G2 take down Fnatic in amazing LEC finalsG2 Esports are the crowned champions of Europe as they prepare to head to League of Legends World Championship 2019 as the region's first seed. They beat Fnatic again in the finals in another fantastic matchup between the legendary teams.SEPTEMBER 25
LoL World Championship 2019 group draw revealedLeague of Legends World Championship 2019 group draw has been concluded, revealing two groups of death and two that are a bit more tame. Play-in groups are also complete, which could cause upsets in the future.SEPTEMBER 23
League of Legends' LEC participant Splyce to be rebranded in DecemberSplyce, the team that is both a part of League of Legends European Championship (LEC) and one of Europe's representatives at World Championship 2019 will be rebranded in December due to parent company issues.SEPTEMBER 23
Dota 2's renegades are unwanted and banned for 19 yearsValve posted their recent thoughts about Dota 2's problematic players in a wall of text otherwise aimed at the upcoming matchmaking changes. They made it clear such players are unwanted and are receiving hilarious 19-year long bans.SEPTEMBER 19
League of Legends is reworking Shaco againOne of League of Legends' biggest jungle bullies of all time, Shaco, is getting another rework as Riot Games want to reinforce that archetype for the demonic jester. The changes are currently planned to go live in patch 9.20.SEPTEMBER 18
League of Legends concurrent players number finally revealedRiot Games have recently announced a batch of events and streams to celebrate 10 year anniversary of League of Legends which also had an unexpected byproduct - the post included the average concurrent player number which was usually a big secret.SEPTEMBER 18
G2 Esports fined for Wunder's WoW Classic slip up during LEC PlayoffsG2 Esports have been fined €1,000 by Riot Games due to their top laner Wunder apparently having a World of Warcraft Classic tab open during the LEC finals broadcast that happened on 8 September 2019.SEPTEMBER 17
League of Legends World Championship 2019 roster is completeLJL Summer Playoffs have concluded, stamping the name of the 24th and final participating team for League of Legends World Championship 2019. Congratulations to Detonation FM are in order it seems.SEPTEMBER 16
Dota 2 Team Liquid loses its rosterTeam Liquid's Dota 2 roster has left the organisation, following the extremely successful season where the finished as runners up of The International 2019. Now they are striking out on their own.SEPTEMBER 16
League of Legends EU Regionals recapLeague of Legends World Championship roster was nearly completed as LEC Regional Finals concluded. Fnatic and Splyce both earned their spots at the competition, the only question was who would be the #2 seed for Europe.SEPTEMBER 16
LoL event modes will make a return soonRiot Games were met with criticism as League of Legends events lately focused more on monetisation and less on the events themselves. Now it seems like the events will undergo a reversal since the previously missing modes will return.SEPTEMBER 10
FunPlus Phoenix win LPL Summer playoffsFunPlus Phoenix have won LPL Summer Split playoffs by coasting against Royal Never Give Up, guaranteeing their spot in League of Legends World Championship 2019 as #1 Chinese seed. RNG are second, the third is still to be decided.SEPTEMBER 7
Team Liquid takes LCS Summer Split playoffsLeague of Legends World Championship 2019 recently got a few more confirmed participants as Team Liquid won the LCS Summer Split playoffs and directly qualified for the biggest, most lucrative event of the esport year in Riot Games' MOBA.AUGUST 26
Dota 2 The International 2019 recapDota 2 The International 2019 finals concluded with OG winning their second back to back title. They are one really rich organisation now as they picked up the main prize of the largest prize pool in esports history for two years in a row.AUGUST 26
Dota 2 TI9 stream censors some phrasesThe International 2019 is Dota 2's biggest event of the year, this time held in Shanghai, China. Either as a sign of respect or mandatory code of conduct, Valve are censoring certain phrases such as Winnie the Pooh and Tiananmen Square.AUGUST 16
Dota 2 TI9 playoff start date and prize poolThe International 2019 is technically already underway with the group stage but once that concludes, the main event will kick off as players battle it out for the biggest prize in esports history - champions will get at least $15 million.AUGUST 16
Riot may have leaked the next LoL championRiot Games recently updated the Public Beta Environment (PBE) server with upcoming skins that are supposed to go live in patch 9.17 but it looks like they slapped the splash art of an upcoming champion to one of the skins as a placeholder.AUGUST 15
HotS to focus on crossover heroes for nowHeroes of the Storm has been hit when Blizzard cut off the esports part but the game is still pumping out new heroes regularly. Now it seems the developers will focus on heroes from existing franchises in the future, instead of new ones.AUGUST 15
League of Legends gets $1750 stat trackingRiot Games pulled what will probably turn out to be the most infamous monetisation scheme in their history by adding Eternals to League of Legends. It is basically stat tracker with achievements that costs up to $1.750 for all champions.AUGUST 15
Dota 2 putting emphasis on role-based MMRValve have recently announced some controversial changes they will introduce to Dota 2's MMR systems. The first one is that party and solo MMR will no longer be separate, followed by role-based rating for core and support players.AUGUST 7
Teamfight Tactics to prevent repeat match-upsTeamfight Tactics is off to a great start but it has some issues. One of them happens to match the same two players up several times in a row even though other players are still in the game. It will be fixed in an upcoming update.AUGUST 6
LoL Pantheon rework keeps the Man DropPantheon, one of the last remaining pizza-feet champions in League of Legends is about to get his much-needed rework. It will add new things like Spartan kick and helmet removal but keep some iconic parts such as the famous Man-Drop.AUGUST 5
Riot Games developing a fighting gameBoth Riot Games' logo and name will make more sense in the future apparently since Tom Cannon announced a new fighting game that the studio is developing. Both the fist and the plural of "games" will look better once the game comes out.AUGUST 5
TI9 prize pool is now over $30 millionDota 2's main event of the year, The International 2019 has officially become the tournament with the biggest prize pool history, once again. Unlike before where Valve beat their own records, now they beat that of Fortnite World Cup.AUGUST 2