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Esports a part of UK Sport’s new ten-year event strategy
UK Sport (UKSP) has this week announced that esports is very much on its radar, as part of […]
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March 7, 2024Campaign launched by SAF founder to better regulate loot boxes in the UK
Callum ‘Cal’ Dornan, the CEO and founder of UK-based esports and content organisation, SAF, has launched a campaign […]
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February 19, 2024Esports Scotland responds to community criticism around unpaid invoices, separate announcement sees Scottish government back national games strategy
Update (February 7th 2024): Epic.LAN founder and MD Jon Winkle has published a list of people who have […]
February 2, 2024Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard finally gets the go ahead, Bobby Kotick set to depart in 2024
Update (October 13th 2023): Microsoft’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard is finally happening, after the UK’s Competition and […]
October 13, 2023Jeremy Hunt visits Insomnia Gaming Festival, HM Treasury Twitter account spends 10 months responding to social post asking Chancellor of the Exchequer if he wants to play Valorant
Jeremy Hunt, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, visited Insomnia Gaming Festival i71 last weekend to check out […]
September 14, 2023Sources: UK Government to announce plans for esports division
Credit to Kelan Watling for the news tip and to Hannah Marie for additional reporting Note: This is […]
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April 1, 2023As France gets its first CSGO Major, what can the UK Government do to better support esports? We interview Shadow Culture Minister Alex Davies-Jones at Westminster Games Week: ‘I don’t think the government ‘get’ esports. I’d encourage all parliamentarians & stakeholders to get involved and see what esports is all about’
Shadow Culture Minister Alex Davies-Jones has called on the UK Government and other MPs to better understand esports […]
September 12, 2022Deep dive into UK Government loot box findings: Nadine Dorries explains why the Government is not banning the sale of loot boxes to children following a two-year review, despite finding a ‘higher possible risk of harms’ to young people
The UK Government has announced it is not banning the sale of in-game loot boxes to children in […]
July 18, 2022French government bans English gaming words including esports, pro gamer and streamer to ‘preserve the purity’ of their language, farts in our general direction (BUT, President Macron shows support to esports at special gathering)
Image used with permission, courtesy of Everett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo French government workers have been banned from […]
June 1, 2022The Scottish Government’s £1.3m computing in schools pledge can lift esports in the country
The Scottish Government has just committed £1.3m for computing in schools. While some have criticised this move as […]
February 7, 2022Isle of Man’s first professional esports organisation receives government sponsorship
Update: Esports News UK understands the Isle of Man provided a one-off financial commitment to aid X7’s UKEL […]
June 14, 2021Scottish Esports Hub secures funding
Scottish Esports Hub (SEH) has been awarded £5,000 of funding through Firstport’s Start It Award, in conjunction with […]
April 23, 2021House of Lords calls for Government to class loot boxes as a form of gambling
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry has called […]
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July 3, 2020UK Government says esports has the potential to develop as an area of ‘real national strength’ in the UK, as it pledges to address ‘key concerns’ around visas and calls for deeper research into loot boxes
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has today published the UK Government’s response to the […]
June 8, 2020UK Government partners with games industry to promote ‘Stay At Home, Save Lives’ messaging in games
The UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has teamed up with video game companies […]
April 6, 2020