diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneNewsHeader.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneNewsHeader.cs
index 65e86e925d..78288bf6e4 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneNewsHeader.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneNewsHeader.cs
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Online
         private TestHeader header;
 
         [SetUp]
-        public void Setup()
+        public void Setup() => Schedule(() =>
         {
             Child = header = new TestHeader
             {
                 Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
                 Origin = Anchor.Centre
             };
-        }
+        });
 
         [Test]
         public void TestControl()
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneNewsOverlay.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneNewsOverlay.cs
index e35ef4916b..37d51c16d2 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneNewsOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneNewsOverlay.cs
@@ -1,27 +1,65 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using osu.Game.Online.API;
+using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests;
+using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses;
 using osu.Game.Overlays;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Online
 {
     public class TestSceneNewsOverlay : OsuTestScene
     {
-        protected override bool UseOnlineAPI => true;
+        private DummyAPIAccess dummyAPI => (DummyAPIAccess)API;
 
-        protected override void LoadComplete()
+        private NewsOverlay news;
+
+        [SetUp]
+        public void SetUp() => Schedule(() => Child = news = new NewsOverlay());
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestRequest()
         {
-            base.LoadComplete();
-
-            NewsOverlay news;
-            Add(news = new NewsOverlay());
-
-            AddStep("Show", news.Show);
-            AddStep("Hide", news.Hide);
-
-            AddStep("Show front page", () => news.ShowFrontPage());
-            AddStep("Custom article", () => news.ShowArticle("Test Article 101"));
-            AddStep("Custom article", () => news.ShowArticle("Test Article 102"));
+            setUpNewsResponse(responseExample);
+            AddStep("Show", () => news.Show());
+            AddStep("Show article", () => news.ShowArticle("article"));
         }
+
+        private void setUpNewsResponse(GetNewsResponse r)
+            => AddStep("set up response", () =>
+            {
+                dummyAPI.HandleRequest = request =>
+                {
+                    if (!(request is GetNewsRequest getNewsRequest))
+                        return;
+
+                    getNewsRequest.TriggerSuccess(r);
+                };
+            });
+
+        private GetNewsResponse responseExample => new GetNewsResponse
+        {
+            NewsPosts = new[]
+            {
+                new APINewsPost
+                {
+                    Title = "This post has an image which starts with \"/\" and has many authors!",
+                    Preview = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.",
+                    Author = "someone, someone1, someone2, someone3, someone4",
+                    FirstImage = "/help/wiki/shared/news/banners/monthly-beatmapping-contest.png",
+                    PublishedAt = DateTimeOffset.Now
+                },
+                new APINewsPost
+                {
+                    Title = "This post has a full-url image! (HTML entity: &amp;)",
+                    Preview = "boom (HTML entity: &amp;)",
+                    Author = "user (HTML entity: &amp;)",
+                    FirstImage = "https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/88/header.jpg",
+                    PublishedAt = DateTimeOffset.Now
+                }
+            }
+        };
     }
 }