It's been a while since our last player profile piece here at Esports News UK, but we're ending this drought with an interview with an experienced UK League of Legends...
A Twitter account parodying the UK Gaming Tours (UKGT) CSGO tournament has picked up more than 100 followers in the space of a day. The page, titled UK Gaming Twits, was...
The Telegraph has announced the first few Gfinity Challenger Series players who have been picked up by the eight Elite Series teams. Players have been taking part in the Challenger...
UK League of Legends ADC player Matt "Deadly" Smith and coach Alex "Kazehaya" Hirst have joined Turkish side Besiktas. Besiktas are a well-known name in world football and moved into the...
Fnatic claimed victory in the Heroes of the Storm Global Championship (HGC) Mid-Season Brawl and clinched the first World Championship title for the EU. They faced some of the world's finest...
NerdRage.Pro have fired their League of Legends team manager, Ashley "Slip" Haynes, one day before they're due to play their first UK Masters match. Comments were made on the UK Masters...
Cameron Peberdy, head of marketing and community development at UK org Digital Warfare, and former Enclave Dusk manager, shares his opinion on the current state of UK League of Legends and...
This past weekend, several UK teams took to Anaheim, California to try and gain their portion of the $200,000 prize pool, Jacob Hale reports. All pro league teams attended the...
UK League of Legends streamer Ali "Gross Gore" Larsen has had a successful first few days back after being unbanned by Twitch. He currently has 1,649 subs and had more...
Dom Sacco provides a quick roundup of the rosters confirmed for the League of Legends UK Masters Summer 2017 Split. Barrage Esports Barrage have made the leap into competitive...
Multiplay has announced the games, prize pools and formats of the first esports tournaments at i61, which takes place in August. The games and prize pools are as follows: CSGO...
Stuart McAllister, the owner of Northern Ireland-based esports org Nuclear Storm Gaming (NSG), posted a picture of a new car yesterday. Not just any old car - an eight-seater emblazoned with his org's logo....
On Thursday 15th June, three UK teams took to Anaheim, California to attempt to re-qualify for Stage 2 of the Call of Duty Global Pro League, Jacob Hale reports. After...
London's Meltdown bar could soon get its own rewards scheme for members, as well as a new print magazine. Sophia Metz, CEO of the chain of Meltdown gaming bars, spoke...
UK esports organisation Molotovs and Marshmallows (MnM Gaming) have added a new player to their Hearthstone line-up. They've brought Ben "xl3en" Chapman in as their second Hearthstone player, who will be playing for...
Team Endpoint have picked a peck of players Pickles and Payne for their CSGO team. Charlie "Pickles" Pickles and Ryan "Ruleh" Payne to be precise. Pickles has replaced Owen "smooya" Butterfield, who was...
UPDATE: Dezachu has been added to the line-up. He was observer this week and will be casting next week. Epic LAN done, first week of EUCS done, off to work...
Beyond the bad banter, betting scandals, drama, jokers and the mess that is UK Gaming Tours, the UK CSGO scene actually has a warm heart. It's a rock-solid community with...
Blizzard has announced the Overwatch Open Division, a new competitive league one tier below the Overwatch Contenders development league. Blizzard said in an announcement it's a regional division where 'amateur players who...
UK League of Legends streamer Ali "Gross Gore" Larsen has confirmed he's returning to Twitch. His Twitch channel has reappeared, complete with updated info and a link to Grossie's Discord...
It's been a busy week in the world of esports for ENUK, there's been announcements from E3, the smooya CSGO move to Epsilon, UK Masters qualifiers and more banter. In...
Riot Games co-founders Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill have been awarded a BAFTA Special Award. The pair received the BAFTA in Los Angeles at an event at The London West Hollywood...
Another day in the UK League of Legends Masters Qualifiers, another ego flaming the UK scene, another Twitter meme and a savage response from a UK ADC. In the words of...
In a GFuel Amateur Spotlight courtesy of Dexerto, it has been announced that Cyberstorm Gaming are sending their amateur Call of Duty team to this weekend’s CWL Anaheim event. The team...
Dom Sacco takes a look at the final eight qualified teams for the UK Masters summer 2017 League of Legends split, after Bulldog and Enclave progressed from the final qualifier...
European esports giants Epsilon have confirmed the signing of 17-year-old UK CSGO player Owen "smooya" Butterfield. smooya was most recently playing with UK org Team Endpoint and his move to...
Retailer GAME has announced its new wave of Belong Arena Clash grassroots esports tournaments. It's moving into League of Legends and Overwatch, after its successful first Call of Duty Arena...
One organisation will probably be looking for a rewind this week - and it won't be Craig David's record label for once. UK esports organisation Rewind Gaming stoked the fire of several...
We're not just about the local scene here at Esports News UK, sometimes we'll cover the big global announcements (especially if they could affect the UK scene in the future). The...
The world's first full-time pro gamer, Johnathan "FATAL1TY" Wendel, made a name for himself as a Quake champion in the late nineties and early noughties. But esports has changed so much...
Long-running UK esports organisation Choke Gaming are attempting to make another comeback. The org ceased operations in August 2016 following disputes between former manager Vincent Clarke and other Choke management. They...
British caster Joe "Munchables" Fenny is moving to California to host Vainglory 8 for the next five months. Joe is well-known in the UK scene for his work casting the...
This week, Esports News UK's live Twitch channel interview was with Epic Gaming MD Jon "winbar" Winkle, founder of epic.LAN. We asked him about upcoming changes, details of next week's epic21...
The Esports Championship Series (ECS) has announced the talent line-up for the Season 3 Finals on June 23rd-25th, taking place at the Wembley SSE Arena. The line-up includes a mix of...
British caster Aaron "Medic" Chamberlain cast his first match in the League of Legends EU LCS this evening, and he was on fine form as per usual. He's casting this...
UK esports organisation Team Endpoint are close to selling their 17-year-old CSGO player Owen "smooya" Butterfield to Epsilon Esports for a cut price. Owen was contracted to Endpoint with a salary,...
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco shares his views on a new community-led esports content website. DBLTAP, a new crowd-focused esports coverage platform, has the potential to change esports journalism...
ESL has released first details of the UK & Ireland Premiership Autumn Season, including qualifiers and prize pools for League of Legends and CSGO. Each game will have a £10,500...
This evening we published an interview with the Pirate Party asking them why the major parties don't seem interested in esports. Looks like we spoke too soon. A video interview with...
Esports News UK reached out to all the major political parties over the past few months to attempt to get comment from them about their views on esports, and what they'd...
Konami held its PES League 2017 world finals at the Emirates Stadium in London last week, and have bigger plans for the future. The PES League finals - won by...
UPDATE (11pm): After this article was published, Laatch admitted in a tweet his team did not field the required number of UK players. I take the full response for "here...
The UK League of Legends scene's top mid-laner, Emil "Larssen" Larsson, has left MnM Gaming to play in the EU Challenger Series. He has joined Wind and Rain (WAR), who qualified for...
The original esports FPS Quake has returned. Quake Champions is in beta and an announcement is expected at games show E3 in Los Angeles next week. But what do former...
Former Enclave Gaming Dawn support player (and later coach) Karl "Reclamation" Dixon has published a vlog on his time with the org. Reclamation is heading off to the US for...
Yesterday North American esports organisation Echo Fox announced it had signed some former pro players for its Challenger team. Not just any players - former Team Dignitas heroes and current League...
PC hardware manufacturer ASUS announced two big new global esports tournaments last week. Turns out both of them have UK-specific open qualifiers. The ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) Masters will include...
Wind and Rain's British team manager Alex "Kazehaya" Hirst has said goodbye to his roster as they leave to join Origen. Kazehaya had been working with the roster for a...
Two British casters have joined the Clash Royale European broadcast team. Tom "Tridd" Underwood and Mike "Gregan" Ellis will be casting the Crown Championship from Sunday June 11th from 8am...
A new PES League World Champion has been crowned in North London today. Guilherme "GuiFera" Fonseca, a 17-year-old Pro Evolution Soccer player from Brazil, beat Italian Ettorito "Ettorito" Giannuzzi in the 2017...
UPDATE (June 3rd): Origen has confirmed the news on Twitter. The new challenge. pic.twitter.com/g9rBHNECUi — Origen (@Origengg) June 3, 2017 Original story (June 2nd): European League of Legends organisation Origen...
UK TV broadcaster BT Sport has announced it will be producing more video gaming and esports content. Games industry production agency Attention Seekers has entered into an exclusive agreement with...
ENUK editor Dom Sacco analyses Riot Games' changes across the pond as the League of Legends developer introduces a franchising model for its LCS in North America. When the NA LCS changes announcement...
You'll soon be able to buy an official FMESPORTS desktop PC system, courtesy of online retailer Ebuyer and system builder Chillblast. Esports News UK has a sneak peek of a...
The National University Esports League (NUEL) LoL champions, Grey Warwick, will be representing the UK in the University Esports Masters (UEM). This is a Europe-wide university League of Legends tournament...
One of the world's first and most well-known pro esports players, Johnathan "FATAL1TY" Wendel, has co-founded a new esports team management service. Known as ReadyUp, the platform claims to be the...
British League of Legends comedian, cartoonist and content creator Kiandymundi has been granted Twitch Partner status. The 24-year-old streamer from North-West England, aka Andrew/Andy/Kiandy, said that he will be streaming a...
This week several players in the UK League of Legends scene took to Twitter to complain about seeding in the UK Masters. HOW ARE WE 31 SEEDING AHAAH UK MASTERS...
Earlier this month two British Tekken players were banned from the Tekken 7 UK Championship for 'suspected collusion'. Justin "King Jae" Nelson and fellow District G teammate C-Krizzle protested their innocence, after a few clips...
Earlier this month British racing brand McLaren became the first Formula 1 team to enter esports. It announced the World's Fastest Gamer - a new esports tournament that runs across several games including...
After a hard-fought battle through the inaugural Global Pro League, Splyce have been crowned Global Pro League Stage 1 Champions. They beat Luminosity Gaming 3-2 in the Grand Finals of...
Sergi Mesonero, co-founder of the Spanish LVP, shares his opinion on why the Spanish esports league is so successful following Esports News UK's big feature on the LVP. We asked...
The EU League of Legends Challenger Series Qualifiers are over - and two teams have progressed to the summer 2017 split. Wind and Rain (WAR), the team formerly known as...
Kane "Kaneandtrench" Heartfield has won the Tekken 7 UK & Ireland Championship. He won the final at MCM London Comic Con 3-0 as Yoshimitsu against Fergus, who was playing as...
Gosu Crew British Hearthstone player James "GreenSheep" Luo has won the 2017 ESL Premiership spring split. He beat MnM Gaming's Alister "Mysterious" Kerridge in the grand final which went to two...
As the European dreams of UK League of Legends champions MnM Gaming turn to dust this evening, Dominic Sacco looks at some of the positives to take away in this opinion...
One of the biggest esports names in Europe, Epsilon Esports, have been added to the Gfinity Elite Series. They are the eighth and final team to join the Elite Series,...
ENUK editor Dom Sacco shares his views on this week's EU Challenger Series Qualifiers (CSQs). After UK org MnM lost again, we can't take the pain and are instead focusing on...
British League of Legends mid-laner Marc "Caedrel" Robert Lamont has joined Schalke 04 Esports. That's according to the League of Legends contract database and an article on esport.kicker.de. He joins Memento, SmittyJ,...
ENUK editor Dom Sacco shares his views on UK League of Legends org MnM Gaming as they take part in the EU Challenger Series Qualifiers (CSQs) this week. Day 2:...
Method, the UK-based organisation known for their world-first boss kills and raids in World of Warcraft, have joined the Gfinity Elite Series. Method are registered in Glasgow but have players all...
Kristian Segerstrale, the CEO of Vainglory developer Super Evil Megacorp, shares his opinion on the growing competition in mobile esports. Namely, Clash Royale. Kristian was talking to Esports News UK at...
MCM London Comic Con has published a security update following last night's tragic events at Manchester Arena, which saw at least 22 people killed. Comic Con runs from Friday May 26th...
ENUK editor Dom Sacco shares his views on UK League of Legends team MnM Gaming as they take part in the EU Challenger Series Qualifiers (CSQs) this week. Day...
ESL UK League of Legends winners MnM Gaming will be representing the UK and Ireland in the European Challenger Series qualifiers this week, but who will they play? MnM have...
We interview Fnatic's chief gaming officer Patrik "cArn" Sättermon about the London-based org's operations in Vainglory as the 2017 Spring Unified Championship comes to England's capital at the O2. On...
British automotive brand McLaren will not be delving into the wider esports landscape. Esports News UK managed to grab Zak Brown, executive director of the McLaren Technology Group, after a...
North America's Cloud9 won the UK's biggest mobile esports tournament held last weekend in Building Six at the O2 Arena in London The Vainglory Spring Championships kicked off a new tournament...
Fnatic chief gaming officer, co-owner and former pro Counter-Strike player Patrik Sättermon looks back on how the game has changed over the years. Speaking to Esports News UK at the Vainglory Spring...
Fnatic's chief gaming officer and co-owner Patrik "cArn" Sättermon says League of Legends could benefit from a change to its competitive structure in Europe. Speaking to Esports News UK at the...
We caught up with well-known British caster Ceirnan "Excoundrel" Lowe at this weekend's Vainglory Spring Championship at London's O2. Over the past few years Excoundrel has gone from casting UK...
Radix Esports' top-laner David "Kirito" Koppmann (left) made headlines this week after claiming the UK scene is 'the easiest ever and free money'. His tweet caught the attention of the...
North American League of Legends veteran and smite God Brandon "Saintvicious" DiMarco has joined Team Dignitas. The 29-year-old former pro jungler has been added to Dignitas' League of Legends coaching...
British League of Legends pro Raymond "KaSing" Tsang's League of Legends side has rebranded. The team, previously known as R.B, made their way through the Open Qualifiers into the EU...
In a close fought 3-2 win, Bulldog Esports’ Youth Call of Duty team managed to see off Oblivion Esports to become EEG Call of Duty Winter Champions, Jacob Hale reports....
MnM Gaming have removed British jungler Alex "Candyfloss" Cartwright from their League of Legends team, days before they play in the EU Challenger Series Qualifiers. The situation is complex and there are several reasons...
BBC Breakfast aired a segment on esports this morning, covering MnM's gaming house and previewing the Vainglory Spring Championship at London's O2. As with a lot of mainstream media's coverage...
Blizzard Entertainment is apparently working on a sequel to its competitive FPS Overwatch, which is due to arrive later this year. Esports News UK caught wind of a rumour which has...
Fnatic beat Cyclone 3-1 in the two teams' first Vainglory Unified Spring Championship match today, in an England vs Ireland showdown. London-based Fnatic had 17-year-old British player Palmatoro on their...
It's official: students in the UK can now get a BA (Hons) degree in esports. Staffordshire University has introduced the three-year course, which includes organising your own commercial esports event, casting,...
Earlier today, Maximilian Cabanski, the founder of German esports organisation Arctic Storm, sent a statement to Esports News UK saying his former LoL manager is a 'deceiver'. He made these comments...
Arctic Storm, the German esports organisation whose League of Legends roster recently qualified for the UK Masters and moved to NerdRage, has sent a statement to Esports News UK. Maximilian...
Leeds-based esports organisation Radix are about to acquire Lotus Gaming, the League of Legends roster that recently qualified for the UK Masters. Afro, the owner of Radix, told Esports News UK:...
UK esports organisation Team Endpoint have become the sixth team of eight to join the Gfinity Elite Series tournament. They join fellow UK orgs exceL, Reason, Prophecy and Infused, and global...
The final prizes for the Road to EGX Overwatch tournament have been revealed. Each of the players in the winning team at the main EGX event taking place September 21st to...
Arctic Storm, the League of Legends team that qualified for the Summer 2017 UK Masters this week, has joined UK org NerdRage Pro. Esports News UK understands a deal between Arctic...
Super Evil Megacorp, creators of Vainglory, have revealed the competing teams for the Vainglory Unified Spring Championships. The top six teams in Europe and the top six teams from North America...
Heading in to Group Green of the Call of Duty Global Pro League, Elevate and Red Reserve were not exactly held in high regards, Jacob Hale reports. Both teams had...
Rumours yesterday suggested that Misfits' former general manager Ali "Alicus" Saba may be buying the academy team of either Misfits or Fnatic. Alicus left Misfits earlier this year, citing burnout. He...
UK League of Legends event League Fest has been scrapped for the time being and won't be taking place this year, Riot Games has confirmed. Riot community specialist John King (aka...
Over the past week we've been running a competition giving away three pairs of VIP tickets to the Vainglory Spring Championships in London this weekend. Today we've drawn three lucky...
We interview Arctic Storm manager Ashley "Slip" Haynes after the organisation brought on board some of the former XENEX League of Legends players, entered the UK Masters qualifiers - and...
Who says the UK esports scene can't get you places? UK Overwatch champion Christopher "ChrisTFer" Graham previously won the ESL UK Premiership last year with Reason Gaming. Now he could soon be schmoozing...
Ah, the ego. The big ones just seem to pop up into the UK League of Legends scene every now and then. It seems AsN Lotus Gaming is the latest to thump...
Tottenham Hotspur - the London-based football club who have up until this year finished below their superior rivals Arsenal for the past 21 years - are looking at hosting esports...
UDPATE (June 16th): Gross Gore has finally confirmed he's been unbanned by Twitch, a few months after we first learnt of the news. He posted a tweet and YouTube video...
17-year-old British pro Vainglory player Alessandro "Palmatoro" Palmarini is taking part in the Vainglory Spring Unified Championship in London later this week. The Fnatic player from Scotland may be young - but...
Dominic Sacco asks 10 people in UK esports and beyond how mental health has affected them, and whether esports has been a positive outlet for them in some way. Last...
UK esports org MnM Gaming is considering sorting out a more permanent base of operations following its gaming house bootcamp this month. The team is training together ahead of their...
We interviewed three UK League of Legends heroes from MnM Gaming live on the Esports News UK Twitch channel this evening: Ashley "Rifty" Mayes, MnM top-laner Mantas "Hadow" Sukevicius, MnM support Will...
Update (May 19th): The revised dates for the Gfinity Elite Draft and Elite Series have been confirmed. The Challenger Series ends on June 4th, the Draft begins on June 16th...
The four finalists for this split's ESL UK & Ireland Hearthstone Premiership have been confirmed. This week, MnM Gaming's Mysterious (pictured) and Duncan Morrison (manager of Meltdown esports bar in...
Two British Tekken players have hit back at critics after Bandai Namco took away their Tekken 7 UK Championship qualification spot for alleged collusion. Justin "King Jae" Nelson has published a vlog to clear...
We've teamed up with Vainglory to give you the chance to win a pair of VIP tickets worth £130 to this month's Championships at London's O2. We have three pairs of...
The rumours were true - one of the best pairings in UK League of Legends are back together again. British jungler Nubar "Maxlore" Sarafian (right) has joined EU LCS team Misfits, and in...
After an intense weekend, two UK Call of Duty teams found themselves at the bottom of the pack in a very stacked CoD World League group. Jacob Hale reports. Epsilon...
The votes have been cast and counted, and the Overwatch World Cup committees have been confirmed. The three people in the UK committee - who will be responsible for putting...
Riot Games have promoted the UK Masters League of Legend signups on its forums today, reminding teams to take part. Multiplay also put out a reminder tweet: Have you signed...
With the Vainglory Spring Championships fast approaching London's O2 later this month, we sit down with the National University Esports League's founder Josh Williams to see how the game is...
Well-known British CSGO caster and former player Henry "HenryG" Greer was thrown into a giant pie/cheesecake concoction on the weekend. HenryG accepted the punishment after Team UK lost 16-6 in a...
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco tests out the coaching services of former Challenger player and experienced UK League of Legends coach and streamer Jamie "Tundra" Duthie. As a low elo...
Last month Riot Games announced it's opening an office in London - now it's on the lookout for staff in a variety of roles. Firstly, Riot is looking to fill...
The League of Legends scene in Spain has attracted some of the UK's best players over the past year, who have left our shores for the SuperLiga Orange LVP. This league...
Fnatic's new headquarters in London has its own 'nap pod', provided by mattress company Casper. The 5,000 sq ft esports home also has a gaming room, studio, board rooms, editing...
Irish esports organisation Nuclear Storm Gaming (NSG) have brought on board former Winterfox LCS coach Tristan "ElderPeko" Young. The coach first started out in the Irish community back in 2014...
British racing brand McLaren has become the first Formula 1 team to enter the esports arena. The prestigious car maker and F1 team has announced World's Fastest Gamer - a...
Just over a year ago, British League of Legends streamer Ali "Gross Gore" Larsen was banned by Twitch in what he recalls as the worst day of his life. Rumours...
Developer Supercell has announced a $1m Clash Royale Crown Championship Global Series, with the finals set for London this November. The tournament will consist of a spring season (underway now) and...
The founder of UK organisation Bulldog eSports has published a vlog saying he's looking for investors and is setting up an academy. Founder Tony "Newts" Newton said: "We're opening our doors again for...
There are many types of press releases for journalists to deal with. Good ones, bad ones, super interesting announcements, irrelevant news, releases with ridiculous embargoes - and the just plain...
In what was a truly crazy weekend in the Call of Duty esports scene, Fnatic placed bottom of Group Blue in the Global Pro League. They will now compete in...
British League of Legends player Raymond "KaSing" Tsang has qualified for the EU Challenger Series Qualifiers with his team R.B. They won the Open Qualifiers final 2-0 against Team Singularity this...
The League of Legends CompeteLeague finals will be broadcast live over the next few days from Calgary in Canada, with a host of UK casting talent. It will take place in...
We interviewed the UK coach from Ragnarok League of Legends 2017 winners Polite and Mature - Alex "Kazehaya" Hirst - live on Esports News UK's Twitch channel. We asked about...
British Overwatch streamer Stylosa (aka Unit Lost) has deleted a tweet after angering parts of the UK Overwatch community. Blizzard recently opened the voting for the Overwatch World Cup committees - and Stylosa is...
UK League of Legends jungler Nubar "Maxlore" Sarafian (right) has been linked with Misfits, according to a new rumour. If true, this will see him reunite with top-laner Barney "Alphari" Morris (left)....
The organisers of the Insomnia and Resonate gaming festivals have teamed up to host 'Insomnia X Resonate' in Scotland this summer. Multiplay Events and QD Events have partnered to organise...
The top 32 regions for the Overwatch World Cup have been finalised, and voting is now open for the UK Committee. The UK made number six in the top 32...
We held our first social event earlier this month - check out our highlights here and feel free to suggest what you think we should host next. A mix of people attended...
Teams can now sign up to take part in the CSGO and League of Legends UK Masters Summer 2017 tournaments. Multiplay has revealed more details on the UK Masters website,...
ESL Premiership UK & Ireland League of Legends champions MnM Gaming will be bootcamping in a gaming house before taking part in the EU Challenger Series Qualifiers. It's understood that the...
Blizzard has upgraded Heroes of the Storm to version 2.0, and featured a match between UK-founded orgs Fnatic and Team Dignitas during the reveal. The updated game boasts new in-game features,...
Yesterday evening the top eight players progressing to the ESL UK & Ireland Hearthstone Premiership playoffs were confirmed. The top eight taking part in the quarter finals are as follows: 1....
Esports News UK has had its own Discord server for a little while now, and we thought we'd open it up to any readers interested in joining. We originally launched...
British esports caster, host and streamer James Banks has introduced a new scheme that aims to help up and coming esports hopefuls land their dream job. Project Esports Mentors has...
After a hard-fought weekend, Splyce managed to fall at the last hurdle in their Global Pro League Group to place second. The team fought hard all weekend and had only...
Europe's hopeful League of Legends teams and rosters taking part in the summer 2017 League of Legends Challenger Series Open Qualifier have been revealed. Notable names include ValenciaCF eSports (the...
Even esports fans have had enough of Arsène Wenger, it seems. The manager of North London football club Arsenal has come under increasing fire from a section of the team's...
Australian DOTA 2 caster Toby "TobiWan" Dawson has just made the move from Berlin to Leicester. Ahead of the Kiev Major group stages on April 24th, Dom Sacco asks TobiWan why...
We sit down with Enclave Gaming owner Philip "Britsaint" Macartney about the org's beginnings, their i60 win last weekend, writing news content and who the sexiest UK League of Legends player...
With Twitch and YouTube offering popular gaming content creators big rewards for generating high numbers of views, it's easy to accept this model as the norm. But UK-based video-hosting site DingIt...
British League of Legends streamer Ali "Gross Gore" Larsen says his life goal is to return to Twitch and 'never f*ck up ever again'. Ali said in a new YouTube...
UK esports org Bulldog Esports have announced their new League of Legends roster, ready for the upcoming ESL Premiership Summer 2017 Split. The player roster is: Phawkes - top J3t -...
Nominations have opened for the first group of categories in the Esports Industry Awards 2017. In a Twitch announcement show this evening featuring OJ Borg, Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner, Alan "Bricey" Brice,...
In the upcoming Global Pro League, six UK teams will be battling it out against some of the world’s toughest opponents in order to qualify for stage two of the...
Promising UK esports organisation Torpedo is set to disband after their Hearthstone players announced their departure this evening. Hearthstone player Joe "Ness" Z-F said in a Twitlonger post: "Unfortunately Torpedo is...
Earlier this year it was reported that ESL had been negotiating with a consortium to use Leicester Haymarket Theatre as an esports arena. Now the theatre's £3 million revamp project has been...
Several former UK League of Legends players - who have been in the Spanish scene this split - are open to offers. Toaster (left), Phurion (centre) and Special (right) tweeted this...
This week Esports News UK heard that RFRSH Entertainment, the CSGO esports agency behind teams including Astralis, Heroic and Godsent, may have been eyeing acquisitions in the UK scene. We heard it was thinking...
A League of Legends fan popped the question to his girlfriend at the UK's Insomnia gaming and esports festival on the weekend - and she said yes. Scott Harding proposed to...
A League of Legends EU West scouting programme designed to promote some of the top amateur players has been pushed back. The four-day scouting combine was set to get underway on April...
We look back on another Insomnia LAN event through the eyes of Twitter, rounding up a random selection stand-out pictures, memes and tweets. (This article is not looking at the winning esports...
In a surprising and exciting grand final between Splyce and Epsilon Esports, Epsilon were the victors following consecutive 3-0 sweeps from the Loser’s Bracket. The event went roughly as expected, with...
The UK League of Legends community has reacted to the decline in overall team quality following the Multiplay Insomnia60 LoL tournament this weekend. Enclave Gaming beat Digital Warfare 3-1 to win...
As Insomnia60 comes to a close, we look back on some of the winning esports teams from the LAN at Birmingham NEC. League of Legends Enclave Gaming (pictured) defeated Digital...
UK organisation Eye 4 Esports (aka E4) have picked up their first competitive FIFA player: Venezuelan-born and Miami-raised Abraham "Valbuena" Valbuena. Commenting on the acquisition, organisation owner and founder Cory...
There will be another UK Masters League of Legends split this summer, Multiplay has revealed. The official UK Masters Twitter account tweeted this out today: UK Masters, Summer '17. CSGO....
The Call of Duty World League had a strange start at i60 in Birmingham - the trophy seems to have disappeared. Although there appears to be no complete evidence or statement...
Misfits' and Fnatic's Academy League of legends teams have qualified for the EU LCS. Misfits beat Fnatic Academy 3-2 on Thursday April 13th to secure their place in the next split of...
Team Dignitas have become the first esports team to announce they're offering live streaming opportunities on Facebook and Twitch for their players. With most players and teams out there solely using Twitch, could...
Registration has opened for Season 25 of the CSGO ESEA League. ESEA says that this season will be its biggest League to date with divisions in North America, Brazil, Asia, Latin...
The first British person charged for swatting could face a maximum 20 years imprisonment if convicted. 21-year-old Robert McDaid from Coventry has been charged in the US for calling a terrorism...
This weekend, Insomnia60 will be hosting the CWL Birmingham EU-only event, featuring a prize pool of $50,000 and with 30,000 Pro Points being shared out between the top eight teams....
Manchester City FC have commenced their hunt for an esports manager to oversee City Football Group’s esports department. The esports manager is expected to be the key point of contact between...
Some of the hottest up-and-coming talent from competitive UK League of Legends will be taking part in a promising new scouting initiative. The four-day European amateur scouting combine will get underway...
UPDATE (May 19th): Veronique Lallier, Hi-Rez Studios CEO, has won the Esports Contender award. Original article (April 11th): The Women in Games Awards finalists have been named, and there are seven...
Well-established UK-based esports brand Fnatic have secured $7 million in funding. Fnatic founder Sam Mathews said: "We’re incredibly excited by the opportunities available within esports, and having world class investors and...
UK org NerdRage have announced their new Paladins team. The roster - formerly playing as Team Kryptane - includes three British players: Charles "GWK" Wade, Liam "r1fty" McIvor and Ryan...
UK esports organisation Radiant Esports have moved into multiplayer shooter game H1Z1: King of the Kill. They have acquired the roster of Zero Gaming, who are currently sixth in the...
Manchester Swarm have won the inaugural GAME Belong Arena Clash Call of Duty tournament. They beat the Bristol Smugglers 3-1 in the final today. Swarm took the first Hardpoint BO3, then Bristol took...
Last month the National University Esports League held its NUEL Live UK university final between Warwick and Aston. It was an exciting League of Legends series packed fall of split-pushing,...
Ali "Alicus" Saba, the former Misfits general manager, will come up against his previous esports organisation on Monday April 10th. Alicus left Misfits earlier this year and founded his own...
Team Vitality have picked up a new group of British players for their Call of Duty team to accompany Frenchman Wailers “Wailers” Locart. The new team, who have their sights...
The Esports Industry Awards will once again take place at The Brewery in London this year. It will be hosted again by presenter Julia Hardy, this time alongside other TV presenters...
British esports host and journalist Richard Lewis has commented on the fact that player burnout isn't as much of an issue in fighting games as it is in other esports....
Hypespotting returns to the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow on April 15th and 16th for its sixth installment. Organisers say it's set to be one of the largest tournaments of its kind...
Epsilon Esports' UK-based Gears of War team travelled out to Atlantic City last weekend (March 31st to April 2nd) as the UK’s best Gears team and sole representatives. The team,...
League of Legends developer Riot Games is opening a new UK office which will be located in London. Riot is now hiring a head of esports and business analyst for its...
A man who films himself spitting on mirrors and dancing with a balaclava on his head has threatened to sue some UK CSGO players. Andrei Costin "Raso" Macovei, CEO of Golden...
The CSGO Esports Championship Series (ECS) finals will return to London's Wembley SSE Arena on June 23rd to 25th 2017. The Season 1 ECS finals took place at Wembley last year,...
Dom Sacco reports on the final of the UK's first inter-schools esports competition, and talks to the winners from St John Fisher in Dewsbury. At the top level in esports,...
A situation between ESL Premiership Hearthstone players Danswf (pictured) and Tingting52 has gone public, after Danswf's org Dukes eSports published a statement. Dukes originally wrote this Twitlonger post post standing up...
The Esport Integrity Coalition (ESIC) has responded to the recent controversy over ESL's clarification of its position with regard to VAC bans. It has called for the community and different...
April 1st is a great day to be a so-called journalist, social media manager or other content guy or gal. You can be silly and get away with it. Here's our pick of...
Benjamin "ProblemX" Simon won the Sonic Boom Capcom Pro Tour ranking event in Spain this weekend. The Brit won playing as Birdie in the final against UAE's Adel "Big Bird"...
They left it late, they left it great - but UK-based esports brand Fnatic have finally secured a playoff position in the Spring 2017 EU League of Legends Championship Series....
Esports News UK has gathered new information surrounding some of Gfinity's plans for a new World Series tournament, and the franchising details for the UK Elite Series teams. Gfinity...
Several top gaming YouTubers have been hacked by a group known as OurMine. UK League of Legends video producers Foxdrop and Kiandymundi have been hit by the hack, as have other big...
Team EndPoint have become the first UK esports organisation to add an amateur football team to their ranks. FC EndPoint will be playing in the South Yorkshire Amateur Football League, and...
Some of the biggest names from esports have been included in the top 100 most influential people in the British games industry. The list - compiled by GamesIndustry.biz - recognised the...
GAME, the UK retailer and parent company of Multiplay, has announced plans to open another 20 Belong in-store gaming arenas this year. The news comes as the retailer publishes its financial...
This week Gfinity announced that one of the biggest esports organisations in the world, Team EnVyUs, will be taking part in its upcoming Gfinity Elite Series CSGO tournament. EnVyUs are...
The Overwatch Road to EGX tournament qualifiers start tomorrow (Saturday April 1st) at 11am. It's a new UK esports tournament set up in partnership with OMEN by HP, supported by Metabomb and run...
The Overwatch World Cup is back, and NRG player Seb "numlocked" Barton is confident the UK can do better this time*. Following in the footsteps of England's football side in the...
Image taken from Gfinity's Elite Series CSGO video ad UPDATE: Gfinity has since announced that Team EnVyUs will be taking part in the tournament; expect three other top teams...
The votes are in and the four players representing team UK at the $300,000 Hearthstone Global Games has been announced. The team is as follows: Georgec J4ckiechan GreenSheep Jambre Georgec is the...
Scottish Warriors are an esports organisation focused on League of Legends, with plans to expand to CSGO. We ask owner David Davidson about the Scottish esports scene and what's next for the...
No words necessary. Just watch. Edited by exceL eSports ADC player Joekerism Further reading: The Deadly UK prodigy: An interview with 17-year-old UK LoL player Matt Smith...
Writing and editing reference the Associated Press Stylebook is set to recognise competitive gaming as 'esports' with a lower case 's'. That means no more 'eSports', 'e-Sports' or even 'eSportz'....
A UK Call of Duty player going by the alias Wvrdyyy has been persistently pestering esports team owners in an attempt to represent their organisation. Albert "Naked" Nassif, former CoD pro player and...
Last weekend's $1 million Halo World Championship saw the past year's best teams come together to prove who is superior (and complain about the venue - but that's another story). Although North...
UK esports organisation Aerox have signed FIFA player Krasimir "Krasi" Ivanov and set themselves up as a private limited company. Bulgarian player Krasi takes part in FIFA tournaments and has a...
UK-based esports tournament organiser Gfinity has revealed a prize pool of more than £100,000 (per season) and the dates of its Gfinity Elite Series. Gfinity will roll-out this tournament format...
The 12 best Vainglory teams from North America and Europe will gather in London in May to take part in the first Unified Live Championships. The 2017 Spring Season Championship will...
Warwick University's League of Legends team defeated last year's NUEL Live winners Aston University in an unusual 2017 final, with a 3-0 scoreline that didn't reflect the match. As winners...
Those in the UK & Ireland League of Legends esports scene will no doubt already be aware of the likes of Munchables, Excoundrel, Medic, Tridd, Dezachu and Dowsey - but...
Photo credit: Sammy Lam (Twitter, website, used with permission of MnM Gaming) The co-founder of UK esports organisation Molotovs and Marshmallows (aka MnM Gaming), Kalvin Chung, has revealed in a Windows...
You came, you saw, you donated, and you helped our charity stream hit a few milestones earlier this month (as well as raise £650). Now it's time for us to...
Retailer GAME has teamed up with jersey design and production company Raven to make custom jerseys for its esports Tribes around the country. Last week, GAME announced the regional teams,...
The King of the North UK esports tournament took place last month and three teams were crowned winners. CSGO - 8TH Legion, University of Portsmouth Overwatch - UOB Zeus, University of...
UDPATE (May 21st): Riot's next game will be a mobile game, rumours suggest. There's not enough new information just yet to write a separate story on this, so we've added this...
Performance hardware brand MSI is giving its customers the chance to win a signed Fnatic jersey and mouse pad. Anyone who buys an MSI GTX1050 or 1050Ti laptop (starting from £999)...
The winners of the League of Legends 1v1 matches from Esports News UK's charity stream have received their prizes. Developer Riot Games handed out 800RP to each of the winners. It...
By Dominic Sacco and David Hollingsworth The BBC has published another article on esports, and members of the esports community are tearing their hair out (unless, like Dom they don't...
The UKDota March 2017 Open tournament will begin on Saturday March 25th at 2pm. The best-of-five final will then take place on Sunday March 26th also at 2pm. Each bracket...
Team Paria, a Dutch esports organisation known in the UK League of Legends scene, were asked to fix matches in CSGO earlier this month. Team Paria owner Stefan "ioswitch" Heesters...
UK-founded esports organisation Team Dignitas have signed a new Counter Strike: Global Offensive squad. Former NiP and CLG coach Faruk "pita" Pita from Sweden joins as in-game leader and rifle player. Three...
Ali "Alicus" Saba, the former Misfits general manager whose League of Legends team went from the UK Prem to the LCS, is back in esports. He has started up his own...
Over the course of last weekend at the CWL Dallas Open, the EU Pro Point standings were finalised and the six European teams to qualify for Season 1 of the Global...
MnM Gaming sweeped Team XENEX 3-0 in the ESL League of Legends UK & Ireland Spring 2017 Premiership on Sunday. It was their second ESL Prem title win in a row,...
David Hollingsworth provides a comprehensive recap of the ESL UK and Ireland Premiership CSGO spring 2017 split final between FM-eSports and MnM Gaming. It seems like only yesterday I sat...
In an unexpected turn of events, French esports organisation Millenium have acquired the UK Call of Duty team formerly under Team Infused for a rumoured £40,000. The squad, consisting of...
22-year-old Scottish Call of Duty player Mark "MarkyB" Bryceland has gone from beating his little sister on Mario Kart to becoming one of the UK's highest-earning esports players. Having won the...
A new esports 'stadium of the future' concept design has emerged, with a demonstration video showing off what it's capable of. Design firm Populous showed off the stadium idea at SXSW...
More live esports tournaments and LANs helped push up the overall number of video game events in the UK year-on-year. Revenues generated from UK game event ticket sales rose 20.6% to £7.48 million...
The Gambling Commission, the regulatory body in the UK, today warned parents of the dangers of unsolicited websites promoting esports/skin betting to kids. Chief exec Sarah Harrison described the sites as...
The chief executive of the UK's gambling regulator has attacked unlicensed esports and skin gambling websites, saying they present a real danger to children. Sarah Harrison, boss of the Gambling...
GAME has revealed the regional team names and tribe crests for its Belong competitive gaming stores. It has also announced the four teams taking part in its Call of Duty...
Colchester gaming centre Xtreme Gaming will be hosting a new series of Street Fighter V tournaments. The SFV Extreme Series - presented by PC gaming hardware brand ZOWIE by BenQ, and...
The National University Esports League has introduced a revenue share scheme to help support gaming societies at universities across the UK. The initiative has been announced ahead of NUEL Live,...
ESL UK has announced the host, caster and analyst line-up for the Premiership League of Legends final this weekend. Streamer and YouTuber Dan "Foxdrop" Wyatt, G2 Vodafone coach Josh "Furndog" Furneaux...
Call of Duty World League Dallas marks the last chance for teams to qualify for Season 1 of the Global Pro League. Each team will be looking for standout performances...
UK League of Legends jungler Luke "Phurion" Brammer has left eMonkeyz to join Baskonia. In doing so, he has reunited with his former MnM Gaming teammate and ADC player Ludvig...
De Montfort University secured a 2-0 victory over Leicester University in the League of Legends Varsity Games final at ESL's Leicester studio yesterday. De Montfort team Phil Brown's Boys beat Leicester's...
We speak to Barrage eSports owner Jeff Simpkins about growing the UK organisation, what games their involved with and their future plans. Please tell us about Barrage and how it...
Blizzard had a great end to its 2016 competitive circuit, with the Blizzcon 2016 finals and the big news about the Overwatch League, but it's fair to say World of Warcraft's future...
The ESL Premiership UK and Ireland League of Legends spring 2017 final is fast approaching. With it taking place on March 19th between MnM Gaming and Team XENEX, we produce...
Gfinity revealed more details around its Challenger Series and Elite Series tournaments earlier this week, which aim to help amateur players go pro. As players compete in the Challenger Series and...
Voting opened for the Hearthstone Global Games national teams earlier this week, and some UK players are going to extraordinary lengths for votes. J4ckiechan first posted this rap video yesterday:...
UK esports organisations and companies based in the Midlands could benefit from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund. This new Government fund aims to invest more than £250 million in small...
Well-known British caster Alex "Machine" Richardson will be hosting the ESL Premiership CSGO and League of Legends UK & Ireland finals taking place this month. Machine will be hosting the...
You can now vote for the players you want to see represent team UK at the $300,000 Hearthstone Global Games. Fans can vote for one player on the Global Games...
The EU Call of Duty roster shuffle was a very drawn-out process. Initially sparked by Joshua-Lee "Joshh" Sheppard's rumoured wish to leave Splyce to join good friend Stephen "Vortex" Allen on...
ESL has teamed up with Bandai Namco to host the Tekken 7 UK and Ireland Championships. The game, which is set to be released on June 2nd, will be featured in six...
Esports News UK is delighted to announce that our first event is officially part of the London Games Festival Fringe. Our meet-up/social event at London's Secret Weapon gaming pub is...
GAME has announced its first nationwide UK esports tournament which will take place in its new Belong competitive gaming stores. The Belong Arena Clash Spring 17 season is a Call of...
Gfinity has today lifted the lid on its new Challenger Series and Elite Series Pro-Am tournament format. There will be three games in this initiative, starting with CSGO and Street...
Esports News UK's 24-hour GameBlast charity gaming marathon has concluded - and you helped us raise £650 for SpecialEffect! The money will go to people with disabilities to help them...
After weeks of planning, Dom figuring out how not to stream and more than 80 of you guys signing up to take part, our charity stream is finally underway. The...
Irish esports organisation Cyclone have taken their first steps into the competitive Vainglory arena. They have brought on board the following team roster: WalDeMar - Jungle/Lane PTLam - Jungle/Lane/Captain Melyssandre -...
British esports analyst Duncan "Thorin" Shields (right) sent out a tweet today poking fun at CSGO Complexity Gaming player Rory "dephh" Jackson (left). "So you're a pro, right?" "Yeah" "cos when I looked...
With just over a day to go until Esports News UK's first 24-hour charity stream kicks off, we're announcing the full line-up to you (TL,DR: scroll down to read it). The day...
UK-based esports organisation Eye 4 eSports have acquired the Sodality line-up to mark their entrance into competitive Overwatch. The roster is as follows: Tank/Captain: Dominik "Malt" Kelly (UK) Off-Tank: Aiden...
The UK Gaming Tours CSGO competition, which was originally supposed to conclude this month with a final at Milton Keynes' shopping centre, has been put on hold. The MK Centre...
One of the top support players in the UK League of Legends scene had a lesson with well-known coach Nick "LastShadow (LS)" de Cesare today. Tom "Prosfair" Willis - who...
Team Dignitas, the esports org from the UK and now co-owned by the Philadelphia 76ers, have signed their first all-female CSGO team. Esports News UK caught wind of this news...
Yes, we know - that headline could apply to almost any day of the year for Ali "Gross Gore" Larsen. But that's partly what makes the UK League of Legends...
Former Perilous Void League of Legends players are still awaiting payment from the organisation, three months after the team disbanded. Back in November 2016, owner Michael "Mick" Hartley promised that the...
Our 24-hour charity stream kicks off on Saturday March 4th from midday, and here are our first batch of confirmed participants. We'll be raising money for an amazing charity called SpecialEffect,...
We've got two tickets for the live ESL Premiership League of Legends final up for grabs. The event takes place at ESL UK's Leicester studio on Sunday March 19th, and will...
FIFA 17 esports matches will be shown on UK TV via BT Sport. The broadcaster has acquired the rights to show the remaining four EA Ultimate Team Championship Series dates,...
Tonight's ESL Premiership League of Legends matches peaked at more than 21,000 viewers on Twitch. The stream started off smoothly with around 1,000 viewers as usual throughout the evening. However,...
British YouTuber Dan "Foxdrop" Wyatt is casting more of the ESL Premiership League of Legends tournament. Foxy casted his first UK scene matches earlier in the month with Joe "Fenny"...
Yes, this post is almost two months late. But the important thing is it's here now. We look back on some of the weirdest, funniest and downright bizarre social media...
You can now help support our UK eSports coverage by donating a small amount through the ENUK page on crowdfunding website Patreon. If you're a fan of what we do, and...
UK LAN veteran and peak UK Challenger player Jamie "Tundra" Duthie teaches ENUK editor and Silver scrub Dom Sacco how to climb as a jungler in League of Legends.
It's been a while since our last player profile piece here at Esports News UK, but we're ending this drought with an interview with an experienced UK League of Legends...
The world's first full-time pro gamer, Johnathan "FATAL1TY" Wendel, made a name for himself as a Quake champion in the late nineties and early noughties. But esports has changed so much...
This week, Esports News UK's live Twitch channel interview was with Epic Gaming MD Jon "winbar" Winkle, founder of epic.LAN. We asked him about upcoming changes, details of next week's epic21...
This evening we published an interview with the Pirate Party asking them why the major parties don't seem interested in esports. Looks like we spoke too soon. A video interview with...
Esports News UK reached out to all the major political parties over the past few months to attempt to get comment from them about their views on esports, and what they'd...
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