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AGSB Esports win Digital Schoolhouse Splatoon 3 finals: Student journalist, caster and producer winners also announced
Photo by Joe Brady; Esports News UK partnered with Ukie on a freelance basis to judge the student […]
April 26, 2024
‘Nintendo just killed my favourite hobby’ – Smash Bros community reacts to new Nintendo tournament guidelines
New global Nintendo tournament guidelines have been published for community tournaments including a limit on number of entrants, […]
October 24, 2023
Splatoon 3 University Championship announced, Insomnia 70 to host grand final
UK university esports body NSE (National Student Esports) and Nintendo UK have today announced a new Splatoon 3 University […]
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February 23, 2023‘The Smash scene deserves better than this’ – community reacts to ‘heartbreaking’ Smash World Tour cancellation with UK talent affected
Article by Dom Sacco with help from Wade White and MetalQueerSolid The fighting game community (FGC) is up […]
November 30, 2022
Mario Strikers Battle League Football University Circuit announced for UK students as part of NSE and Nintendo partnership
UK university esports body NSE (National Student Esports) and Nintendo UK have teamed up to announce a partnership […]
July 4, 2022
Norton College win Digital Schoolhouse Smash Bros tournament
Norton College have been named the UK’s best school and sixth form at Super Smash Bros Ultimate Team […]
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April 3, 2022
Pokémon Unite Championship Series gets $1m+ prize pool, with finals taking place in London
London’s Excel venue will play host to the 2022 Pokémon World Championships in August – and this time […]
February 11, 2022
Nintendo and Gfinity announce 2021 Splatoon 2 Inkfest UK tournament
A new challenge for fans of Splatoon 2 is on the way with the Splatoon 2 Inkfest UK […]
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September 24, 2021
Nintendo backs UK’s first national junior school esports tournament
Digital Schoolhouse (DSH), the education initiative from UK games industry trade body Ukie, has announced a new junior […]
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September 9, 2021
Interview with Biinny, the UK’s fastest Mario 64 speedrunner on beating records, GamesDoneQuick and staying motivated after playing the game for a decade: ‘Everyone gets sick of playing the same game from time to time, but my Twitch viewers keep me going’
Speedrunning and esports might have their differences, but they share that core drive to compete, to improve, to […]
September 8, 2021
Pokémon Unite patch notes: Tencent to update game with new patch on Wednesday August 18th, new Support Blissey to be added
Pokémon Unite was released on Nintendo Switch on Wednesday July 21st 2021. Since then, its developer Tencent Games […]
August 17, 2021Hyper Japan to host UK Splatoon 2 tournament this weekend, with hosts BOWIEtheHERO, Nimmz and Marc With a C
London’s Japanese culture expo Hyper Japan will be welcoming the Splatoon UK community this weekend, with teams battling it out […]
July 23, 2021
Esports News of the Week Roundup: Dota 2 ESL Prem, LoL Worlds draw, Splyce brand to shut down & more
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco rounds up the news of the week to September 24th 2019. Dom […]
September 24, 2019Nintendo gets further involved with UK esports: Smash Bros Ultimate tournament now announced for UK universities following separate schools initiative
UPDATE (September 24th): Nintendo UK has now signed a deal with National Student Esports (NSE) to launch the […]
September 24, 2019
All games will be required to disclose loot box rates on consoles, Rocket League ditches in-game crates
Loot boxes have dominated many headlines in the video game world this year – and are continuing to […]
August 9, 2019