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Riot to change League of Legends esports player transfer rules after G2 block Perkz from joining Fnatic via contract clause, legal expert says ‘there may be an arguable breach of EU law’
League of Legends developer Riot Games says it will be making changes to rules around player contracts following […]
November 11, 2021
League of Legends UKLC and Telia Masters scrapped, NLC ‘multi-division league ecosystem’ announced for Northern Europe from 2022, Freaks 4U Gaming takes on tournament organising duties
Following the announcement earlier this week that Riot Games’ restructuring of European League of Legends had led to […]
August 20, 2021
UK LoL scene reacts to Oceanic Pro League shutting down: ‘A huge loss for League of Legends esports’
UPDATE (December 2020): Oceanic League of Legends is getting a new lease of life. Riot Games has provided […]
October 7, 2020
Valorant esports news recap: Riot announces First Strike, epic.LAN prepares to host its debut Valorant tournament
This week there’s been a couple of pieces of Valorant news of interest to UK players and fans. […]
September 25, 2020
Valorant: Excitement builds for new competitive shooter as Riot confirms release window, PC specs, anti-cheat platform and free-to-play model
League of Legends developer Riot Games has revealed the name and other details of its upcoming shooter, Valorant, […]
March 2, 2020
Fantasy LCS and LEC: Third-party platforms emerge for 2020 LoL esports after Riot drops official fantasy league
Esports One, the team behind online wiki service Esportspedia, is about to launch a fantasy League of Legends […]
December 28, 2019
LVP is ceasing operations in the UK and won’t be running the UKLC in 2020, Riot says it remains committed to the UK
Article contains affiliate links UPDATE (November 27th 2019): Riot UK’s head of esports, Mo Fadl (aka Riot UglySmurf), […]
November 26, 2019
The NUEL and Riot Games renew partnership: ‘We’re looking forward to adding more unique activities for university students’
UK university esports tournament provider The NUEL and League of Legends developer Riot Games have today announced a […]
September 12, 2019
Weekly Esports News Roundup Video: Trump vs gamers, Ninja on Mixer, Riot's fighting game
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco runs through some of the top esports stories, both in the UK […]
August 6, 2019Riot on developing a fighting game: 'We want to bring the fighting game experience to more people'
League of Legends developer Riot Games has confirmed it is working on a fighting game. Riot spoke about […]
August 5, 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 […]
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August 2, 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
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 […]
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May 22, 2019
UKLC: Excel Esports become Tower Champions in Week 1 after exciting match vs Enclave
by Laura Byrne & Dom Sacco Excel Esports swept aside the competition in the first week of the […]
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February 14, 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