LEC
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
LEC Spring 2021 standings and playoff teams confirmed, heartbreak for Excel as they miss out to Schalke again
Of the two UK-based esports organisations playing in the League of Legends LEC, one made it through to […]
March 14, 2021
UK casters Excoundrel and Foxdrop to remote cast the LEC again, Caedrel to cast in the NA LCS this week
UPDATE (March 12th): Foxdrop and Excoundrel are being called up again, plus there’s a bunch of other caster […]
March 5, 2021
Once united, now divided: We interview former Fnatic Rising teammates Dan and MagiFelix about going head-to-head in the LEC this weekend
UPDATE (February 21st 2021): Astralis defeated Excel in the match-up. Original article: Fnatic Rising are the kings of […]
February 18, 2021
Interview: Excel’s Fabian Broich reflects on Fnatic ending the team’s 4-win streak, their togetherness in the first half of LEC Spring 2021 and why focusing just on reaching playoffs ISN’T a good idea
We’re midway through the League of Legends LEC Spring 2021 Season and UK-based organisation Excel Esports sit in […]
February 14, 2021
Alienware returns as LEC Main Partner for 2021 (update: Alienware has reportedly cut short its sponsorship agreement)
UPDATE (March 15th 2021): It’s been reported that Alienware has cut short its LEC sponsorship agreement with Riot […]
January 11, 2021
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)
UPDATE (August 10th): Medic is continuing to showcase his speedrunning skills in Hades, having set another record, this […]
January 11, 2021
Breaking down the 2021 LEC and NLC rosters of Fnatic and Excel: How did the UK League of Legends orgs fare this off-season?
In this analysis piece, Megalodontus looks at the incoming and outgoing League of Legends players at Fnatic and […]
December 26, 2020