Category Archives: News

Print’s not dead: Esports Insider and Latam launch new magazine The Esports Journal

April 11th, 2019

Egon Spengler (aka Harold Ramis, rest his soul) once said the words: "Print is dead." Well Egon, you obviously didn't know that Esports Insider was going to launch an esports magazine, did you? And not send an image of it along with the press release, so we had to use a picture of you in the…

National Union of Students dismisses motion to stop people from ‘pressing F to pay respects’ as ‘waste of conference time’

April 10th, 2019

One of the motions brought up at the National Union of Students (NUS) National Conference today was the practice of 'pressing F to pay respects'. No, really. The Students' Union at the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, had originally put the motion forward. It was to be discussed at the NUS National…

A tour of Excel Esports’ new world-class HQ and training facilities at Twickenham Stadium

April 8th, 2019

UK esports organisation Excel Esports have today shown off their new headquarters and training facilities to the industry. Located at Twickenham Stadium, the home of England Rugby, the facility boasts a lounge area, hot desk space, media/green screen room, practice rooms and more spaces for streaming and other activities. They also have access to the…

‘We want to build a female team around Vicksy that can inspire the next generation’ – Excel

April 8th, 2019

Growing UK esports organisation Excel have spoken about their plans for a female esports team in the future. Excel previously had a female League of Legends team which won the FemaleLegends tournament at DreamHack in late 2017. Since then the roster has changed and today its former mid-laner - Victoria 'Vicksy' Doman - is now…

We visit the new Wanyoo UK Esports Studio in London: Check out our review, pictures and video of the gaming cafe here

April 7th, 2019

Chinese internet cafe chain Wanyoo opened its first UK store in London earlier this year, and Esports News UK had the chance to test out its facilities. We had a room with five systems to play on during Wanyoo's first £3,000 League of Legends Championship, so there was plenty to see and do on the day.…

Red Reserve accused of not paying CoD players, team reportedly told to leave gaming house

April 5th, 2019

Esports organisation Red Reserve have allegedly kicked their UK Call of Duty roster out of their team house in Las Vegas. It has been known since early 2019 that the future of Red Reserve was in doubt. There were various rumours of the Call of Duty team being dropped and several members of staff parted…

Prince Harry ‘wrong’ to call for Fortnite ban

April 5th, 2019

Prince Harry is wrong to call for online games such as Fortnite to be banned, according to the UK's first professional gamer. Speaking at a YMCA to parents and mental health experts, the Duke of Sussex labelled online games "irresponsible" and slammed Fortnite. He said: "The game shouldn't be allowed. Where is the benefit of…

Top 6 moments of Manchester’s ESL Rainbow Six Siege Premiership Finals

April 4th, 2019

Rainbow Six Siege's third ESL UK & Ireland Premiership concluded last Saturday. To some surprise, MnM Gaming walked away with the championship with a 2-0 win over Team Secret in the finals. This earned MnM Gaming their fifth ESL UK championship across various titles. But that wasn't the only wonderful moment of the event. Over…

Team UK fall short at Twitch Rivals League of Legends streamer tournament

April 3rd, 2019

UPDATE (April 3rd 2019): Team UK have been knocked out in the group stages. They won two games and lost four in Group B. While two other teams did the same (Spain and Nordics), it was Spain who went through reportedly based on scorelines versus the other teams and time spent per match. Italy topped…

16-year-old wins EStars Fortnite tournament at Stamford Bridge

April 3rd, 2019

16-year-old Mohammad Shami has won the EStars Fortnite tournament, which took place at football grounds across the UK and Ireland. The player, from Manchester, won the £25,000 top prize after qualifying at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium and beating the opposition in the final. Winners from each city secured their place on the leaderboard by picking up…

Category Archives: News

Print’s not dead: Esports Insider and Latam launch new magazine The Esports Journal

National Union of Students dismisses motion to stop people from ‘pressing F to pay respects’ as ‘waste of conference time’

A tour of Excel Esports’ new world-class HQ and training facilities at Twickenham Stadium

‘We want to build a female team around Vicksy that can inspire the next generation’ – Excel

We visit the new Wanyoo UK Esports Studio in London: Check out our review, pictures and video of the gaming cafe here

Red Reserve accused of not paying CoD players, team reportedly told to leave gaming house

Prince Harry ‘wrong’ to call for Fortnite ban

Top 6 moments of Manchester’s ESL Rainbow Six Siege Premiership Finals

Team UK fall short at Twitch Rivals League of Legends streamer tournament

16-year-old wins EStars Fortnite tournament at Stamford Bridge

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