NLC news and content

Norwegian esports organisation Bifrost have been accused of not paying some of their League of Legends (LoL) players […]

Read More… from LoL legend Diamondprox: ‘Bifrost scammed me for six months of salary in the NLC – I’m afraid to join another team now’

Isle of Man esports organisation X7 Esports have today announced they are shutting down operations. They will be […]

Read More… from X7 Esports cease operations and withdraw from NLC after talks with investors halt – full comment from founder Hyrav

London-based League of Legends esports organisation Ruddy Esports are set to play in the first division of the […]

Read More… from Ruddy Esports to acquire NLC Division 1 spot from MNM Gaming

The NLC has this morning lost its accredited EMEA Regional League (ERL) status, as part of Riot Games’ […]

Read More… from ‘UK League of Legends is dead’ – NLC demoted to non-accredited ERL and adds Malta as Riot announces big changes to 2023 European LoL esports, merging it with MENA, Turkey & CIS

Icelandic esports organisation Dusty have won the Northern League of Legends Championship NLC Aurora Open. They defeated Astralis […]

Read More… from Dusty win NLC Aurora Open

X7 Esports’ Korean League of Legends top-laner Kim ‘Chasy’ Dong-hyeon has been linked with a move to Mad […]

Read More… from Chasy to join Mad Lions from X7 Esports following ‘extraordinary growth’ in NLC Summer Season

Update (October 20th 2022): Excel Esports COO Tim Reichert has posted an update officially announcing JD XL’s departure […]

Read More… from More organisations move away from League of Legends NLC as community laments the departure of MNM and JD XL: ‘Many issues plagued XL this year but it feels so unsatisfying to see the team leave like this’

Ireland’s Nativz Gaming have become the first esports organisation to qualify for the top division of UK, Ireland […]

Read More… from Irish esports org Nativz promoted to NLC Division 1: ‘This is only the beginning for us!’

Image credit: Michal Konkol/Riot Games Flickr UK casting duo Sam ‘Initialise’ Hapgood and Alex ‘Nymaera’ Hapgood quickly rose […]

Read More… from Never one… without the other: Interview with LoL casters Initialise and Nymaera on grassroots leagues to the LEC, starting LJL Officially Unofficial, thoughts on the EU Masters & more

The Northern League of Legends Championship (NLC), the European Regional League (ERL) for the UK, Ireland and Nordics, […]

Read More… from NLC announces €10,000 Aurora Open Pro-Am League of Legends tournament

Update (January 18th 2023): OG LDN UTD have departed Valorant after ‘carefully evaluating options’. Update (August 30th 2022): […]

Read More… from LDN UTD withdraw from League of Legends NLC, org to revise esports strategy

The three teams from the Northern League of Legends Championship (NLC) heading to the Amazon European (EU) Masters […]

Read More… from NLC teams Dusty, X7 and JD XL qualify for EU Masters Summer 2022

Update: Verdant ended up winning Division 3 and will be playing in the Division 2 promotions tournament. Original […]

Read More… from NLC lower division teams unhappy after last-minute change to promotions format

Dutch League of Legends mid-laner Mike ‘Furuy’ Wils has made a solid name for himself in the NLC […]

Read More… from Furuy reflects on his performances with Bifrost in 2022, the quality of mid-laners in the NLC and what’s next: ‘If I look back on the whole year, I cannot be sad – I’m always looking to improve and I’m looking at the bigger leagues’

French League of Legends organisation GameWard caused an upset in France’s LFL Summer 2022 playoffs a few days […]

Read More… from Former Excel players get revenge for NLC as GameWard smash KC to prevent them from reaching EU Masters