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How UK esports organisations recognised International Women’s Day 2022: LDN UTD announce women’s LoL roster, Beckham chats with female Guild content creators, Excel Esports women share their stories & more

March 8, 2022E-SportsNewsUK

Today is International Women’s Day, and the UK esports industry has been celebrating the occasion with a host of announcements, discussions and content. Here’s a roundup of what we’ve seen from some of the more well-known organsations. First up, David Beckham got involved, sitting down with Guild Esports content creators Niki and Harrie, to discuss their own journey to becoming a success in the industry and how they are helping to empower younger girls to follow a similar route. Continue reading How UK esports organisations recognised International Women’s Day 2022: LDN UTD announce women’s LoL roster, Beckham chats with female Guild content creators,…

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The Strive Group to run esports and digital skills traineeship courses for young people, partners with LDN UTD as the latest in an increasingly competitive esports education market

February 14, 2022E-SportsNewsUK

Education business The Strive Group and UK esports organisation LDN UTD have announced ‘UTD EDN’ to help young people secure careers in esports and gaming. The Strive Group will run eight-week traineeship courses under its new Esports Academy, with the goal to help students to secure a job, apprenticeship or further education. They are aimed at young people from a disadvantaged background or those who didn’t get accepted into university. The UTD EDN programme will offer individuals a course at LDN UTD’s Centre of Excellence in Camden, with more than 70 hours of work experience with LDN UTD or other…

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UK and Ireland esports orgs join video platform Recast as they look to monetise content

February 4, 2022E-SportsNewsUK

A trio of UK and Ireland esports organisations have partnered with video platform Recast which connects rights holders, fans and brands. UK esports organisations LDN UTD and Viperio have joined the platform, as have Irish org Katana Gaming. They’re also joined by Dutch org and FIFA academy Team Gullit, which is owned by football legend Ruud Gullit, and the four newcomers join JLingz Esports, which launched a Recast channel last year. Recast lets users watch sports from a mobile device and earn in-app credits called ‘Casts’ – for both viewers and rights holders – through microtransactions.  Continue reading UK and…

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Connor Ball becomes co-owner of LDN UTD: “I couldn’t say no to the opportunity”

February 1, 2022E-SportsNewsUK

UK esports organisation LDN UTD has announced that celebrity and musician Connor Ball has joined the team as a co-owner. Connor Ball is an avid gamer, plays bass in the pop rock group The Vamps and is a current contestant on TV show Dancing on Ice. Connor Ball said on Twitter: “I’m extremely proud to announce that I am now a co-owner of esports organisation LDN UTD. “For the longest time I’ve had a passion in the esports world and having worked with the LDN UTD team across multiple events, the stars aligned and I couldn’t say no to the…

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LDN UTD reach VCT 2022 EMEA Stage 1 Challengers after beating Excel in closed qualifier lower bracket final

January 25, 2022E-SportsNewsUK

UK esports organisation LDN UTD are celebrating after securing passage to the first Valorant EMEA Challengers event of the year. They defeated Excel Esports 3-0 in the closed qualifier lower bracket final on the weekend to qualify for Challengers Stage 1. Excel will be disappointed after failing to qualify, after falling 3-1 to G2 in the upper bracket final then losing 3-0 to LDN UTD in the lower bracket final. They put in hard work only to fall at the final hurdle. Continue reading LDN UTD reach VCT 2022 EMEA Stage 1 Challengers after beating Excel in closed qualifier lower…

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LDN UTD launches NFT collection supported by the Rio Ferdinand Foundation, with a new design released every 72 hours and an IRL scavenger hunt

November 19, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

Update (November 19th 2021): LDN UTD has today launched the LDN Collection NFTs, with the first one available to view on the LDN UTD website: Today LDN UTD launches its first purpose-driven NFT range “LDN Collection” to support @riofoundation. The art not only looks good but serves a purpose, just like our org. The LDN Collection is here: https://t.co/THED6SQAFE Yes; a Collection. 👁️ open for more updates. Continue reading LDN UTD launches NFT collection supported by the Rio Ferdinand Foundation, with a new design released every 72 hours and an IRL scavenger hunt

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Vexed, Coalesce and RiSky among Epic34 winners, Epic.LAN also announces tournament platform partnership with LDN UTD

November 5, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

Another action-packed Epic.LAN event took place last weekend at the Kettering Conference Centre, with esports teams and gamers in the UK joining up to play together. In terms of the esports tournaments this time around, Valorant, CSGO and StarCraft 2 were the main competitions that took place, plus there were also a series of fun tournaments in F1 2020, Fall Guys, Uno and Mortal Kombat 11, as well as the classic pub quiz of course. Continue reading Vexed, Coalesce and RiSky among Epic34 winners, Epic.LAN also announces tournament platform partnership with LDN UTD

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LDN UTD go undefeated in Valorant LVP Rising Series 4, announce partnership with Durham University for esports tournaments, scholarships and more

October 24, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

It’s been a busy few days for UK esports organisation LDN UTD. On October 20th they announced an esports collaboration with Durham University, and a day later their Valorant team won the LVP Rising Series 4, before playing in the Red Bull Home Ground qualifier. The two events were a clash for LDN UTD, who managed to (in their words) ‘speedrun’ their way to victory in the LVP tournament, beating fellow UK org Tenstar in the final, before playing in the separate qualifier versus Ninjas in Pyjamas. Continue reading LDN UTD go undefeated in Valorant LVP Rising Series 4, announce…

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One-armed Fortnite player and his twin brother join LDN UTD’s Futures program: ‘I really want to show other disabled people what they can do and inspire them’

October 1, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

A one-armed teenager and his twin brother are both hoping to become Fortnite pros after joining social purpose-driven UK esports organisation LDN UTD. 14-year-old Ryan Wilson, who was born with one arm, started gaming at seven years old with the help of his brother, Jayden. They’d play Joy Ride on their Xbox 360 using the motion sensing device Kinect.  “I needed to do star jumps,” Ryan said. “But I couldn’t do them properly, as I didn’t have a right arm. Continue reading One-armed Fortnite player and his twin brother join LDN UTD’s Futures program: ‘I really want to show other…

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Miss Baffy interview: ‘If somebody joins my stream and they’re sexist, I literally just tell them how much of a fucking idiot they are!’

September 14, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

Miss Baffy is one of the UK’s most popular League of Legends streamers, and she recently joined UK esports organisation LDN UTD. She hopped into a Discord call with Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco to discuss what the partnership will involve, nearing 100,000 followers on Twitch and how she became a streamer, including opening up on her difficult past. Congratulations on your partnership with LDN UTD. What will this involve and why did you team up with them?  Continue reading Miss Baffy interview: ‘If somebody joins my stream and they’re sexist, I literally just tell them how much of…

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LDN UTD launches design-your-own NFT initiative for young people supported by the Rio Ferdinand Foundation

August 26, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

UK esports organisation LDN UTD has given participants of the Rio Ferdinand Foundation’s programmes the opportunity to design their own NFTs for the LDN UTD marketplace. The org will donate 10% of all profits to the charity, which was set up by the former Manchester United and England footballer to ‘support young people to tackle the inequalities they face and achieve their potential’. An NFT, or non-fungible token, is a unique digital asset (usually an image or a piece of digital art) stored on a blockchain. Continue reading LDN UTD launches design-your-own NFT initiative for young people supported by the…

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LDN UTD win Summer 2021 League of Legends UKEL

August 1, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

LDN UTD turned around a 0-1 deficit to win the League of Legends UKEL grand final 3-1 against NOX Esports today. Game one saw NOX top-laner ArcaneTeddy run rampant, going 10/0/1 as Irelia, helping his side take the mountain soul and finish the game in half an hour. But LDN UTD rallied as a team, and looked like a different side in game two, winning it 22-4 at the 22-minute mark. Continue reading LDN UTD win Summer 2021 League of Legends UKEL

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Blast win a trio of trophies at new UK-based esports business awards show GameFace

July 21, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

Esports tournament organiser Blast won a hat trick of trophies at the inaugural GameFace Awards ceremony last week, which was held online. GameFace is a new business-oriented esports awards show, aiming to ‘make heroes out of the people behind esports organisations and to connect them to global brands’. The ceremony celebrated everything from the best social media and internal events teams to the best partnership activations and tournament experiences. Blast took home trophies for Best Internal Social Media Team, Best Live Event Production and Best Partnership Activation for its work with watch brand TW Steel. Continue reading Blast win a…

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LDN UTD partners with Rio Ferdinand Foundation for UTD Against Racism event, including a FIFA 21 celebrity pro-am

April 28, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

UK esports org LDN UTD and the Rio Ferdinand Foundation have today announced UTD Against Racism, an online event empowering the young community through esports. Fans will be offered the opportunity to compete in open qualifiers for FIFA 21 with a chance to play alongside influencers and sports athletes in the finals brackets on Sunday May 30th, which will be broadcast live on LDN UTD’s Twitch channel and produced by 1080 Media. All profits from the event will be donated, along with funds raised through the stream, to deliver empowerment and skills workshops, in a bid to enable young people…

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