Our latest coverage of League of Legends.
Riot Games’ widely-popular MOBA, League of Legends, is getting a fresh addition to its roster with the official debut of Rell, the Iron Maiden early next month. “The product of brutal experimentation at the hands of the Black Rose, Rell is a defiant, living weapon determined to topple Noxus. Her childhood was one of misery and horror, enduring unspeakable procedures [...]
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Another day means another round of COVID-19 related news. Today, we’ve got news from GDC, League of Legends, and Gamigo. First on the list is Informa Tech’s announcement that the cancelled Game Developers Conference has been rescheduled for August and will be called GDC Summer. The event will run from August 4th to August 6th at the Moscone Center in [...]
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Riot Games made a number of huge game reveals during yesterday’s League of Legends 10th anniversary event. First on the list is a new 5vs5 mobile MOBA called League of Legends Wild Rift. The mobile game is expected to launch sometime in 2020 and will feature familiar characters and game mechanics with a new map, faster matches, and revamped controls [...]
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October 2019 marks the 10th anniversary of Riot Games’ MOBA League of Legends. To celebrate the occasion, Riot will be holding an anniversary event later today featuring a variety of activities and livestreams and the unveiling of the new LoL logo. In a tweet earlier today, eSport commentator Rod “Slasher” Breslau revealed that the studio will reportedly be announcing a [...]
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Despite 10 years old, League of Legends is still the world's most successful PC game, regularly taking the #1 spot on SuperdataResearch's highest grossing PC games list. While we haven't seen any official stats from Riot Games in sometime, they did come out today and say that the game hits 8 million peak concurrent players daily. Every day we see [...]
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Riot Games is kicking things into high gear when it comes to marketing League of Legends as they enter into a promotional partnership with Twitch Prime to shine the spotlight on the popular MOBA. From today until August 28th, Twitch Prime subscribers with League of Legends accounts will be able to claim four months’ worth of LoL in-game goodies valued [...]
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SuperData Research released their November 2018 Worldwide Digital Games Market report this last week and League of Legends retook the #1 spot as the highest grossing PC game. Pokemon GO also overtook Honor of Kings (Arena of Valor in the West) as the #1 mobile game for November. Take a look at the data below: Superdata also released some other [...]
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Earlier this month Kotaku published an investigative piece uncovering a culture of sexism at Riot Games. Interviews with dozens of current and former employees painted Riot Games as a hostile work environment for women. In the weeks following the Kotaku piece, several other former employees, including Barry Hawkins, have gone public with their own stories. On August 29, Riot Games [...]
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This Asian Games 2018 is the official debut of Esports at a mainstream sporting event, running from August 26th to September 1st, the five day demonstration event showcases top Asian Esports talents representing their country in the industry's most popular games. Games that were chosen for the much hyped event include Arena of Valor, Clash Royale, Hearthstone, League of Legends, [...]
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Its not easy being king. League of Legends, and the studio behind the hit MOBA, Riot Games have been a major leading force in the gaming industry for years. This week, the legendary studio finds itself under assault. One broadside against Riot Games is a lengthy investigative piece by Kotaku alleging rampant sexism at the studio's offices across the world. [...]
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