Tag: retire
FlamE announces retirement as a Rocket League player, but plans to stay in esports
British Rocket League player Jack ‘FlamE’ Pearton has announced his retirement from competitive play. The 24-year-old most recently […]
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November 15, 2023
UK Apex Legends streamer Holiwhirl announces retirement from streaming
Esports News UK’s July coverage is powered by Predator Gaming – get more Apex Legends esports news here British Twitch […]
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July 27, 2023
Richard Lewis announces plans to retire from esports
Update (October 12th 2022): Richard Lewis has confirmed he will continue to be one of the Esports Horsemen […]
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June 27, 2022
Why Benjyfishy has retired from Fortnite and switched to Valorant
UK pro gamer Benjy ‘Benjyfishy’ Fish is quitting competitive Fortnite in favour of team shooter Valorant. The 18-year-old […]
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June 24, 2022
Daniel ‘ddk’ Kapadia announces he’s stepping back from casting, joins 100 Thieves as Valorant general manager
Update (March 23rd 2022): Ddk has joined 100 Thieves as their new Valorant general manager, along with Sean […]
March 19, 2022
LoL player who qualified for NLC Division 2 retires, cites removal of high elo duo queue as one of the reasons why
Anders ‘Fittle’ Wind, a Danish League of Legends (LoL) support player, has announced his retirement. Fittle was most […]
December 22, 2021
UK Overwatch player Fusions retires from pro play, Boston Uprising thank him for ‘being a rock for the team’
UK Overwatch professional player Cameron ‘Fusions’ Bosworth has announced his retirement from competitive play. The 22-year-old tank player announced his […]
October 6, 2021
UK CoD talent Zed retires from pro play: ‘This may be the scariest moment of my life’
English Call of Duty player Zach ‘Zed’ Denyer has announced his retirement from professional play. The 23-year-old talent, […]
September 3, 2021
InnerFlame steps down as SK Gaming general manager, but isn’t leaving esports behind
British esports manager Joe ‘InnerFlame’ El Ouassi has stepped down as general manager for SK Gaming and transitioned to an […]
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September 2, 2021
Febiven reflects on some of the problems he’s seen working with League of Legends esports teams in honest retirement message
Veteran League of Legends mid-laner Fabian ‘Febiven’ Diepstraten has announced his retirement, and posted an insightful message highlighting […]
July 19, 2021
UK FIFA pro Harry Hesketh retires from competitive play after receiving EA ban for making comments about another player’s mum
UK FIFA pro player Harry Hesketh has announced his retirement from competitive play after being handed a suspension […]
January 27, 2021
James ‘The Governor’ Gove comes out of esports retirement: Raise Your Governors again for one of the good guys in UK LoL
Update (September 5th 2021): Governor had come out of retirement to play for Verdant, but in light of […]
January 9, 2021
Caedrel departs Excel Esports, announces he’s stepping back from pro play
British League of Legends pro jungler and caster Marc ‘Caedrel’ Lamont has announced he is stepping back from […]
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November 3, 2020Why do esports pros retire so young and what can they do next? We ask Snoopeh
Stephen “Snoopeh” Ellis is a former League of Legends pro esports player that has retired from competitive gaming. […]
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June 26, 2015