Nicholas James, Author At Hotspawn

JAN

LCS 2026 Lock-In

FEB

PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026

Feb 09 - Feb 22

$625,000 | Cluj-Napoca

ESL Pro League Season 23: Online Stage

Feb 27 - Mar 09

$125,000 | Europe

MAR

ESL Pro League Season 23

Mar 12 - Mar 15

$275,000 | Europe

BLAST Open Spring 2026

Mar 16 - Mar 29

$400,000 | Rotterdam

APR

StarLadder Stake Ranked Episode 1

Apr 01 - Apr 04

$100,000 | Europe

Stake Ranked Episode 1

Apr 01 - Apr 04

$100,000 | Europe

Intel Extreme Masters Brazil 2026

Apr 13 - Apr 19

$300,000 | Brazil

CCT Season 3 Global Finals

Apr 23 - Apr 26

$75,000 | Vila Nova de Gaia

PGL Bucharest 2026

Apr 03 - Apr 11

$625,000 | Bucharest

Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2026

Apr 13 - Apr 19

$300,000 | Rio de Janeiro

YaLLa Compass Qatar 2026

Apr 20 - Apr 26

$600,000 | Qatar

FISSURE Playground #3

Apr 20 - Apr 26

$450,000 | Shenzhen

BLAST Rivals Spring 2026

Apr 29 - May 03

$350,000 | Fort Worth

MAY

StarLadder Stake Ranked Episode 2

May 27 - May 30

$0 | Europe

Stake Ranked Episode 2

Asian Champions League 2026

May 11 - May 17

$150,000 | China

Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta 2026

May 11 - May 17

$300,000 | Atlanta

CS Asia Championships 2026

JUN

Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major 2026

Jun 02 - Jun 21

$1,250,000 | Cologne

JUL

FISSURE Playground #4

Jul 13 - Jul 19

$800,000 | TBA

BLAST Bounty Summer 2026: Closed Qualifier

Jul 21 - Jul 26

$0 | Europe

BLAST Bounty Summer 2026

Jul 30 - Aug 02

$0 | Attard

OCT

ESL Pro League Season 24

Oct 03 - Oct 11

$300,000 | Katowice

Thunderpick World Championship 2026

Oct 12 - Oct 19

Malta

Nicholas James

League of Legends Writer

Nicholas James is a Theatre Honours BA Graduate from University of Wales TSD, and a long-time LoL esports journalist. He has bylines across many outlets, and work featured in documentaries, podcasts like Riot Games' "The Dive", and more. When not covering LTA, LEC, and the wider world of LoL, he can be found pushing blue toy soldiers across a table.

Articles by Nicholas James

JBPoppinZ wants to be LoL’s #1 streamer, here’s why I believe he can do it.

By Nicholas James / 3 months ago

100T Dhokla: “[Team Liquid] are just like passengers on the bus and there’s no bus driver”

By Nicholas James / 6 months ago

TL Yeon: “[At MSI 2024] we, for the most part, had each other’s back. I think a lot [of that] really went away.”

By Nicholas James / 6 months ago

C9 Inero on Shopify loss: “We should not lose this… But we deserve it for what happened.”

By Nicholas James / 6 months ago

100T Eyla: “I think same for everyone in the team, a very obvious goal is: Win the split. Get a title.”

By Nicholas James / 6 months ago

TL Yuuji: “If we don’t make it to Worlds or win this split, I wouldn’t be satisfied with myself.”

By Nicholas James / 6 months ago

TL APA on LYON loss: “We just didn’t create a lot of action, which can come down to lack of understanding”

By Nicholas James / 6 months ago

T1 Faker: “I don’t know anything about TV shows… It’s like asking an Iron player how to play League well”