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League of Legends EMEA Arena Challenge and rewards announced
Riot Games has today announced details of the ‘Stand For Noxus’ EMEA Arena Challenge in League of Legends […]
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March 10, 2025Manchester to host competitive IRL arcade Pac-Man Live Experience
Manchester’s Arcade Arena is being transformed into a giant IRL Pac-Man Live Experience in the first quarter of […]
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November 27, 2024Competitive gamers make up 13.7% of the UK population, finds study
The UK now has almost 10m competitive gamers, according to a new report by Nielsen and Ex Corp. […]
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September 1, 2023Official CDL map set, competitive settings and gentleman’s agreement for MW2 season revealed, UK players react
The Call of Duty League (CDL) has revealed the CDL map set and competitive settings for the 2022/23 […]
November 8, 2022Overwatch 2 Beta hands-on: UK caster shares his thoughts on 5v5 gameplay and changes from the original game
The Overwatch 2 beta is live at last and it’s broken Twitch records for the series, with a […]
May 2, 2022Warwick Uni to host ‘one of a kind’ competitive speed typing tournament, with LAN finals taking place in January
The University of Warwick is hosting a speed typing tournament with live finals taking place at Warwick’s esports […]
December 15, 2021Shadowgun War Games looks like a mobile version of Overwatch, first gameplay stream coming this month
While competitive mobile gaming has had its critics over the years, you can’t deny the success of titles […]
November 10, 2019Dom's vlog: The Method Red Bull split & competitive WoW, with special guest David Hollingsworth
Esports News UK editor Dom (left) brings on board a special guest, World of Warcraft expert and fellow […]
July 9, 2019Rocket Arena: New cross-platform competitive shooter captures interest of esports community
Nexon America, in partnership with development studio Final Strike Games, is bringing its brand new first-person multiplayer shooter […]
May 16, 2019EA suspends UK FIFA player Faze Tass over use of the word ‘fag’
EA has suspended UK FIFA pro Tassal “Faze Tass” Rushan from competing in qualifiers and live events for […]
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November 7, 2018What it takes to be World of Warcraft's best PVP Outlaw Rogue: Video interview with Whaazz from Method Black
Danish World of Warcraft player Oscar “Whaazz” Wulff is arguably the world’s best Rogue in Arena right now. […]
August 17, 2018RIP Dust 2
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Valve has removed iconic map Dust2 from the Active Duty map pool, […]
February 3, 2017GAME opens 7 new 'Belong' stores with competitive gaming zones inspired by Multiplay Insomnia
UK retail chain GAME has taken another step towards esports with a new chain of ‘Belong’ competitive gaming stores. […]
December 15, 2016Richard Lewis video interview (part 1) – the decline of UK esports
After producing a video log attacking the UK esports scene a few days ago, prominent esports journalist Richard Lewis […]
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August 13, 201620 competitive UK streamers worth watching: Part 1
There are tons of game streamers who regularly broadcast their gameplay on Twitch or other platforms – but who are our favourites? Here at […]
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June 12, 2016