Fnatic Rekkles not on Fnatic roster tonightFnatic's star player Rekkles will apparently not be in the roster for the upcoming EU LCS matches as the team director Joey "YoungBuck" Steltenpool announced Bwipo will be the starting "ADC" due to strategic reasons in the latest meta.JUNE 22
Valve are introducing Steam Chat, beta phaseSteam users will soon finally be able to have voice chat on the platform, as Valve have introduced the feature in Steam's client beta. It remains to be seen whether it will gain traction, due to Discord's massive popularity as of late.JUNE 13
Taric rules the mid lane in League of LegendsLeague of Legends is currently in what is probably the worst shape the game has ever been in. Riot Games are struggling to keep any semblance of balance and an actual support being the most successful mid laner testifies to that claim.JUNE 5
TheCynicalBrit is no longer with usJohn Bain, video game critic and YouTuber widely known as TotalBiscuit, TheCynicalBrit or TotalHalibut on the internet has passed away at the age of 33, after a prolonged battle he fought with cancer. The message was relayed by his wife.MAY 25
China is number one in LoL MSI 2018Korea's firm grip on the League of Legends competitive scene has loosened up during MSI 2018, as Kingzone DragonX didn't manage to win the first spot in either group stage or in the final. Meanwhile, congratulations to RNG on first place.MAY 21
Faker's earnings were revealed recentlyHong “YellOw” Jin-ho, a former StarCraft player, has recently revealed how much SKT T1's superstar Faker is earning. We have decided to put up a comparison between League of Legends' most popular player and Fortnite's streamer Ninja.MAY 18
League of Legends will add Parental ApprovalIf you're a League of Legends player from Europe that's younger than 16 years, you may be asked for parental permission by Riot Games in the future. These permissions requests will be handled via e-mail. What could go wrong, right?MAY 16
Pyke from League of Legends sounds familiarRiot Games have teased the next League of Legends champion on their official YouTube channel, where he can be heard talking about taking revenge on people who betrayed him. At first he is growling, but starts sounding familiar later on.MAY 11
Siltbreaker - DOTA 2 getting a multiplayer co-op campaignThis year's International Battle Pass for Dota 2 will be adding a multiplayer cooperative campaign to the game. The first Valve release containing some actual story in a good long while will see the scorching light of day later this month.MAY 9
Battlerite commences its eSports scene soonStunlock Studios' hero brawler is ready to enter the realm of eSports, as they have announced a Pro League is due this weekend. This inaugural event will hopefully propel the game's popularity which it seems to have troubles keeping afloat.APRIL 27
League of Legends will have more tiers in S9Riot Games have updated their blog with the plans for League of Legends' 2019 ranked season changes. It may look a little early to talk about Season 9 now, which prompts one question - why exactly are they announcing the changes so soon?APRIL 26
Return of the Blue Essence EmporiumBlue Essence Emporium is making a return to League of Legends, offering players to empty out all the unused Blue Essence for items that are otherwise available only for Riot Points. On top of it, Riot Games are bringing out new mini icons.APRIL 19
Heroes of the Storm gets a new PTR updateBlizzard's hero brawler gets a new character and some much needed balance changes. For now this is only on the Public Test Realm but it will be hitting live servers soon enough. Players have reported a dwindling playerbase due to imbalance.APRIL 18
Team Liquid reveal their training facilityTeam Liquid have revealed the new Alienware training facility for their League of Legends squad. This happened just in time to host a celebration for their coronation as the NA LCS Spring Champions that happened one day prior.APRIL 10
Boss Key Productions moving onto new projectLawbreakers didn't do so well in it's first year. The development team is aware of the fact that they couldn't capture the audience needed in order for the game to thrive. Greener pastures are on their way maybe as they announce a new game.APRIL 5
Blizzard present the new hero in HOTS on PAXThe team behind Heroes of The Storm reveals the new hero in the game which will be coming soon on PTR servers followed by live servers by the end of the month. They will be talking about universe interactions between other Blizzard titles.APRIL 5
inSec joins Origen for the new seasonFormer LCK and LPL star is joining Origen for the upcoming European Masters tournament which consists of the best team in Europe's minor leagues. This is the first time out of All-Stars matches that two iconic players meet in the same team.APRIL 2
League of Legends Global eSports event announcementRiot Games have announced full dates and venues for all of their major tournaments due in 2018. It appears they are looking to break more records, following the 2017 League of Legends World Championship in China success.FEBRUARY 28
Jax's Counterstrike bug fix didn't work in League of Legends patch 8.4League of Legends bugs are often of the funny kind and other times they're made funny by the community. In this case, the super top laner Hashinshin made the Counterstrike bug into a meme. A less funny fact is that it's not fixed yet.FEBRUARY 27
Riot Games offer a closer look at League of Legends loot boxesRiot Games have released an article detailing drop rates from Hextech Chests in League of Legends. The article seems to be sort of an announcement for their new Masterwork Chests that will be released in an upcoming patch as well.FEBRUARY 24
League of Legends: Vietnam is now an independent competitive regionVietnam got promoted to an independent region when it comes to League of Legends tournaments. This will be important for Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship 2018 as Vietnam will now have their own spot for these tournaments.FEBRUARY 22
League of Legends: Ka'isa, the Daughter of the Void champion previewLeague of Legends fans have been speculating about the potential release of Kassadin's daughter who was previously lost to the Void, and the latest teasers seemed to reaffirm that theory. The latest leak, however, proves it to be correct.FEBRUARY 20
League of Legends' Stopwatch rune is getting a nerf, finallyStopwatch is one of the main culprits behind League of Legends' professional matches slowing down to a crawl. Even Korean teams, once known for super aggressive early game now get frequent hour long games. Riot Meddler shared the upcoming nerf info as well as his thoughts.FEBRUARY 15
League of Legends patch 8.3 survival guideRiot Games has announced server maintenance in order to deploy League of Legends patch 8.3 and if you don't feel like reading the wall of text on their main page, here is a more coherent alternative.FEBRUARY 6