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
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
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
Ex WoW boss says the FPA is a bad ideaIn case you didn't catch it, gaming industry leaders have recently formed the Fair Play Alliance, dedicating to combating toxicity of online players, but former team lead of Blizzard's World of Warcraft has now called it a "bad idea".MARCH 28
FPA formed to address issue of toxicityMore than 30 gaming companies have congregated in what they dubbed the Fair Play Alliance, so as to combat toxic behaviours of players in online multiplayer games, with their first summit on 21 March 2018 at the Games Developer Conference.MARCH 23
How to get back into competitive gamesRevisiting competitive games after a break shows the decay of your skills like nothing else. Our reflexes are non-existent and our brain processes visual and audio cues at a crawl. So how does one get back into top competitive shape?MARCH 17
Fortnite beats both PUBG and LoL on TwitchEpic's put a lot of effort into Fortnite: Battle Royale and the results are showing. Namely, the game's latest Twitch numbers mean that Fortnite has wiped the floor with PUBG and League of Legends. LOL.MARCH 7
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