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New UK-based esports organisation Tenstar have announced their first team – the Valorant roster known as Tarren Mill. […]

Read More… from Tenstar move into Valorant: New UK-based esports organisation sign UK-core Valorant roster Tarren Mill

UK-based retailer GAME has sold its Insomnia Gaming Festival business and the organiser behind it – Player1 Events […]

Read More… from GAME sells Insomnia Gaming Festival as founder returns to relaunch event for 2021

Vodafone Giants have signed UK support player Raymond ‘KaSing’ Tsang to complete their 2021 Summer League of Legends […]

Read More… from Rebranded Vodafone Giants sign KaSing and 113 to LoL roster, say pair are ‘like father and son’

Red Bull Kumite London gets underway this weekend (May 22nd and 23rd, from 2pm to 10pm BST each […]

Read More… from Red Bull Kumite London preview with UK FGC commentators F-Word & Tyrant: ‘Hopefully this kicks off more offline events as it’s been really tough without them; I’d like to see the UK FGC maintain its level of hunger beyond this event’

Four top Dutch Rocket League players from a mix of UK teams have been announced to represent the […]

Read More… from Dutch Rocket League players from UK orgs form eTeamNL to compete in the Intel World Open ahead of the Olympic Games

UPDATE (May 25th): Manchester United footballer Harry Maguire has now also joined Semper Fortis as an ambassador. Original […]

Read More… from Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin joins new UK esports org Semper Fortis as ambassador (update: now Harry Maguire has too)

League of Legends: Wild Rift launched on mobile devices late last year in the UK and other regions, […]

Read More… from Wild Rift Origin Series announced: Riot encourages teams from the UK, Europe and MENA to take part in new €300,000 tournament

Wanyoo, the esports studio and gaming cafe chain, has opened a new branch at Westfield Stratford in East […]

Read More… from Wanyoo opens Westfield London esports studio, its fourth in the UK

UK esports organisation Excel Esports have confirmed the signing of Norwegian mid-laner Erlend ‘nukeduck’ Våtevik Holm (pictured, centre) […]

Read More… from Excel finalise LEC Summer 2021 roster after signing Nukeduck and Denyk

Streaming platform Twitch is lowering most its subscription prices outside of the US, with the amounts in pounds […]

Read More… from Twitch subscription prices set to change in the UK and around the world

Update (September 6th 2021): The University of Warwick is set to celebrate the opening of its new esports […]

Read More… from University of Warwick invests £275,000 in new esports centre research hub and competition venue, grand opening takes place in September

Last week, a public spat between British streamers Jeff Leach and NitroLukeDX turned ugly and saw both of […]

Read More… from What is Overworld, the education business linked with UK streamer NitroLukeDX?

Mad Lions’ Danish assistant League of Legends coach Patrick ‘Pad’ Suckow-Breum (pictured, in green) has spoken about his […]

Read More… from ‘Transition from UKLC to MSI mind-blowing’ – Mad Lions coach Pad

Guild Esports, the UK-based esports organisation co-owned by David Beckham, has today launched its anticipated academy, which players […]

Read More… from The Guild Academy officially launches: Full details revealed including online training programs and Parents Centre, physical UK coaching locations, how much it costs & more

Here’s our latest weekly Newsflash roundup, where we cover a host of brief esports and gaming news in […]

Read More… from Newsflash roundup: UK absent from Farming Simulator League, Ex Riot devs secure funding for Hidden Leaf Games, Excel roster changes, first chess-focused sports agency has esports plans, Team Liquid release UK Valorant player