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Esports at i72: Insomnia the Gaming Festival announces return of Valorant Women’s Cup with EE and GiantX, Overwatch 2 is back, and LAN trading card tournaments will take place for the first time
What kind of esports at i72 will we see? The organisers of Insomnia the Gaming Festival have confirmed […]
February 16, 2024
Actor who plays Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3, Samantha Béart, to make special appearance at Yorkshire Games Festival 2024
Photo credit: Jennie Scott Photography/IMDB The Yorkshire Games Festival will include a special in-conversation event and Q&A with […]
February 13, 2024
13% of UK games staff are from low-income backgrounds; national Into Games campaign launches to help more people get careers
UK non-profit Into Games says it’s launched a national campaign to support more working-class people into careers in […]
January 9, 2024
2024 BAFTA Games Awards longlist released, Baldur’s Gate 3 in the running for 11 categories
BAFTA has released its industry-voted longlist for the 2024 BAFTA Games Awards, with 60 games in the running […]
December 18, 2023
GTA 6 to ‘push the limits’ says Rockstar as first trailer and release window is finally revealed
Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software – with offices in Scotland – says GTA 6 will […]
December 5, 2023
Baldur’s Gate 3 narrator Amelia Tyler to narrate PC Gaming Show alongside host Frankie Ward
British voice actor Amelia Tyler (pictured above), the narrator of this year’s hit RPG game Baldur’s Gate 3, […]
November 28, 2023
Esports project nominated in Scottish Games Awards 2023, with Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf set to open the ceremony
The Scottish Games Awards 2023 has included an esports project in its list of nominations, which features a […]
October 17, 2023
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco featured on Ginx Esports TV show ‘The Games That Made Me’
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco was invited to the Ginx Esports TV offices in London to appear […]
October 9, 2023
‘Decimation’ at UK-based Fall Guys dev Mediatonic as Epic Games announces staff layoffs, plus Sega cancels UK-made team shooter Hyenas
UK-based games development studio Mediatonic, the creators of popular battle royale party game Fall Guys, has been hit […]
September 29, 2023
GamerFest Winter 2023 to get dedicated esports hall for the first time as floor space increases by 50%
Ireland’s upcoming GamerFest Winter 2023 event in October will be the organiser’s biggest festival yet, with floor space […]
September 21, 2023
UK’s most-watched esports and most-followed orgs revealed, with Fnatic one of the most popular, finds new UK esports report
Call of Duty and Counter-Strike are the most-watched esports in the UK, according to a new UK esports […]
September 11, 2023
Great Britain and Northern Ireland secure two silver medals at European Games Esports Championships, after president of Poland gives talk at opening ceremony
Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s esports teams at the inaugural European Games Esports Championships picked up two silver […]
July 2, 2023
Williams Resolve Rocket League team to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland in first European Games Esports Championships, as well as eFootball players Emzii and Cerith Dennis
UK esports body British Esports has announced the players representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the inaugural […]
May 31, 2023
UK consumers spent more money on streaming donations and video content in 2022, and more on physical games books and magazines (updated figure)
Update: Ukie has updated the figure to £66.2m following an update from Twitch. Original article: Consumers in the […]
April 13, 2023
Gen Z’s Favourite Games in the Esports Scene
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March 24, 2023