NLC news and content

Leagues.gg has been appointed operator for parts of the NLC and its divisions for 2023 under license holder […]

Read More… from Leagues.gg appointed operator of NLC leagues for 2023 in dramatic u-turn, most 2022 casters quietly let go, Division 1 Spring player rosters and broadcast talent revealed

Once upon a time, there was a circus known as UK League of Legends. It was packed full […]

Read More… from The circus, the clowns – and the show that must go on

Riot Games has today announced a new EMEA Champions Queue for high-level League of Legends players, but it’s […]

Read More… from NLC players miss out on EMEA Champions Queue

Division 1 of the Northern League of Legends Championship (NLC) will miss its studio broadcast in 2023, sources […]

Read More… from NLC Division 1 2023 Spring gets eight teams and no studio broadcast, lower divisions to continue

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