This was a busy and exciting 2025-2026 academic year for NIU Esports! Our varsity and club athletes have had the most successful competitive season yet,...
We’re proud of the many NIU Esports alumni who are pursuing meaningful careers, and we love to share their stories here. This month, we reconnected...
We’re thrilled to recap a wonderful season for all our Fall 2025 titles! All three teams qualified for the Esports Collegiate Final Championship LAN Tournament at...
Darin Day, Founder and Owner of Guardian Proline Darin attended NIU in the 1990s and has worked in sports apparel design for more than 30 years. We’re thrilled that...
We’re so excited to that many of our Esports varsity and club players are graduating from NIU and going on to make a difference with...
On September 26, 2024, leading gaming accessories maker Turtle Beach Corporation (Nasdaq: HEAR) and Northern Illinois University Esports proudly announced a new partnership supporting collegiate esports at...
We’re thrilled to announce that the NIU Overwatch Varsity team made the Esports Collegiate Conference playoffs! April 16, 2024, at 7 p.m. CST the 6th...
Continuing our focus on healthy gaming practice, we asked our varsity esports players to share their strategies for healthy game play, and how they prepare...
We asked our varsity esports players to share their strategies for healthy game play, and how they prepare mentally and physically before a match. Here’s...
After being knocked down to the losers’ bracket, NIU’s Varsity Rocket League team knew what they had to do: Win three consecutive matches, two being...