Battle For Glasgow LAN Esports Event Returns for 2023

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 06/05/2023

Battle For Glasgow, a tradition of the university esports scene in Glasgow, will be returning to the Glasgow Caledonian University campus.

It will take place and be livestreamed on the Charge Esports Twitch channel on May 26th to 28th 2023.

Charge is a newly founded and student-led esports production group operating alongside Glasgow Caledonian University’s Esports Society. It aims to produce events providing students with experience and knowledge in live esports production and event creation.

Charge has also announced the full line-up for its upcoming esports tournament, Battle For Glasgow. This year, the event will host esports teams from Glasgow Caledonian University, Strathclyde University and Glasgow University to compete against each other in six different games: Valorant, Rocket League, CSGO and League of Legends, plus new additions for 2023: Overwatch and Rainbow Six Siege.

Battle For Glasgow tickets

Tickets to the attend the esports event are free and can be booked here:

Organisers said in a press release sent to Esports News UK: “Battle For Glasgow is an esports tournament between the three Glasgow based universities to determine Glasgow’s best esports society! Players will go head-to-head breaking their limits to represent their university and be crowned the best.

“With the new three-day schedule, Battle For Glasgow is bringing two new games and 30 more players to the tournament.”

You can check out a trailer for the event here:

In other Scottish esports event news, Scotland is hosting a Fortnite Red Bull LAN later this year with several pro players.

There’s more information on the student event on the Battle For Glasgow website

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He has almost two decades of experience in journalism, and left Esports News UK in June 2025. 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 also previously worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation.

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