League of Legends

UPDATE (March 15th 2021): It’s been reported that Alienware has cut short its LEC sponsorship agreement with Riot […]

Read More… from Alienware returns as LEC Main Partner for 2021 (update: Alienware has reportedly cut short its sponsorship agreement)

UPDATE (August 10th): Medic is continuing to showcase his speedrunning skills in Hades, having set another record, this […]

Read More… from LEC caster Medic broke the Hades speedrunning world record (update: his original record has now been beaten but he’s setting other records in the game)

Fight For First offers an engaging glimpse into life behind the scenes in the LEC, writes Esports News […]

Read More… from Review: BBC’s ‘Fight For First’ Excel Esports documentary captures the rawness, realness and ruthlessness of esports

Update (September 5th 2021): Governor had come out of retirement to play for Verdant, but in light of […]

Read More… from James ‘The Governor’ Gove comes out of esports retirement: Raise Your Governors again for one of the good guys in UK LoL

Wild Rift, the League of Legends game built for mobile devices, will be getting its own esports activities […]

Read More… from Riot Games announces Wild Rift esports plans for 2021

Benelux caster Maurits ‘Chronicler’ Jan Meeusen has joined the LCK (League of Legends Champions Korea) broadcast team. He […]

Read More… from Interview with Chronicler on joining the LCK broadcast as a caster for 2021: “When I got the news I ran around screaming, waking my girlfriend up!”

Munster Rugby Gaming, the esports arm of Irish sports side Munster Rugby, is making a comeback. It will […]

Read More… from Munster Rugby Gaming to play in the UKEL without Phelan involvement: ‘We look forward to competing in the UKEL and growing the League of Legends community in Ireland’

British streamer Ali ‘Gross Gore’ Larsen has returned to League of Legends after quitting the game just over […]

Read More… from Gross Gore returns to League of Legends, goes 1/11/5 in his first game back

Written by Dominic Sacco with further research by Megalodontus UPDATE (January 1st 2021): Phelan Gaming have dropped out […]

Read More… from 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)

(Image credit: Movistar Riders website announcement) Experienced UK League of Legends player Kasing has spoken candidly about his […]

Read More… from ‘The biggest problem in the UK is that teams are more inclined to import’ – Kasing talks UK League after joining Movistar Riders with Maxlore

In this analysis piece, Megalodontus looks at the incoming and outgoing League of Legends players at Fnatic and […]

Read More… from Breaking down the 2021 LEC and NLC rosters of Fnatic and Excel: How did the UK League of Legends orgs fare this off-season?

Daniel ‘Dan’ Hockley is one of the UK’s most exciting junglers in League of Legends. Having built up […]

Read More… from Interview: Dan on why he dismissed other LEC offers to join Excel Esports, playing against his old Fnatic teammates and season 11 jungle changes

It’s official: Riot Games has begun work on an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game. Greg Street, aka Ghostcrawler, […]

Read More… from League of Legends MMO in the works: Will it be a WoW-beater?

Further team changes in the Northern League of Legends Championship (NLC) have been announced this evening. The tournament […]

Read More… from ENCE withdraws from NLC after ‘reevaluating resources’, Granit Gaming steps in for Spring 2021 Split

Promoted interview Esports News UK asks Paul Butler, the UK and Ireland regional sales director for AOC and […]

Read More… from What do sponsors look for in an esports team? Video interview with AOC UK sales director on their partnerships with G2, IEM, ESL and more