Opinion
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Review: BBC’s ‘Fight For First’ Excel Esports documentary captures the rawness, realness and ruthlessness of esports
Fight For First offers an engaging glimpse into life behind the scenes in the LEC, writes Esports News […]
January 10, 2021
James ‘The Governor’ Gove comes out of esports retirement: Raise Your Governors again for one of the good guys in UK LoL
Update (September 5th 2021): Governor had come out of retirement to play for Verdant, but in light of […]
January 9, 2021
Are all these new esports venues set to open across the UK a bit of a false economy?
Image credit: Bristol arena concept by Glenn Howells Architects Limited We should hopefully have beaten Covid by the time […]
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December 30, 2020
Breaking down the 2021 LEC and NLC rosters of Fnatic and Excel: How did the UK League of Legends orgs fare this off-season?
In this analysis piece, Megalodontus looks at the incoming and outgoing League of Legends players at Fnatic and […]
December 26, 2020
With spectators returning to some live sports events in the UK, when will esports follow suit? We ask epic.LAN, ESL UK and Gfinity
Fans of sport have recently been able to attend live events, such as football matches, in a much […]
December 11, 2020
The reaction to that Lucendi Gaming job ad offering £30 a month to someone with 2-5 years’ experience shows how the community has matured (or part of it, at least)
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco shares his thoughts on amateur UK teams and how we can help […]
November 24, 2020
The challenges of starting a new competitive gaming YouTube channel
UK World of Warcraft YouTuber Crim has been producing Rogue guides for around half a year now, with […]
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October 26, 2020
‘There are some worrying patterns emerging’ – Challengermode CEO on the gap between grassroots and pro esports
The esports industry is too top-heavy, with investment in top-tier esports ignoring growth potential at lower levels, writes […]
October 22, 2020
Caedrel’s top 5 players to watch at Worlds 2020
The League of Legends World Championship (Worlds) group stages are well underway. Marc ‘Caedrel’ Lamont, pro LEC Jungler […]
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October 6, 2020
LEC ends Saudi partnership with NEOM following community backlash
UPDATE (July 30th 2020): Riot Games’ LEC has ended its partnership with NEOM in less than 24 hours […]
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July 30, 2020
Finding the courage to speak out about harassment in esports: Opinion & list of UK-focused accusations
Image source: Oleg Laptev, Unsplash.com Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco offers his take on the disturbing spate […]
July 3, 2020
Drawing the curtain: LionsCreed, Esports Scotland and making DMs public to seek the truth in esports – opinion
Photo by weatherbox from FreeImages Contains affiliate links This week, UK esports org LionsCreed published a series of […]
June 4, 2020
Book review: ‘This is esports (and how to spell it)’ by Paul ‘Redeye’ Chaloner
British host Paul ‘Redeye’ Chaloner is one of the biggest personalities in esports, and if you follow him […]
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May 27, 2020
11 conference panels to look out for at this week’s ESI Digital Summit
Image credit: Jak Howard/Esports Insider on Flickr On Tuesday May 26th and Wednesday 27th this week, the good folk over at […]
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May 25, 2020
What they don’t tell you about journalism: My approach to being harassed, threatened or manipulated into not running news
As it’s Mental Health Awareness Week, Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco pens some honest thoughts about one […]
May 19, 2020