WP as a newsportal

I’ve been looking around for a decent news portal, and have been nil-impressed with most out there. I came across WP and really, really liked the style.
I have been experimenting with my gaming site https://www.uk-gamer.com in using WP as a news portal.
It’s early days yet, and the theme needs lots of work but I think it’ll turn out OK! (hopefully)
Anyone else using WP as a news site? Any ideas on changes? Also any feedback on the site (Remember though like I say it needs quite a bit of modding)!
Thanks ??