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Barrage Retirement Home Edition prove you can teach old dogs new tricks as they qualify for the 2020 UKLC: Recap and interview with coach Kiao

Despite a shaky start to the Forge of Champions tournament and having the controversy of Barrage fielding two […]

November 4, 2019

Riot to launch Clash global beta in December

Riot Games’ largely anticipated League of Legends Clash mode will begin its global beta in December. The Clash […]

October 29, 2019

League of Legends Origins review: Netflix documentary captures the human connections that make LoL special

League of Legends Origins provides a broad yet relatively concise look at the history of Riot Games and […]

October 23, 2019

Esports News of the Week: LoL 10 Year Anniversary, Riot’s New Games, Gfinity Elite Series To Return

Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco rounds up the news of the week to October 22nd 2019. Dom […]

October 22, 2019

Legends of Runeterra interview: Steve Rubin from Riot on having no card packs, the game’s esports potential and bringing new characters into the lore

At EGX 2019, we sat down with Steve Rubin, game designer and live balance lead at Riot Games […]

October 19, 2019

UK esports managers react to new LoL Esports Manager game: ‘Can’t wait for players to fail their toxicity checks just before the season starts’

Earlier this week, Riot Games announced it is developing a League of Legends esports team management simulation game, […]

October 18, 2019

10 Huge Announcements From League of Legends’ 10-Year Celebrations: ‘Project A’ FPS, Esports Team Management Game, Legends of Runeterra Card Game, LoL on Mobile and Consoles, New Animated Series & More

Riot Games has celebrated the tenth anniversary of League of Legends with a bang. Scrap that, this is […]

October 16, 2019

Riot partners with Sportradar to monitor League of Legends betting activity

Sports data firm Sportradar and League of Legends developer Riot Games have announced a partnership to help safeguard match […]

August 2, 2019

Arsenal owners Kroenke Sports & Entertainment to buy a slot in the LCS esports league

Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, the group that owns English Football Club Arsenal FC, looks like it’s buying its […]

July 24, 2019

UK misses out on League of Legends Worlds 2019

Riot Games has confirmed the European countries hosting the 2019 League of Legends World Championship (Worlds), and the […]

June 20, 2019

Riot Bolton departs Riot UK

UPDATE: Some of the initial information below about Mo leaving was based off a single Linkedin post and doesn’t […]

June 17, 2019

Teamfight Tactics: Riot reveals new League of Legends game inspired by Dota Auto Chess

Riot Games has lifted the lid on a brand new game mode for League of Legends – and […]

June 10, 2019

A League of Legends mobile game is rumoured to be in development

A mobile version of League of Legends is in the works, according to ‘sources with knowledge of the […]

May 22, 2019

A tour of Excel Esports' new world-class HQ and training facilities at Twickenham Stadium

UK esports organisation Excel Esports have today shown off their new headquarters and training facilities to the industry. […]

April 8, 2019

Fnatic Rising win inaugural UK League Championship

Fnatic Rising, the organisation’s League of Legends academy team, have emerged victorious in the very first UK League […]

March 31, 2019

Forge of Champions Spring 2019 hopes to find UK LoL's next top teams and solo queue stars of the future

Riot’s official UK League of Legends cup tournament Forge of Champions (FoC) is returning for spring 2019. The […]

March 27, 2019

League of Legends European Masters returns for Season 3 in April

The League of Legends European Masters will again take place next month, with the best 20 teams from […]

March 1, 2019

All-female Russian LoL team Vaevictis Esports lose 52-2 in the LCL: Is this really about giving women a platform or is it just an unfair publicity stunt?

Vaevictis Esports announced an all-female roster last week and the girls have heavily lost their first three matches […]

February 17, 2019

Fnatic Rising: Org rebrand academy team name and logo ahead of UK League Championship

Fnatic have announced a new name and logo for their League of Legends academy team which will be […]

February 12, 2019

UKLC Interview: Riot UK & LVP on making 'every match feel relevant', UK scene drama and having a 'totally different' studio setup

Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco had the chance to interview Riot UK head of esports Mo Fadl […]

January 23, 2019