Rumours have been circulating about a potential League of Legends MMORPG ever since Marc Merrill teased the possibility on Twitter, but confirmation of new games in development only came recently, after alleged disputes with Tencent.

After a particularly sensitive report by Kotaku accused Riot's "bro culture" of making the company an impossible place to work when you're a woman, the developer responded by saying many instances from the report were handled since.

Riot Games have released their next champion roadmap which announced visual and possibly audio reworks for Ezreal, Nunu, Kayle and Morgana, as well as a completely new mage champion. The trio will also get kit reworks, with varying degrees.

Riot Games' balance team is looking to shake things up again in League of Legends. Today's post containing Riot Meddler's thoughts talked about burst damage and how it needs to be addressed via changing items, rather than abilities.

Justin Kranzl confirmed to Variety that Marc "Tryndamere" Merril's tweet asking players whether Riot Games should make a League of Legends themed MMORPG, following map release, turned out to be a joke, even though many hoped otherwise.

Members of Echo Fox Academy were recently involved in a League of Legends griefing incident where they banned their teammates' champions on purpose and impersonated the streamers while doing so. Riot has issued a ruling for the case.

Echo Fox Academy members Tristan "Cake" Côté-Lalumière, Mingyi "Spica" Lu and presumably Joshua "Mabrey" Alan Mabrey intentionally banned main champions for two of their teammates in a ranked League of Legends match, sparking controversy.

Beancounters at SuperData have published their analysis of the esports sector, claiming that publishers, most notably Valve, should take on more proactive roles in setting up and maintaining secondary competitive leagues for their games.

Riot Games have released an interactive map of Runeterra, the place where League of Legends is set, which sparked the ever persistent rumours of a League-themed MMO in the works. Marc Merrill further added fuel to the flame via his Twitter.

Riot Games' parent company Tencent has recently won a lawsuit against Moonton Technology CEO Xu Zhenhua, due to blatant copyright infringement with their game Mobile Legends, which is similar to League of Legends in more ways than one.