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EU League of Legends fans want more local and smaller esports events to attend as there are ‘too many’ in the US, finds Nottingham Business School survey
Gamers are looking for more chances to connect in-person with each other and their favourite players and developers, […]
April 8, 2022
Esports fans in the UK warming to cryptocurrency, finds YouGov report
New YouGov research shows purchase intent of cryptocurrency among esports fans in the UK has ‘substantially increased’ in […]
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April 7, 2022
10 recent reports on UK gaming/esports trends for 2022: Brits less likely to trust gaming influencers, UK’s most searched-for game and streamer revealed, Brits among the most curious about the metaverse & more
There’s been a ton of reports about new trends in UK gaming and esports flooding our inbox over […]
February 22, 2022
Riot issued 40,000+ Valorant player bans and 400,000 chat restrictions in January as part of clampdown on toxic behaviour, plans for ‘real-time text moderation and harsher punishments’
Riot Games hit toxic Valorant players with 40,000 bans and 400,000 chat restrictions (or mutes) in January 2022. […]
February 10, 2022
Hitmarker survey reveals ‘out of date’ hiring processes in the esports and games industry plus other trends: 84% of applicants would rather answer job-specific questions than submit a cover letter, 40% deem gender-neutral job descriptions to be ‘very important’
Hitmarker, the UK-based esports and gaming job platform, has today announced the findings of its first ever industry […]
February 10, 2022
UK esports organisation Motif fold after women’s Valorant team report incidents of racism and sexual harassment
Motif Esports, a small UK esports organisation that participated in Valorant and Rocket League, have disbanded after their […]
February 8, 2022
Almost 70% of UK parents believe esports can play a positive role in school, but only 32% are happy for their child to have a career in it, finds new education survey by Dell and Intel
For transparency: Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco used to work full-time for British Esports between September 2016 […]
February 2, 2022
Guild Esports makes education move after posting a loss in its first full year of operations, wants to be ‘the largest provider of school-based learning for esports through 2022’
Guild Esports, the UK-based esports organisation linked with David Beckham, has outlined some new education-based plans in a […]
January 31, 2022How lockdown changed gaming in the UK: 9 key takeaways from Ofcom’s Online National 2021 Report
Ofcom has published its Online National 2021 Report which features a host of data about gaming habits in […]
June 11, 2021
UK consumers spent £45.6m on streaming donations, subscriptions and other gaming video content in 2020
Consumers spent a record amount in the UK video games market in 2020, according to Ukie’s new 2020 […]
March 19, 2021
‘Market uncertainty’ is resulting in fewer new esports sponsorship deals, according to 2021 Newzoo market report
Image: Excel Esports signed a landmark sponsorship deal with BT in 2020 Esports industry revenues are expected to […]
March 10, 2021
5 highlights from Fnatic’s report on gender equality in esports and gaming
London-based esports organisation Fnatic have today published a new report looking into gender inequality in the esports and […]
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March 8, 2021
Gambling Health Alliance calls on parents to boycott loot boxes, finds a quarter of gamers are ‘addicted’ to them
Around a quarter (24%) of gamers said they felt addictedto loot boxes, amidst new calls for regulation over […]
December 27, 202037% of Brits are familiar with esports but engagement remains low – YouGov report on gaming during lockdown
Four in ten Brits (37%) are familiar with esports, but just 6% of them are engaged with these competitions in some way. The majority […]
October 29, 2020
New report shows just how much esports viewing and livestreaming has increased during lockdown
It’s a given that esports viewing and livestreaming has increased during the COVID-19 epidemic, with more people staying […]
July 13, 2020