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Movember partners with esports groups Blast Premier and BIG to improve mental health in esports
Movember has become the official mental health partner of Blast Premier, a global Counter-Strike tournament series, in an […]
October 30, 2024
Family who named charity after son’s gamertag keen to form esports team to honour his legacy: Here’s how you can help TheRockinR – and SpecialEffect – and win prizes this pancake day courtesy of AOC/Philips monitors
Left to right: Carol Miree, YouTuber Jacksepticeye, Reece Miree, Jonny Miree and Jess Miree (photo taken prior to […]
February 12, 2024
British Army comments on scrapped Fortnite Operation Belong campaign, claims it ‘never involved active recruiting’
The British Army has spoken about pulling its Fortnite-focused Operation Belong marketing campaign to Esports News UK. The […]
February 7, 2024
Twitch community raises over $400m for charities in 2023 ahead of Twitch Together For Good push
The Twitch Together For Good charity week is approaching, and comes after the livestreaming platform’s community raised a […]
November 23, 2023
London Stadium hosts Football For Good Day tournament backed by GAME and Microsoft to help disadvantaged youth
Image credit: Russ / Kaphox Retailer GAME and publisher Microsoft have backed the 2023 Football For Good Day, […]
November 21, 2023
The Strive Group to run esports and digital skills traineeship courses for young people, partners with LDN UTD and its Centre of Excellence as the latest in an increasingly competitive esports education market
Education business The Strive Group and UK esports organisation LDN UTD have announced ‘UTD EDN’ to help young […]
February 14, 2022
Riot Games hands $300,000 in community grant funding to non-profit organisations including the UK’s Spear Islington and Ape Action Africa
Riot Games announced today the recipients of $300,000 in community grant funding, as a part of Progress Days […]
November 10, 2021
Streamers divided over #ADayOffTwitch movement aiming to end hate raids, UK streamer calls out Asmongold for criticising protest
A new protest aiming to end hate raids on Twitch is causing a rift between some streamers who […]
August 25, 2021
Fnatic Network streamer programme reports ‘industry-first’ 50/50 equal gender split
Fnatic, the London-based global esports organisation, is championing diversity among its content creators after reporting a 50/50 gender […]
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July 12, 2021
LDN UTD partners with Rio Ferdinand Foundation for UTD Against Racism event, including a FIFA 21 celebrity pro-am
UK esports org LDN UTD and the Rio Ferdinand Foundation have today announced UTD Against Racism, an online […]
April 28, 2021
Valorant Game Changers is a much-needed program to help foster and celebrate diversity in esports
Update (September 9th 2021): Following success in North America earlier this year, Riot Games is expanding its Valorant […]
February 23, 2021
NSE announces partnership extension with Intel
National Student Esports (NSE) has announced that it is continuing its partnership with Intel into the 2020/2021 academic […]
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August 27, 2020
Intel, NSE and ESL launch FutureGen esports leadership programme for students in the UK
Intel, NSE and ESL have teamed up to launch FutureGen, a new professional esports leadership programme targeted at […]
September 21, 2019