[6] These include Metropolitan Police Service, BBC, Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association, Procter & Gamble, Future Publishing, Electronic Arts, Codemasters, The New World Assembly, XLEAGUE.TV, Team Dignitas, Reason Gaming, Team Infused, Fnatic, QuadV and Cadred.

[7] The association was launched on 31 October 2008 during the London Games Festival and was chaired by former XLEAGUE.TV channel head Ray Mia.

[9] Each division represents the different levels of competition from amateur to professional and is played online via the internet through the means of a personal computer or a video games console.

Teams can compete in a series of video games including FIFA 09, Call of Duty 4 and Counter-Strike.

[10] Competition finals of these divisions were hosted at a specially selected venue in the United Kingdom.

On 26 November 2008, it has been announced that several of the following organisations, both private and public sector, have been involved in the setup of UKeSA: Metropolitan Police Service, BBC, Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association, Procter & Gamble, Future Publishing, Electronic Arts, Codemasters, The New World Assembly, XLEAGUE.TV, Team Dignitas, Reason Gaming, Team Infused, Fnatic, QuadV and Cadred.

[12] Future Publishing are partnering with UKeSA and aligning itself with the Open Division, announced on 23 January 2009.

[2][15] UKeSA has announced the selection of eSports teams to represent and play in the Premiership Division on 13 February 2009.

[5] In December 2009, amid controversy, the UKeSA signed for bankruptcy and has since made no attempt to pay back any individual or organisation it owed.

[11][20] The Executive Committees purpose is to assist, direct and act as ambassadors for UK eSports to the wider public.

[24] Candidates put themselves up for electoral status and are given an opportunity to state their wishes as to why they should be chosen for the Community Council.

Questions are then submitted to the candidates by the public and are then answered by writing or through a live debate broadcast on Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) or web-streaming.

[23] Meetings are set up between the Executive Committee, Community Council, Ethics Commission, Players Association and other leading figures among the government, the eSports community (such as the International eSports Federation) and video games industry.

[28] Competition finals of the Cup Tournament, Championship and Premiership divisions are hosted at a specially selected venue in the United Kingdom each season.

Such training includes both management and business elements, which is seen as crucial to building a team into global brand.

The final remaining teams will face at an offline, local area network (LAN) event.

These teams participate in the UKeSA Premiership Division and play in different leagues that represent the video games they compete in.

Titles are first placed into the Open Division to gauge the amount of sign-ups for that specific video game.

Such games include UbiSoft's EndWar, where online play is restricted to its open Theatre of War lobby system.

[3][41] UKeSA filed for bankruptcy whilst owing a large number of teams, players and industry related companies significant sums of money (http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/88207/)[permanent dead link‍] UKeSA are not to be confused by the Electronic Sports Ltd's eSports competitions organized by Richard Millington and Morgan Olsson under the same name from 2002 to 2005.