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Excel admits academy players were ‘hesitant’ to join the LEC team, says separate mistake around attempted substitutions ‘won’t happen again’
UK esports organisation Excel Esports has spoken publicly about rumours that some of its BT Excel academy players […]
June 10, 2021
Casters and hosts from UK League of Legends scene get big LEC call-up for 2021 Summer Season
Some of the top casting and hosting talent from UK League of Legends esports, including those from the […]
June 9, 2021
Interview with SK Gaming general manager Joe ‘InnerFlame’ El Ouassi: ‘We’re not the SK of old, we’re not afraid of making tough decisions to try and get to the top. And I don’t care about finishing sixth in the LEC – I want to win. I’ve come close to winning in the past, and that’s not good enough for me.’
SK Gaming made headlines recently after moving star League of Legends (LoL) support player Treatz to the jungle, […]
June 8, 2021
The LEC returns this week with the Summer 2021 Season: Who’s playing who and what times are the matches taking place?
The League of Legends European Championship (LEC) gets underway again this week on June 11th 2021, with the […]
June 7, 2021
This kind gesture from League of Legends LEC caster Caedrel will warm the coldest of solo queue hearts
Forgive the ambiguous almost clickbait-like nature of this headline for a moment – we tried writing a typical […]
June 4, 2021
Riot announces main partner for 12 League of Legends European Regional Leagues including UK/Nordics NLC, as well as the EU Masters, LCL and LEC
Riot Games has announced that KitKat will be a main partner across several of its League of Legends […]
May 31, 2021
Excel finalise LEC Summer 2021 roster after signing Nukeduck and Denyk
UK esports organisation Excel Esports have confirmed the signing of Norwegian mid-laner Erlend ‘nukeduck’ Våtevik Holm (pictured, centre) […]
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May 18, 2021
Interview with EU League of Legends casters Noa and Carmeline on women in esports: “On one hand I know how important the exposure is for brands and media, and I know that we need it, but on the other hand I get angry when I see them using us for marketing, and only speak up about our problems one day per year”
March was Women’s History Month, and the esports industry took the chance to celebrate the many talented and […]
May 2, 2021
Interview with James ‘Stress’ O’Leary on leaving Mad Lions, his time casting and inclusion in esports: ‘It’d be a massive thing for an LEC player to be openly LGBTQA+, but with that comes a lot of pressure they’d put on themselves’
Image credit: StressCasts.com Stress is a familiar name to those who followed the EU LCS before it became […]
April 15, 2021
MAD Lions’ LEC win ‘marks the end of the dominance of G2 and Fnatic in the LEC, with competition becoming increasingly fiercer each year’ – Riot
Image credit: LEC Flickr (Michal Konkol/Riot Games) Riot Games has commented on MAD Lions winning the Spring 2021 […]
April 12, 2021
Newsflash: MAD win LEC, Fnatic Valorant team changes, NFTs in esports, Endpoint academy roster, Uni of Birmingham PVP game wins dev challenge, UK Twitch streamer unbanned 2 years after false ban
Here’s our latest weekly Newsflash roundup, where we cover a host of esports and gaming news in an […]
April 11, 2021Newsflash: Barrage wreck Team Liquid, Royal Ravens sign player, Fnatic exit LEC playoffs, Diabolus get involved in NA, Epic reports Apple to UK watchdog, Rix hire head of inclusion, changes to Esports Awards
Sometimes Esports News UK’s inbox gets a little too crazy, sometimes there’s just too much news flying around […]
April 3, 2021
Caedrel and LS drama: What happened between the League of Legends analysts?
Update (March 6th 2022): It seems Caedrel and LS are on better terms nowadays. In this clip below, […]
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March 16, 2021
Astralis offer MagiFelix contract extension: UK League of Legends champion to play in the Summer 2021 LEC Season
UPDATE (March 16th 2021): Astralis have extended MagiFelix’s contract to the end of 2021 and let their previous […]
March 16, 2021
Fnatic LEC player and coach test positive for Covid-19 as org quarantines team
London-based esports organisation Fnatic have quarantined their League of Legends LEC team after a player and coach contracted […]
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March 16, 2021