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F1 Esports Series sets new viewer records again

February 18, 2022E-SportsNewsUK

Organisers behind the 2021 F1 Esports Series presented by Aramco say the tournament has broken viewership and engagement records again. The full series, which ran throughout 2021 and was delivered once again by UK-based esports and gaming company Gfinity, apparently achieved more than 23m views across digital platforms, a year-on-year increase of 103%. For 2021, on the digital and TV front, the F1 Esports Series’ flagship event, the Pro Championship amassed 13.8m views, representing a 47% increase from 2020. Continue reading F1 Esports Series sets new viewer records again

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Could the LEC expand to 12 teams and boot out poorly performing sides? Riot ‘evaluating and assessing’ options including Bo3 format

February 3, 2022E-SportsNewsUK

Riot Games has spoken about the possibility of increasing the number of teams in the LEC, removing bottom-tier sides and adopting a best-of-three (Bo3) format. LEC Commissioner Maximilian ‘Riot Max the X’ Schmidt recently took to Discord to answer fans’ questions. On the idea that the LEC may expand from 10 to 12 franchised teams in the future, Maximilian said: “This is something that we are constantly evaluating with our teams and partners, and many factors need to be considered when thinking about expansion – to name a few: scheduling, competition format, financials and economics, and even the amount of…

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Amazon University Esports reports record numbers in UK/Ireland Winter 2021 Season, with more students and societies participating

January 26, 2022E-SportsNewsUK

Record numbers of university students took part in the Winter 2021 season of Amazon University Esports in the UK and Ireland, which is run by NUEL and GGTech. More than 1,150 teams of students from 105 universities around the UK and Ireland competed weekly against each other in a range of esports games, including League of Legends, Valorant, CSGO and Overwatch. That’s up from 900 teams the year prior, with signups for the Valorant tournament more than doubling year-on-year. Continue reading Amazon University Esports reports record numbers in UK/Ireland Winter 2021 Season, with more students and societies participating

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LVP reveals 2021 viewer numbers for tournaments including LoL Spanish Superliga, the best audience figures in its history, after Fnatic shows off new TQ ERL branding

January 4, 2022E-SportsNewsUK

Spanish-language esports organisation LVP has posted its best audience figures in its 11+ year history. By year-end, the company registered 69.8m cumulative viewers across all of its broadcasts, 24% more than in 2020(56m). There were more than 35.8m hours viewed overall, a rise of 45% compared to 2020. The League of Legends Superliga, Spain’s European Regional League (ERL), drew 13m viewers in 2021, 37% more than the data registered for 2020. Continue reading LVP reveals 2021 viewer numbers for tournaments including LoL Spanish Superliga, the best audience figures in its history, after Fnatic shows off new TQ ERL branding

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Guild announces it’s the world’s fastest-growing esports organisation in latest financial results after winning FNCS All-Star Showdown

June 30, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

UK-based esports organisation Guild Esports has detailed its growth in a financial report covering October 2020 to March 2021. The org – backed by David Beckham – had an audience of 160,000 as of March 31st 2021. This has risen to almost 800,000 since then, increasing by 50% month-on-month, as Guild hopes to reach the 1m mark by the end of its current financial year at the end of September. If you include Guild’s roster of pro players and content creators, this reach extended to 8m as of March 31st, or around 15.6m now (not including Beckham’s 125m+ followers). Continue…

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Intel extends partnership with NSE for third consecutive year, FutureGen programme to return for 2022

June 24, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

UK university esports body National Student Esports (NSE) has extended its partnership with Intel for the third year running. This means the partnership will continue for the 2021/2022 academic year, and the Intel FutureGen programme will return in 2022. This was launched in 2019 and aims to ‘nurture high achieving student leaders, help develop their skills and enhance future career prospects’. So far, 20 students have been involved in the Intel FutureGen programme – you can see the 2021 cohort here. Continue reading Intel extends partnership with NSE for third consecutive year, FutureGen programme to return for 2022

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Riot announces mobile version of Valorant and 14m PC player numbers as game celebrates first anniversary, Shroud and Ninja share their views on its longevity

June 2, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

Valorant is one year old today and Riot Games is celebrating by announcing a mobile version of the shooter in the works. Riot also announced that an average of more than 14m PC players from around the world log on each month to play Valorant, with half a billion games played so far since Valorant launched on June 2nd 2021. Valorant Mobile doesn’t have a release date just yet, but it follows in the footsteps of other top competitive shooters that have made their way to mobile, such as PUBG and Fortnite. Continue reading Riot announces mobile version of Valorant and 14m…

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