Four prominent UK esports organisations are gearing up to compete at the 2025 ALGS (Apex Legends Global Series) Open.

Annex, Forbidden Gaming, Team Nemesis and Exo Clan are among an unprecedented 160 teams taking part.

Other UK-based teams are also taking part, highlighting the UK’s growing influence in the esports scene.

With Team Nemesis riding high after a Pro League victory, the UK contingent is poised to put up a strong challenge.

Continue reading Annex and Team Nemesis among UK Esports Orgs set for 2025 ALGS Open

The inaugural 2025 UKI Awards celebrated the Counter-Strike 2 grassroots scene, unveiling the winners of 10 prestigious categories.

Hosted in front of a live audience at the University of Staffordshire, the event highlighted the UK and Ireland’s excellent esports talent.

Extinct named Player of the Year at UKI Awards

Extinct was named as Player of the Year at the show and expressed his gratitude on social media.

He tweeted: “Appreciate being named Player of the Year by @UKIAwards, thanks to everyone that has been apart of the events I played last year.

Continue reading Counter-Strike stars Extinct, Dweg and Artist among winners at the inaugural UKI Awards

Team Vitality have secured the ESL Grand Slam and cemented themselves as the best Counter-Strike 2 team in the world right now, following their latest victory at Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Melbourne.

This marks their 21st straight win of the year, adding to a dominant run that includes titles at IEM Katowice 2025, ESL Pro League Season 21, and BLAST Open Spring 2025.

By winning their fourth ESL tournament in less than a year, the club has gained legendary status, becoming the fifth team in the game to win the ESL Grand Slam (after FaZe, NAVI, Team Liquid, and Astralis).

Continue reading Team Vitality and UK player Mezii secure ESL Grand Slam after IEM Melbourne 2025 victory

Five new heroes/villains are allegedly coming to Marvel Rivals as playable characters, according to a recent leak found by dataminers.

According to the newly uncovered information, Amaranth, Armor, Forge, Hive, and White Fox will all be playable in Marvel Rivals soon.

The information was posted on social media by X (formerly Twitter) user X0XLEAK, who also revealed some new upcoming team-ups, including an amusing pairing of Jeff and Venom which should be fun to see.

Continue reading Leak reveals five new characters coming to Marvel Rivals

A royal has paid a visit to an esports Youth Hub this week, with Prince William making an appearance at Mentivity community centre on Thursday afternoon.

Prince William visits Southwark Youth Hub

After a brief conversation with the community centre leaders, the prince got straight down to business, as he found himself in front of a monitor playing on a Nintendo Switch console.

The king in waiting sat down with three young students from the area and he looked right at home as he selected his Mario Kart 8 character.

Continue reading Prince William visits Southwark Youth Hub playing popular esports games with students

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered has only been out for two days but seasoned speedrunners are already finding ways to beat the game as quickly as possible.

Players have quickly found ways to complete the game in well under 10 minutes despite the fact that the game is supposed to take around 27 to 28 hours to complete.

While the graphics have been updated drastically and look incredible compared to Bethesda’s original release back in 2006, the remaster is mostly still the same game.

Continue reading Oblivion Remastered speedrunners can already beat the game in under 8 minutes

The broadcasting talent for the PGL Astana 2025 Counter-Strike 2 tournament has been announced, with seven British names on the line-up.

PGL Astana, takes place next month at the Barys Arena in Kazakhstan in front of a live audience.

There will be 16 teams taking part with a £1.25m (£940,000) prize pool on the line meaning there will be high stakes.

As per HLTV, Daniel ‘ddk’ Kapadia will return to Counter-Strike casting as part of the broadcasting talent.

Continue reading Daniel ‘ddk’ Kapadia returns to casting as British broadcasting talent is revealed for PGL Astana

Just one day after releasing globally, developers SNK have announced a record-breaking World Championship for the new fighter Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves.

The game has already hit the headlines for its celebrity cameos with DJ Salvatore Ganacci and legendary Manchester United and Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo both included as playable characters.

The global event will feature an astronomical prize pool for a fighting game tournament with SNK dedicating a hefty $2.5 million (£1.9m) to the newly announced event.

Continue reading Fatal Fury COTW announce World Championship with record-breaking $2.5 million prize pool

The FIA, the global governing body of motorsports has introduced the FIA Girls on Track Esports Cup offering a sim racing competition for women.

This new global sim racing esports competition is exclusively for girls and women aged 16 or over regardless of their location or prior esports experience.

It is being organised in collaboration with Advanced SimRacing, a racing simulation rig manufacturer and popular sim racing platform, iRacing.

Interested participants must register for the event on the FIA’s website.

Continue reading FIA unveils sim racing esports competition for women

The Ligue 1 Team of the Season (TOTS) squad is among the first in the schedule to launch in EA FC 25 Ultimate Team this week. Below, we outline the full TOTS schedule and list the nominees for the Premier League.

After weeks of anticipation, EA Sports will kick off the Team of the Season (TOTS) promotion in EA FC 25 Ultimate Team on Friday, April 25, 2025. Fans can vote for the best players of the year, with EA Sports selecting a final squad for each league.

Continue reading EA FC 25 Team of the Season official schedule and Premier League nominees