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League of Legends is a MOBA developed and published by Riot Games. The main goal of the game is to destroy the enemy Nexus while players take the role of "champions" who have different skills and abilities.

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League of Legends mobile is going live on Tencent's WeGame soon

Splash art for Thresh, the Chain Warden from League of Legends.

Tencent introduced the first-ever iteration of League of Legends on mobile devices through their streaming platform, WeGame. Unfortunately, it isn't all it's cracked up to be since you will still need to actually run the game from a PC.

Project Pyke spearheads the new cyberpunk League of Legends skins

Picture of Project Pyke, Irelia, Jinx and Akali

Riot Games recently started teasing more Project skins for League of Legends, eventually resulting in a trailer that showed abilities, animations and other effects for the five champions that will get them. Pyke will get a legendary skin.

League of Legends patch brings Death Recap & ally chat options

League of Legends champion Ka'isa splash art shows a woman in armor in shades of black and violet

League of Legends is less than pleasant place most of the time for players who are not used to online toxicity and Riot Games are giving them more options to deal with it in patch 9.14 along with the overhauled Death Recap feature.

League of Legends view time overtakes Fortnite's on Twitch

League of Legends has once again become the most watched game on Twitch.tv following a period of Fortnite domination. Epic Games' battle royale is losing popularity rapidly and it seems to show on live stream watched hours as well.

League of Legends Clash mode returns to PBE at a wrong time

Promotional image for Clash in League of Legends

League of Legends players have been patiently waiting for the return of Clash and it seems the time will come soon. Public Beta Environment (PBE) will be updated on 2 July 2019 for another round of Clash testing with a new format.

Account boosting is now officially illegal in Korea

Picture of Jeong "Apdo" Sang-gil at a press event

Account boosting is an issue in just about any competitive video game and South Korea is the first country to start regulating it. Account boosters can now face up to two years in prison as well as fines depending on the crime severity.

Teamfight Tactics caused quite a ruckus on launch day

Picture of the draft pick from Teamfight Tactics

Riot Games' take on Auto Chess, Teamfight Tactics, caused quite a ruckus on 27 June 2019 because the developers apparently thought it would be a good idea to integrate it into one of the most played games in the world as a side mode.

League of Legends patch 9.14 to deploy one week later than usual

Picture of Mordekaiser splash art in League fo Legends

Riot Games usually stick to a two-week patch cycle but three-week cycles happen now and then. League of Legends patch 9.14 will be caught by one of those cycles but it is not really weird to see since it will bring major content updates.

League of Legends unavailable in Iran & Syria due to US sanctions

Splash art for Amumu, a sad champion in League of Legends

League of Legends players from Iran and Syria can't access the game anymore. This is apparently not Riot Games' decision, but rather a result of the US government's sanctions against the latter two governments due to increased tension.

Some League of Legends streamers get preferential treatment

Riot Games walked into a PR problem after they banned one streamer following a report from a bigger streamer. League of Legends community split in support for each side but the controversy brought Riot's preferential treatment to light.