Opinion
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Are Esports Really Sports? The Debate Over Competitive Gaming
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April 25, 2024
EMEA Masters Spring 2024: Ruddy exit Play-Ins as talent and Main Stage teams are confirmed
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco looks back on Ruddy‘s run, and ahead to the League of Legends […]
April 18, 2024
The most fun I’ve ever had at Insomnia Gaming Festival: How UK LoL esports today is all about friendship, piss-taking and having a good time – opinion
UK LoL esports has had its ups and downs over the years, but despite everything, the UK community […]
April 7, 2024
IEM Katowice 2024 diary: Two Ladas, Polish hardbass and a shot of vodka – an unorthodox press tour of Krakow ahead of the CS2 playoffs opening ceremony
IEM Katowice 2024 coverage powered by Predator Gaming Esports News UK content producer and Solent University sports journalism […]
February 9, 2024
In the dark depths of esports winter, when will the light of spring emerge? With so many job cuts and uncertainty, is there any reason to be positive for 2024? The answers aren’t so simple – but there is one thing that gives me hope
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco looks back on tough lessons to learn from esports in 2023 – […]
January 29, 2024
Review of Game On! For BBC Children in Need: A welcome love letter to gaming or a missed opportunity for esports? (TV show featured Guild Racing, Harry Pinero & Elz the Witch)
Earlier this month, the BBC broadcast its own gaming show from Confetti X in Nottingham: Game On! For […]
November 26, 2023
What’s next for Overwatch esports? UK caster bids farewell to the Overwatch League and London Spitfire
The Overwatch League recently announced it’d be ceasing operations and Blizzard’s premier esport production would be no longer. […]
November 25, 2023
Money, morals and masquerade: Navigating through Saudi Arabia’s continued rise in esports and why it’s okay to feel conflicted – opinion
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco shares his opinion on Saudi Arabia’s growing strength in gaming and what […]
October 19, 2023
Why aren’t fans that interested in esports betting? Luckbox suspends bets, Unikrn scales back and Midnite makes layoffs
Over the past week, three big names in the world of esports betting have cut back on their […]
October 11, 2023
UK CS personalities bid farewell to CSGO as CS2 heralds a new era of Counter-Strike esports
Last week, Valve closed access to CSGO in favour of the new game CS2. Here, we’ve rounded up […]
October 3, 2023
Opinion: Why three is not the magic number for Riot’s ranked solo queue and LEC seasons
We should kill the three League of Legends seasons per year – in both esports AND ranked – […]
September 23, 2023
The Boomer & The Zoomer esports podcast: View the latest episode (8) from Insomnia Gaming Festival 71
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco has teamed up with Excel Esports social media manager Nathan Edmonds for […]
September 19, 2023
‘When time slows down’ – How Gran Turismo lets us switch off from reality, and dream (gamer’s Gran Turismo Movie Review)
The film ten years in the making offers plenty of thrills and spills, but doesn’t get everything right, […]
August 24, 2023
The (Grass) Root of the Issue: Why the Return of the National Leagues Matters, and What Went Wrong with the NLC Restructure – Opinion by Caster Initialise
Left to right: Broadcast talent Archarom, Trouble and Initialise (Image source: NLC, Spring 2022) It’s official – roughly […]
July 26, 2023
Norwich Anime & Gaming Con Review by a 6-year-old and his esports-obsessed dad: Local gaming conventions like this are a great entry point for kids
Norwich Anime & Gaming Con took place at the UEA Students Union from June 24th to 25th 2023. […]
July 4, 2023