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League Of Legends

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.
League Of Legends Articles

League of Legends finally getting a tier lower than Bronze

League of Legends' preview of the new Iron Tier which is worse than Bronze
League of Legends' Season 8 World Championship is drawing closer and the season itself to a close. Riot Games have announced ranked changes for Season 9 months ago, but the first preview has come on 19 September 2018, with new tiers.

Riot looking to nerf League of Legends' Zoe in upcoming update

Splash art for Zoe, the Aspect of Twilight in League of Legends
Riot Games' plans to nerf or slightly rework Zoe in patch 8.17 or later down the road have been leaked on a Korean stream. With the changes, every League of Legends player's salt inducing nightmare might become just a bad dream instead.

Riot Games sacks Klein and Lehman, no word about sea lions

Ocelote is crying after his loss in SK vs Fnatic game during IEM Katowice 2013.
Riot Games, developer perhaps best known for League of Legends, announced that they have parted ways with employees Daniel Z. Klein and Mattias Lehman over what Riot perceive as breach of the company's policy on social media conduct.

Hi-Rez CEO pulls a Patrick Söderlund on Realm Royale stream

Cover image for Realm Royale alpha build on Steam
Hi-Rez CEO Erez Goren, usually known as HiRezErez, recently jumped into a streamer's Twitch chat to apparently provide first hand info on how Realm Royale might progress in the future - but ended up telling the streamer to stop playing.

League of Legends support reveals what alters MMR the most

Splash art for Akali, after her rework by Riot Games
Riot Games kept the secrets of League of Legends matchmaking rating (MMR) tightly under wraps for years, but support team may have inadvertently spilled the beans by stating that win/loss ratio is only a secondary parameter in the formula.

Riot Games raise $6.1 million for charity organisations worldwide

Splash art for Dark Star Cho'Gath, a skin for Cho'Gath in League of Legends
Riot Games have posted results from a charity campaign revolving around Dark Star Cho'Gath skin and its associated icons and emotes that the company created in League of Legends as a part of partnership program with Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Riot Games prohibit men attending a panel; critics = 'manbabies'

Picture of Riot Games logo on a black background
Riot Games will be hosting sessions during PAX West on several topics in the industry in order to support women and non-binary people. The goal is noble but execution is wrong, as they apparently decided to fight sexism with more sexism.

Twitch bans a League of Legends streamer due to Korean pronouns

Picture of Nick "LS" De Cesare on the left
League of Legends streamer, coach and overall source of game knowledge, Nick "LS" De Cesare was recently banned from Twitch because his chat spammed "내가" which literally means "I" or "me" in Korean, but sounds like a racial slur in English.

Riot respond to allegations of LOL's esports budget cuts

Esports arena filled with fans of League of Legends
The news of League of Legends's casters not going to Korea for the World Championship 2018 has opened up the floodgates of enquiries and as Riot Games took to reddit to "fight" these allegations, they invariably confirmed the budget cuts.

Nunu & Willump update coming to League of Legends live servers

Splash art for Nunu & Willump after the champion update
Riot Games have scheduled a maintenance for League of Legends at different morning hours of Wednesday, 29 August 2018, depending on the servers' time zones. The update will bring a batch of balance changes as well as Nunu & Willump rework.