League of Legends: Galatasaray Esports banned for Spring SplitGalatasaray Esports will not be able to participate in Turkish Championship League during the Summer Split 2020 after Riot Games banned the team. This will result in the league running with only nine teams in total, instead of the planned 10.DECEMBER 28
LCK: Still8 and Griffin CEO resignGriffin saga continues with the fallout of cvMax's whistleblowing that caused the team's ridiculous contracts to surface. Still8, the parent company had to divest ownership of Griffin which resulted in CEOs of both companies resigning.DECEMBER 26
KeSPA Cup Elimination round results & Qualifying matchupsBest of three Elimination round for KeSPA Cup is now behind us with mostly no surprises. There is one upset, that could more or less be expected but the Qualifying round should be a treat to watch overall. Here are the results and matchups.DECEMBER 26
Riot Games Korea press charges against DRX coach cvMaxRiot Games Korea seem to have no intention of stopping the campaign against cvMax as they announced they are pressing charges for violence against the whistleblower coach. League of Legends' Korean esports are at an all times high but could end up like Starcraft.DECEMBER 26
Star Guardian Urgot is real, just not in League of LegendsHoliday season is the time for presents but since we are not the Santa and don't know who wanted which present, we could only hope that bringing a unique memory would suffice. Therefore, it is time to remember the Star Guardian Urgot cosplay.DECEMBER 26
LoL Mobile: Wild Rift might have exclusive championsLeague of Legends' console and mobile version, Wild Rift, will have some fundamental changes since it was built from the ground up to conform to the users of inputs that are not mouse and keyboard. It will also differ in champion rosters though.DECEMBER 25
Fix for League of Legends d3dx9_39.dll missing errorDid you maybe reinstall your operating system or League of Legends and now the client runs fine but you can't get into a game because an error pops up saying d3dx9_39.dll is missing? A fix for this issue is unusually hard to find on the internet but it's a matter of simply getting a proper DirectX download.DECEMBER 25
LoL's Aphelios nerfed one week into existenceAphelios is League of Legends' marksman with one of the highest skill ceilings in the game but that didn't stop players from one-shotting entire teams mere days after release. As you can imagine, this was due to overtuned numbers, which have been reduced in a hotfix.DECEMBER 19
League of Legends KeSPA Cup schedule, date, time and groupsLeague of Legends KeSPA Cup has a somewhat unique format as it's group knockout as opposed to round-robin and then knockout stage. We put together the starting date and time for each stage of the tournament as well as knockout group list.DECEMBER 18
League of Legends Season 10 is likely to begin mid-January 2020With League of Legends season 9 coming to an end last month, eyes of many a player are now fixed on the upcoming season 10. Based on how things have been working with Riot's mammoth so far, the new season is likely to start in mid-January.DECEMBER 18
44 million concurrent viewers watched LoL World Championship 2019 finalsLeague of Legends esports continue to pump out record-breaking numbers. This time around it's concurrent viewers of World Championship 2019 that reached a staggering number - 44 million people watched FPX crush European dreams at the same time but this is not the only broken record.DECEMBER 17
FunPlus Phoenix officially sign KhanFunPlus Phoenix, the reigning League of Legends world champions have finally made it official - Khan has transferred from SKT T1 to the Chinese side. Furthermore, GimGoon's future doesn't look too bleak as the player is staying with the team.DECEMBER 16
Singleplayer League of Legends games to come via Riot ForgeRiot Games may have revealed a ton of new games they are working on during the 10th League of Legends anniversary but they seem to be far from stopping. Just recently, Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street announced Riot Forge, a new label that will publish singleplayer third-party LoL games.DECEMBER 6
Chovy turns down Evil Geniuses, follows cvMax to DragonXFollowing Griffin incident, cvMax's ban and subsequent reinstatement, it seems like DragonX's team is finally taking shape. Chovy, former GRF midlaner, refused Evil Geniuses' opulent offer and joined the coach in DRX.DECEMBER 4
League of Legends to get tournaments in Middle East and North AfricaRiot Games might be expanding into Middle East and North Africa with official support in the future but the more immediate and confirmed news is that these two regions will get a tournament in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, starting on 5 December 2019.DECEMBER 4
Riot Games to pay $10 million in class action lawsuit settlementRiot Games ran into a pile of PR trouble after an expose on the company culture which was followed by walkouts and a class action lawsuit. The latter has a nifty $10 million settlement attached to it.DECEMBER 2
Tyler1 Championship Series rules and date laid outTyler "Tyler1" Steinkamp is holding another tournament in 2019. While not the biggest international event, it is the last chance to win one before 2020, on top of being hosted by the embodiment of everything alpha.DECEMBER 2
Lehends leaves Griffin, joins Hanwha Life EsportsGriffin's stay at the top of LCK has been cut short as the player roster is largely leaving the team. Son "Lehends" Si-woo, the team's former support left after Kanavi and joined the not-too-promising Hanwha Life Esports.DECEMBER 2
LoL Aphelios guide: How to play and build the Lunari marksman, Part 1Riot Games are about to drop a marksman equivalent of a Swiss army knife on us in League of Legends patch 9.24 so we put together a guide that will help you understand Aphelios, the champion that requires the most game knowledge to date.DECEMBER 2
LoL Aphelios guide: How to play and build the Lunari marksman, Part 2We had to split Aphelios' guide in two parts. The first one introduces players to weapons, levelling and abilities while part 2 covers items, builds, behaviour (laning phase and team fights) and champion synergies.DECEMBER 2
League of Legends Essence Emporium: Full list of BE ChromasRiot Games continued the tradition of atrocious UI when it comes to the Essence Emporium purchases but the community came to the rescue with a full list of Chromas that can be purchased for the in-game currency.NOVEMBER 29
League of Legends: Diana's rework to fix her pre-6 issuesLeague of Legends' update 9.24 will bring about Aphelios, the Swiss Army Knife of marksmen and he's grabbing all the spotlight. Meanwhile, Diana's rework is creeping up on everyone like moonlight shadow.NOVEMBER 29
Riot hints League of Legends announcers, players demand French RammusLeague of Legends players have been asking for custom announcer voice packs for years now and Riot Games are finally showing first signs of obliging them. It quickly devolved into requests for French Rammus announcer though.NOVEMBER 29
T1's Faker becomes Shanghai Esports Association ambassadorLee "Faker" Sang-hyeok is undoubtedly League of Legends' GOAT but he's not done writing history. He was pronounced Shanghai Esports Association ambassador during an esports event in the city.NOVEMBER 29