Tickets for the live League of Legends derby match between Leicester University and De Montfort University are now on sale.
The Varsity Games event will take place on Saturday March 11th at the ESL UK studio in Leicester.
It’s the first in a new series of derby matches to be organised by Varsity Games.
Students will play and operate all production and broadcast talent positions on the day, from producer to desk host.
“We’re really excited to be involved in helping to facilitate, not just the next generation of esports players from the UK, but also the next generation of esports industry professionals.”
The day will be kicking off with two rounds of best-of-one matches followed by the best-of-three finals, as outlined on the event’s Facebook page.
Rob Black of ESL UK said: “We’re really excited to be involved in helping to facilitate, not just the next generation of esports players from the UK, but also the next generation of esports industry professionals. Being able to do that while supporting students in our local Leicester community makes this one of the highlights of our year so far.”
Amy Yu, Varsity Games MD, added: ‘There’s growing enthusiasm for gaming within UK universities – and the mission of Varsity Games is to provide an authentic grassroots platform to recognise and reward student players competing to represent their universities.
“Our Derby series aims to bring local tournaments to regional university teams and we are excited to be kicking off the first event at the ESL studio!”
Tickets for the event are priced at £3 (redeemable against a beer upon arrival) and are available here
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
