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Guild Esports signs women’s Valorant team, Guild X

September 20, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

UK-based organisation Guild Esports has announced the signing of an all-women Valorant team. The new team, Guild X, comprises Vivian Mae Schilling ‘Roxi’ (DE), Yağmur Gündüz ‘Smurfette’ (TUR), Anastasiya Rival’evna ‘Glance’ (RUS), Benfakir Sophia ‘Kim’ (FRA) and team captain Klaudia Beczkiewicz ‘Cinnamon’ (USA). All five players, who previously competed as Project X, have signed one-year contracts with an option to renew for another year. They will receive an annual salary and performance incentives. The team recently won the Women in Games Valorant Community Cup. Continue reading Guild Esports signs women’s Valorant team, Guild X

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How did Fnatic qualify for Valorant Champions 2021?

September 19, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

Good news for Fnatic Valorant fans – the team have qualified for the most prestigious tournament of the year: Valorant Champions 2021. The side, which features UK talent Boaster and Mistic, plus coach mini, along with Croation player Doma, Finnish player Derke and Czech player Magnum, plus US coach Anderzz, have had a year of ups and downs so far. Last month, Fnatic failed to qualify for the EMEA Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs, and as a result of this, missed out on Masters LAN in Berlin, which has just concluded. Continue reading How did Fnatic qualify for Valorant Champions 2021?

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Valorant added to British Esports Student Champs for school and college teams

September 15, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

The British Esports Association has added Valorant to its Student Champs for school and college students in the UK. Riot’s shooter joins existing games in the Student Champs: League of Legends, Overwatch and Rocket League. British Esports said the inclusion of Valorant this year ‘stems from popular demand, and will provide an alternate first-person-shooter (FPS) title for students to compete in’. The Student Champs are for students aged 12 and above, however for Valorant the tournament will be for those aged 16 and above, due to the 16+ PEGI age rating for the game. Continue reading Valorant added to British…

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Women in Games announces Valorant Community Cup featuring UK orgs, missharvey to conduct player interviews at Women in Games Conference

September 2, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

UK-based not-for-profit organisation Women in Games has released details of its upcoming esports tournament – the Valorant Community Cup. This invitational for women players takes place on September 11th and 12th, and will showcase eight European esports teams. It’s ‘designed to build and strengthen the community of competitive gamers’. Teams invited to participate include Chat Banned, fReya, Lux Nova, Project X, Rix.GG Lightning, Tenstar Nova and The Goose House Nova. The tournament will be administered and broadcast by tournament organiser Monkey Bubble, a new Women in Games Corporate Ambassador.  Continue reading Women in Games announces Valorant Community Cup featuring UK orgs, missharvey to…

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In-depth interview with Grant Rousseau, the man pulling the strings behind Guild’s esports operations: “I’m not the coach, I’m not the performance manager who is working on the psychological side or the in-game side, I’m the guy behind the scenes asking things like: What do we want to create and how do we want to put it together?”

September 1, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

Guild Esports have generated many headlines over the past year. From Fortnite tournament wins to sustainable esports tournaments, dividing opinion over the Guild jersey and their esports academy launch, the UK-based organisation that is famous for partnering with David Beckham have been turning heads in more ways than one. Guild’s director of esports, Grant Rousseau, is well known in UK esports from his time starting his own LoL team as well as managerial stints at big orgs Splyce and Excel Esports. Continue reading In-depth interview with Grant Rousseau, the man pulling the strings behind Guild’s esports operations: “I’m not the…

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Ultimate Audio Bang #13: dungeons and Destiny

August 27, 2021RockPaperShotgun

On this week’s episode of the Ultimate Audio Bang podcast Imogen and I chat EA sharing Apex Legends‘ ping system with other companies, Call Of Duty: Vanguard things, and the fact Destiny 2 is adding a big lady. I for one am a fan of this big lady, as her getup reminds me of a candelabra, which is nice. Read more

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UK-based game matchmaking service Teams.gg expands into Valorant

July 28, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

UK-based team matchmaking service Teams.gg has today announced its expansion into Riot Games’ team shooter Valorant. Teams.gg, founded by three lifelong friends James Duffield, Tom Russell and Stuart Crouchman, uses player survey data and in-game statistics to match users with similar players which their algorithm deems to be the best fit for their playstyle and skill level. While originally focusing on the CSGO community, Teams.gg will now offer the same free service to avid Valorant players, marking the first significant expansion of the platform.  Continue reading UK-based game matchmaking service Teams.gg expands into Valorant

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Red Bull to join Valorant VCT EMEA as official partner with Red Bull Clutch Moments

July 23, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

Energy drink provider Red Bull will join the Valorants Champions Tour (VCT) EMEA as an official partner. Red Bull will present the ‘most thrilling clutch moments’ to viewers during Challengers Stage 3, the EMEA Playoffs and Last Chance Qualifiers. The energy drink producer has been one of the initial founding partners committing to the Valorant Champions Tour and already supported the First Strike tournament. Red Bull sports a long-time history as a supporter of esports operated by Riot and will continue to do so in Valorant’s first global championship.  Continue reading Red Bull to join Valorant VCT EMEA as official…

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The Goose House announces grassroots Valorant tournaments: EU Birds of Prey for female and marginalised gender players and UK/Ireland One Day Open

July 19, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

UK grassroots esports organisation The Goose House has announced a new series of tournaments for females and marginalised genders in Valorant, as well as a separate Beyond Valorant UK and Ireland One Day Open. Firstly, Birds of Prey: Episode One is the new series of Valorant tournaments open to female and marginalised gender players in Europe. This is due to go ahead on July 25th 2021, with 16 teams competing in a best-of-three series for a $1,500 prize pool, and the tournament will be broadcast live at Twitch.tv/TheGooseHouse. Continue reading The Goose House announces grassroots Valorant tournaments: EU Birds of…

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Interview with Excel Valorant players Moe40 and Rubino: “There’s always going to be pressure but it depends how it’s handled. We have the potential to be great, but there’s a lot of hard work to get there – with time I believe we can be a top team.”

July 18, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

Back in March, UK organisation Excel Esports entered the Valorant esports scene, and after failing to reach the VCT Stage 2 Masters LAN in Iceland, changes were made with Excel bringing in former Fnatic player Muhammad ‘Moe40’ Hariff and Ruben ‘Rubino‘ Villarroel Brødreskift from Team Heretics, as well as moving Vincent ‘Happy’ Cervoni Schopenhauer to be the in-game leader. The roster bootcamped in Malta for the VCT Stage 3 Challengers 1 tournament but did not manage to qualify for the event. Continue reading Interview with Excel Valorant players Moe40 and Rubino: “There’s always going to be pressure but it depends how it’s handled. We have…

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Red Bull Campus Clutch World Final talent revealed, including the UK’s Iain Chambers, DDK, Gottmoxi and RyanCentral

July 15, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

The world final of Red Bull Campus Clutch, the largest global student Valorant esports competition, will take place offline in Madrid this weekend (July 17th and 18th). The event is the conclusion to the Valorant tournament that has seen over 25,000 participants and 400 events, in search of the world’s best student Valorant team. While the UK and Ireland teams have already been knocked out, there’s a host of talent casting the finals, from the UK and beyond. Continue reading Red Bull Campus Clutch World Final talent revealed, including the UK’s Iain Chambers, DDK, Gottmoxi and RyanCentral

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epic.LAN epic33 esports winners recap: Org-less team NoPoaching takes first place in Valorant

July 9, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

Last weekend the latest epic.LAN took place – a hybrid event featuring a mix of online elements plus a physical venue. Dom Sacco provides a quick recap of the esports winners. Epic33 took place from July 1st to 4th 2021 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Coventry, and as usual, a number of esports tournaments got underway. There were three main tournaments – in Valorant, CSGO and StarCraft 2 – plus a number of community tournaments in the likes of F1, Fall Guys, Uno, Brawlhalla and more. Continue reading epic.LAN epic33 esports winners recap: Org-less team NoPoaching takes first…

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Excel to open new London HQ close to local rivals Fnatic after securing £17m in funding

July 2, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

UK-based esports organisation Excel Esports will become the new neighbours of local rivals Fnatic after announcing a new HQ in Shoreditch, London, as well as £17m in funding. This new office will open later this summer and serve as an addition to Excel Esports’ Twickenham Stadium training facilities and Berlin-based player training facilities, which will continue to be used by the org. Excel also has plans to ‘launch its operations into other new territories’. Continue reading Excel to open new London HQ close to local rivals Fnatic after securing £17m in funding

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Tenstar announce UK esports path to pro initiative after winning Valorant UK & Ireland Skirmish

July 1, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

New UK-based esports organisation Tenstar have announced a new path to pro initiative after winning the Valorant UK & Ireland Skirmish last weekend. The Tenstar Accelerated Professional Player Programme (TAP³) aims to ‘usher in the next generation of esports talent’ by scouting, supporting and developing aspiring esports professionals in Valorant, Rainbow Six Siege, Fortnite and other games. It’s designed to help UK-based esports players, coaches and support staff aged 13 to 24. Continue reading Tenstar announce UK esports path to pro initiative after winning Valorant UK & Ireland Skirmish

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Valorant’s next update adds a robot and changes just about everything

June 22, 2021RockPaperShotgun

Valorant Episode 3 Act 1 arrives tonight, and it comes with tweaks to almost all the agents, as well as changes to gun and ability prices that will likely shake up the game’s economy for the foreseeable future. Before we get to that, however, the biggest news is that the new ability-suppressing robot KAY/O is joining the roster. Apex Legends has a cool killer robot, Overwatch has a pretty floaty robot – it was about time Riot’s tactical shooter joined the club. Read more

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