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Interview: Fnatic Rising jungler Dan and head coach NicoThePico on winning the UKLC, their reverse sweep vs BT Excel and their chances in the EU Masters

“London is black and orange!” cried the triumphant Fnatic Rising, our back-to-back-to-back UK League of Legends champions, as […]

April 3, 2020

The NUEL reveals Operation Hand Wash initiative

UK university esports organisation the NUEL has announced a host of streaming activities known as Operation Hand Wash […]

March 31, 2020

Latest coronavirus esports headlines: Twitch Stream Aid raises more than $2.8m, The NUEL reveals Operation Hand Wash, game industry backs #PlayApartTogether

UPDATE (March 31st 2020): Here’s some of the latest esports activities and news surrounding COVID-19. There have been […]

March 31, 2020

Fnatic Rising win dramatic five-game UKLC final after beating BT Excel in what was arguably the battle of the ADCs

Fnatic Rising pulled off a remarkable reverse sweep against BT Excel to win the UK League Championship (UKLC) […]

March 29, 2020

Fnatic and Excel reach the UKLC grand final and qualify for the EU Masters

Two League of Legends LEC academy teams will face-off in the UKLC grand final next week. Fnatic Rising […]

March 24, 2020

UKLC casters Aux, Excoundrel and Hiprain review the spring 2020 regular split and preview the playoffs: Which team will win?

The UKLC 2020 regular split ended with a bang: BT Excel went undefeated and Enclave Gaming got their […]

March 22, 2020

Overreactions (UKLC week 7): Enclave Gaming are the second best team, how BT Excel wins Worlds and why Shikari is Luke Skywalker

Welcome back to the final week, the best week ever of the undisputed best league in the world: […]

March 21, 2020

‘I either am or can be the best top-laner in Europe’ – could Alphari improve G2 or Fnatic?

British League of Legends pro gamer Barney ‘Alphari’ Morris has spoken about his ambitions, prompting LEC desk hosts […]

March 20, 2020

UK League of Legends streamers team up with YamatoCannon to form TeamHuzzyGames in latest Twitch Rivals tournament

A team of predominantly UK League of Legends streamers will be taking part in the latest Twitch Rivals […]

March 20, 2020

Teamfight Tactics arrives on mobile devices this week

Riot Games has announced that the League of Legends auto chess style game – Teamfight Tactics (TFT) – […]

March 17, 2020

Overreactions (week 6): George Michael teaches us a forgotten lesson, why the bottom three teams should look to Sardinia for inspiration and Bravado is the greatest player ever

You would think after 6 weeks of the UKLC and constantly prattling on about ‘academy killers’, the author […]

March 15, 2020

We asked Barrage Esports’ veteran League of Legends players Flaresz and Hadow to interview each other – here’s what happened

At Esports News UK we sometimes like to do things a little bit differently. During UK esports org […]

March 12, 2020

Overreactions (week 5): the UKLC casters are losing it, Enclave should sign a football manager and why Efias’ Bard play shows the UK should be importing more talent like him

Welcome, welcome! Back for another addition of overreactions so soon? *morbid laughter* You poor soul, you. Even our […]

March 8, 2020

How Riot helped Blizzard rethink their strategy: ‘It’s important the players know that you’re listening’

Mike Morhaime (pictured right), the co-founder and former president of Warcraft, Overwatch and Hearthstone developer Blizzard Entertainment, has […]

March 4, 2020

Gross Gore pulls out of KSI fight

It looks like a potential fight or spar between British YouTuber KSI and streamer Ali ‘Gross Gore’ Larsen […]

March 3, 2020

Overreactions (UKLC week 4): Faker is the Korean Erixen, xMatty is literally Aphelios and how Demise can easily make playoffs

“Oh, you’re here again huh,” said Megalodontus, bleary eyed and weary of soul, as he dragged himself up […]

February 29, 2020

In-depth interview with TFT players Xeno, Kiezo and Nutri on the current state of game and if it can succeed as an esport: ‘There is a lot of uncontrollable RNG in TFT, but there is definitely some potential there’

The birth of the mod Dota Auto Chess in 2019 sparked a huge interest from game developers across […]

February 27, 2020

Overreactions (week 3): All Hail King Aux, Dragdar is the UKLC’s best support and having good internet is better than having a warship

Welcome back to another instalment of Overreactions, the UK League of Legends esports column where the author – […]

February 21, 2020

Gross Gore dropped by sponsor after haters leave string of negative reviews on company’s Trustpilot page

British Runescape turned League of Legends turned Runescape streamer Ali ‘Gross Gore’ Larsen has been dropped by a […]

February 20, 2020

Faker ‘honoured’ to become part owner at T1 Entertainment & Sports

South Korean esports team T1 Entertainment & Sports (T1) have today announced that Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok (pictured third […]

February 18, 2020