The CrimsonBattleForge competitive arena floor in Shoreditch

Shoreditch · London · Est. 2019

Forge your run in the crimson arena.

CrimsonBattleForge is a competitive 5v5 tactical shooter and a real 24-seat esports arena in Shoreditch. Ranked ladders on weeknights, open tournaments every Saturday, and coaches who have walked the bracket themselves.

Book a Practice Bay See the Ladder

24: Match-ready PCs
£12: Bay hour, off-peak
Sat: Open bracket night

The Arena

A chalet-warm home for cold, calculated play.

Warm pine practice bays lit by soft lamps

We built CrimsonBattleForge on Redchurch Street to feel less like a neon internet café and more like a mountain lodge that happens to hold a Grand Final. Knotted pine benches, warm lamps, and a wall of trophies sit beside 240Hz monitors and a soundproofed shoutcaster booth.

Our namesake title is a 5v5 objective shooter with a season-long ranked ladder. Whether you queue solo after work or roll in with a full stack, the matchmaking keeps games tight and the post-match VOD room keeps you improving.

The broadcast stage set for a Saturday final

Weeknights are for grinding rank. Saturdays are for the open bracket. Sundays we host coaching clinics and community scrims. Everyone from a first-week Bronze to a regional Radiant shares the same firewood-scented floor.

Purpose-built stageA 60-seat spectator stage with live overlays and casters for every Saturday final.
No lag, no excusesFibre uplink, 240Hz panels, and a sub-5ms LAN so the only variable is your aim.
Community firstRanks mix at the practice bays — Bronze learns from Radiant, and nobody plays gatekeeper.

What We Run

Programmes built around real competitive hours.

Pick the track that fits your week. Prices are per person in GBP; arena open Mon–Thu 16:00–23:00, Fri–Sat 12:00–01:00, Sun 12:00–20:00.

Season Ranked Ladder

Our flagship 5v5 competitive queue. A twelve-week season with weekly placement decay, verified anti-smurf checks, and a live leaderboard mounted above the practice bays.

Weeknight queues 18:00–23:00, solo or full stack
Season pass — £39 for all twelve weeks of ranked access
Post-match VOD room with round-by-round timeline

The Roster

The people who keep the forge lit.

Coaches, casters and organisers who live in the Shoreditch arena all week.

Priya Sengupta

Head Coach & Founder

Former national-qualifier IGL. Runs the Sunday coaching clinics and can rebuild your mid-round comms in an afternoon.

Marcus Adeyemi

Tournament Director

Keeps the Saturday bracket on time to the minute. Ten years organising grassroots cups across London.

Freya Lindqvist

Lead Caster

The voice on every final. Turns a 3v5 retake into the loudest moment on Redchurch Street.

Danny O’Rourke

Arena & Tech Lead

Keeps 24 rigs at 240Hz and the LAN under 5ms. If a bay stutters, Danny already knows.

Players

Runs that started on our floor.

“I came in a hard-stuck Gold and left the twelve-week season in Diamond. The VOD room after every match is what actually did it — seeing my bad rotations on a big screen is humbling and it works.”

AAisha R.Hackney, London · March 2026

Contact

Book a bay or plan your team’s night.

Tell us what you’re after — a solo practice bay, a full-stack scrim block, or a coaching clinic — and we’ll confirm within the day.

Arena details

Phone+44 20 7033 2517
Email[email protected]
Find us52 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch, London E2 7DP

Opening hours

Mon – Thu: 16:00 – 23:00
Fri – Sat: 12:00 – 01:00
Sunday: 12:00 – 20:00