covid-19
Fnatic Worlds 2022 campaign off to a testing start as bot-laners catch covid following lack of scrims
Update: Rhuckz and Bean from the Fnatic TQ academy team are looking like they will be ready to […]
September 24, 2022
How the Pandemic Affected Esports
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August 25, 2022
ALGS 2022 Championship concludes: Fnatic reach top 4, UK casters and talent on the big stage, 30+ players miss out due to visa issues and positive covid tests
ALGS, the Apex Legends Championship Series 2022, has concluded with DarkZero emerging as victors, but many players were […]
July 11, 2022
10 recent reports on UK gaming/esports trends for 2022: Brits less likely to trust gaming influencers, UK’s most searched-for game and streamer revealed, Brits among the most curious about the metaverse & more
There’s been a ton of reports about new trends in UK gaming and esports flooding our inbox over […]
February 22, 2022
Amazon University Esports reports record numbers in UK/Ireland Winter 2021 Season, with more students and societies participating
Record numbers of university students took part in the Winter 2021 season of Amazon University Esports in the […]
January 26, 2022
Red Bull Solo Q UK winner ‘really disappointed with how things were communicated and organised’ after losing world final spot following last-minute additional qualifier
The winner of the UK Red Bull Solo Q 1v1 League of Legends final, Enes ‘AKEN’ Akguel, has […]
December 3, 2021
League of Legends community pays tribute to Yoppa, one of the UK scene’s first players, who has sadly passed away aged 23
Serbian League of Legends player, Pavle ‘Yoppa’ Kostić, one of the League of Legends ESL UK Premiership’s first […]
November 24, 2021
UK Rainbow Six personalities criticise 2022 Six Invitational for having no live audience: ‘This event isn’t just about esports, it’s for the whole community to get together’
Update (January 2022): Ubisoft has announced the Six Invitational 2022 will now take place in Sweden instead of […]
November 14, 2021
Parents in the UK are more positive about their children gaming now than they were pre-lockdown
(Image credit: James Lawson/iEventMedia) The pandemic has seen more people play games while stuck indoors, with parents taking on […]
August 6, 2021
UK-based esports orgs and businesses raised a record £42m in funding in 2020 according to new report
Article contains affiliate link UK-based esports organisations, startups and scaleup companies raised £42m in 2020, making it a […]
July 29, 2021
The next Insomnia Gaming Festival could be BYOC-only and take place in October 2021 at a different venue (or country!) – exclusive interview with Craig ‘Wizzo’ Fletcher
The new owners of Insomnia Gaming Festival are thinking about dropping the expo for a BYOC (Bring Your […]
June 28, 2021How lockdown changed gaming in the UK: 9 key takeaways from Ofcom’s Online National 2021 Report
Ofcom has published its Online National 2021 Report which features a host of data about gaming habits in […]
June 11, 2021
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’
Red Bull Kumite London gets underway this weekend (May 22nd and 23rd, from 2pm to 10pm BST each […]
May 21, 2021
Has the impact of COVID-19 taken gaming and esports to the next level?
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April 21, 2021Fnatic LEC player and coach test positive for Covid-19 as org quarantines team
London-based esports organisation Fnatic have quarantined their League of Legends LEC team after a player and coach contracted […]
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March 16, 2021