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Ireland’s new National Esports Centre hosts players in FC event, signs partnerships
Ireland’s newly opened National Esports Centre has hosted players in an FC tournament and announced several partnerships. The […]
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January 20, 2025How hundreds of Excel Esports shirts and hoodies ended up in African ‘Born Free’ national parks which protect endangered animals
When UK esports organisation Excel Esports merged with Spain’s Giants Gaming to form GiantX a year ago, hundreds […]
December 31, 2024NLC changes for 2025 and 2026 announced: New format, more teams, fearless draft, live event roadshows, closer links with national leagues and closure of Div 2 confirmed
NLC 2025 news and content powered by AGON by AOC The NLC, the Northern League of Legends Championship […]
November 28, 2024New national body Scottish Esports announces education conference
Update (October 28th 2024): Scottish Esports has today announced the Scottish Esports in Education Mini-Conference 2024 (SEEMC2024). This […]
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October 28, 2024Valorant Spike Nations 2024 teams, format and players listed as Team UK ambassador Fnatic Meg reveals UK roster: ‘Cor blimey, mate! I hope the Royal Family watch’
UK streamer Megan Garner, aka megsoundslikeegg, aka Fnatic Meg, has revealed all the details about Team UK in […]
October 22, 2024‘No discrimination will be tolerated’ – Svenska Onlineligan issues statement over racist incident in LoL National League scrims, as team release players
Swedish League of Legends National League, the Svenska Onlineligan (SOL), is investigating a racist incident in scrims reported […]
May 5, 2024Higher level Esports BTEC qualifications to launch in the UK in September 2024
For transparency: Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco used to work full-time for British Esports between September 2016 […]
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March 14, 2024Esports Scotland responds to community criticism around unpaid invoices, separate announcement sees Scottish government back national games strategy
Update (August 20th 2024): Esports Scotland has announced it has been acquired by David Hamilton and will operate under the […]
February 2, 2024Scottish Esports Network to host first National Esports Forum
The Scottish Esports Network is hosting the country’s first National Esports Forum, with the aim of ‘connecting professionals […]
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January 9, 202413% 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, 2024Team Turkey win Valorant Spike Nations 2023 after close final versus Team UK
Photo credit: Gamergy 2023 | Hara Amorós Turkey and the UK put in performances to be proud of […]
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December 20, 2023ESL national leagues to close including UK & Ireland ESL Premiership ‘following change in EFG global strategy’
ESL UK has this morning announced that the ESL Premiership, the national league for the UK and Ireland, […]
September 15, 2023National esports federations including Esports Wales ‘vehemently condemn’ IESF decision to lift sanctions against Russian Esports Federation, IESF says it will ‘continue to strive for peace and unity’
Esports federations from multiple countries say they ‘vehemently’ condemn the recent decision from the International Esports Federation (IESF) […]
August 31, 2023DMG Esports: NLC org Domino Esports announce rebrand, signing of UK player Kasing, national teams and in-house system
DMG Esports, the Norwegian esports organisation formerly known as Domino Esports – who compete in the Northern League […]
August 19, 2023The (Grass) Root of the Issue: Why the Return of the National Leagues Matters, and What Went Wrong with the NLC Restructure – Opinion by Caster Initialise
Left to right: Broadcast talent Archarom, Trouble and Initialise (Image source: NLC, Spring 2022) It’s official – roughly […]
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