK Call of Duty rosters, has been placed into doubt. After several high profile staff members and players revealed that they were leaving the org, many are speculating that the owners of the brand are looking to depart from esports in order…

UK FIFA pro Tekkz wins 2v2 FIFA eClub World Cup in London with teammate nicolas99fc

February 10th, 2019

KiNG eSports were crowned FIFA eClub World Cup champions today after a weekend of high-drama and excitement in London. Following a journey that saw over 150 teams battle it out in online qualifying and over two days of competition between 16 of the world's top FIFA esports teams, KiNG eSports emerged to claim the world…

ECS finals return to Wembley for 2019, new format for Season 7

February 9th, 2019

The 2019 CSGO Esports Championship Series (ECS) will culminate in a grand finals event hosted at London's Wembley SSE Arena again this summer. FaceIT's ECS Season 7 finals will take place from June 6th to 9th, with two groups of four teams battling it out. The top four teams from this will then enter a knockout…

UK esports org Vexed partner with university esports society to help take students to the next level

February 7th, 2019

UK esports organisation Vexed Gaming has partnered with the University of Manchester's esports society in what could become a growing trend in the UK scene. With this Varsity Project and the partnership with the University of Manchester, Vexed say they plan to help 'bridge the gap between education and esports', as outlined in this announcement post…

Category Archives: News

UK esports players expected to earn £3m from prize winnings this year, passing the £20m mark by 2023

UKLC: Excel Esports become Tower Champions in Week 1 after exciting match vs Enclave

UK player Fusions called up to Overwatch League side Boston Uprising

The world’s best PUBG teams will face-off in London at the FaceIT Global Summit: PUBG Classic this April

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

Fnatic Rising: Org rebrand academy team name and logo ahead of UK League Championship

Future of Red Reserve in doubt as players leave

UK FIFA pro Tekkz wins 2v2 FIFA eClub World Cup in London with teammate nicolas99fc

ECS finals return to Wembley for 2019, new format for Season 7

UK esports org Vexed partner with university esports society to help take students to the next level

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