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London-based esports organisation Fnatic is hosting a couple of League of Legends World Championship (Worlds) 2021 viewing parties […]

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Warwick Esports, the University of Warwick’s esports society, has launched its new community, The Pack, open exclusively to […]

Read More… from Warwick Esports launches The Pack for greater representation of women and non-binary people in esports

Riot Games has today revealed more specific details around its upcoming changes to League of Legends European Regional […]

Read More… from Riot announces more changes to League of Legends European Regional Leagues, with academy teams affected and plans for new pro-am tournaments

Burnley College has teamed up with the esports arm of Premier League football club Burnley FC to foster […]

Read More… from New Burnley College facility becomes the Burnley FC Esports Academy, will teach the esports BTEC and scout future pro gamers

Update (October 13th 2021): British esports host and interviewer Freya Spiers has joined to the CSGO PGL Major […]

Read More… from Freya Spiers added to PGL Major 2021 broadcast talent as stage host, after line-up also featuring Thorin, Richard Lewis and Machine was criticised for lack of diversity

It’s been a week since Twitch was hacked, with its source code, internal plans and top streamer revenues […]

Read More… from Making sense of the Twitch hack one week on: What effect will the leak have on viewers, streamers and Twitch in the future? UK streamers also respond to earnings leak

Toy company Spin Master has launched today the first of its officially licensed League of Legends products including […]

Read More… from New League of Legends action figure toys launched by Spin Master, including Thresh, Zed, Jinx, Vi and more

Endpoint CeX have become the first UK esports organisation to launch a fan token, in partnership with blockchain […]

Read More… from Endpoint CeX become first UK esports team to launch a blockchain fan token, with plans to open a new team HQ in 2022

Update: Riot has posted an update, saying it will be removing all-chat “in a few regions” over the […]

Read More… from All-chat is being removed from League of Legends to ‘address verbal abuse’

Image credit: LoL Esports Flickr, Michal Konkol/Riot Games Rogue’s Swedish League of Legends mid-laner Emil ‘Larssen’ Larsson has […]

Read More… from Interview with Larssen from Rogue: ‘We will make EU proud at Worlds’

British CSGO player Owen ‘smooya’ Butterfield stepped in as a temporary player for Fnatic on the weekend, and […]

Read More… from Smooya helps Fnatic reach IEM Closed Qualifier forming a UK trio with Alex and Mezii

There are three guarantees in life – death, taxes and Endpoint winning the ESL Premiership. The UK esports […]

Read More… from Endpoint win eighth CSGO ESL Premiership after going unbeaten in Autumn 2021 season

London-based esports organisation Fnatic have promoted academy bot-laner Louis ‘Bean’ Schmitz to their League of Legends first team. The […]

Read More… from Fnatic Rising UK LoL scene bot-laner Bean called up to Worlds at last minute as Upset is forced to return home

Peter Wellman analyses the recent London Spitfire roster departures and look towards the future in this opinion piece, […]

Read More… from What’s next for London Spitfire in 2022: Will the latest rebuild be third time lucky for the Overwatch League side, in an esport that’s up in the air?

Amazon University Esports UK is kicking off its second season, with UK university esports operator NUEL delivering the tournament […]

Read More… from Amazon University Esports UK Season 2 registration opens, with a new women’s Valorant tournament and £35,000+ in prizing up for grabs overall