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Resolve Esports acquire Barrage Esports and will be playing in the League of Legends NLC
For transparency: Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco was hired on a freelance consultancy basis to help shape […]
May 7, 2021
Interview with BT Excel’s UK bot-laner Deadly on his expectations for EU Masters: “I think we have a very good team set up; I’ve been to the finals already and if I don’t reach the finals again, I feel like I’ve somewhat failed myself”
Interview conducted before BT Excel won the quarter-finals Excel Esports academy team BT Excel, the sole UK representatives […]
April 27, 2021
MSI & VCT Masters interview with Ásbjörn Ásbjörnsson from the Icelandic Esports Association: “These are the biggest events Iceland has ever held, period. And we’ve had artists like Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran playing here in the last few years!”
Image credit: Dusty The League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) and Valorant Championship Tour (VCT) Masters Stage 2 […]
April 26, 2021
MNM’s relegation to UKLC raises questions around academy teams in UK League of Legends
UPDATE (March 26th 2021): MNM Gaming have decided to give up their academy team slot rather than sell […]
March 25, 2021
UK LoL teams Resolve and London Esports on what they learnt from their Telia Masters exit: ‘It’s painful falling at the last hurdle, but that’s the way it goes sometimes’
UKLC representatives Resolve and London Esports have bowed out of the League of Legends Telia Masters tournament by […]
March 23, 2021
BT Excel finally ‘break the curse’ to win Spring 2021 NLC and end Fnatic Rising’s UK LoL reign
Excel Esports’ League of Legends academy side, BT Excel, have ended their UK League of Legends trophy drought […]
March 21, 2021
In-depth interview: Josh Furneaux on the inside story at Excel and Munster, his new role as a player agent and how UK LoL has changed
Josh Furneaux, aka Furndog, is one of UK League of Legends’ most experienced coaches. He’s worked with Excel […]
February 28, 2021
Interview: Resolve founder Ilias ‘Rai’ Pajoheshfar on their all-UK LoL roster being ‘hidden OP!’, going undefeated in the UKLC so far and wanting to be the best team in Europe
UK esports organisation Resolve are going from strength to strength – they’re undefeated with 9 wins out of […]
February 12, 2021
League of Legends casters unite to launch EUniverse, a new YouTube channel covering the European Regional Leagues
Top League of Legends casters from across Europe are teaming up to throw a spotlight on the tiers […]
February 3, 2021
Meet the pro rugby player who also coaches for Godsent’s League of Legends NLC esports team in his free time: Jamal ‘Makinui’ Ford-Robinson
During the day, Jamal Ford-Robinson is a professional rugby player for Premiership side Gloucester Rugby. At night, he […]
January 21, 2021
In-depth interview with Team Singularity UK LoL support Prosfair on his most memorable moments, the best teammate he’s played with and how his time in Korea changed his perspective
If you’ve been a follower of the UK League of Legends (LoL) scene or even just a watcher […]
January 19, 2021
UK League of Legends 2021 spring roster roundup: NLC, UKLC and UKEL teams and casters listed
Now that 2020 is over and a new League of Legends season has begun, it’s back to the […]
January 16, 2021
Late payments, ‘lies’ and licensing gone wrong: What really happened at Munster Rugby Gaming that led to their departure from the League of Legends NLC (and now the UKLC)
Written by Dominic Sacco with further research by Megalodontus UPDATE (January 1st 2021): Phelan Gaming have dropped out […]
January 1, 2021
Breaking down the 2021 LEC and NLC rosters of Fnatic and Excel: How did the UK League of Legends orgs fare this off-season?
In this analysis piece, Megalodontus looks at the incoming and outgoing League of Legends players at Fnatic and […]
December 26, 2020
ENCE withdraws from NLC after ‘reevaluating resources’, Granit Gaming steps in for Spring 2021 Split
Further team changes in the Northern League of Legends Championship (NLC) have been announced this evening. The tournament […]
December 16, 2020