LoL World Championship 2019 group draw revealedLeague of Legends World Championship 2019 group draw has been concluded, revealing two groups of death and two that are a bit more tame. Play-in groups are also complete, which could cause upsets in the future.SEPTEMBER 23
League of Legends' LEC participant Splyce to be rebranded in DecemberSplyce, the team that is both a part of League of Legends European Championship (LEC) and one of Europe's representatives at World Championship 2019 will be rebranded in December due to parent company issues.SEPTEMBER 23
League of Legends is reworking Shaco againOne of League of Legends' biggest jungle bullies of all time, Shaco, is getting another rework as Riot Games want to reinforce that archetype for the demonic jester. The changes are currently planned to go live in patch 9.20.SEPTEMBER 18
League of Legends concurrent players number finally revealedRiot Games have recently announced a batch of events and streams to celebrate 10 year anniversary of League of Legends which also had an unexpected byproduct - the post included the average concurrent player number which was usually a big secret.SEPTEMBER 18
G2 Esports fined for Wunder's WoW Classic slip up during LEC PlayoffsG2 Esports have been fined €1,000 by Riot Games due to their top laner Wunder apparently having a World of Warcraft Classic tab open during the LEC finals broadcast that happened on 8 September 2019.SEPTEMBER 17
League of Legends World Championship 2019 roster is completeLJL Summer Playoffs have concluded, stamping the name of the 24th and final participating team for League of Legends World Championship 2019. Congratulations to Detonation FM are in order it seems.SEPTEMBER 16
League of Legends EU Regionals recapLeague of Legends World Championship roster was nearly completed as LEC Regional Finals concluded. Fnatic and Splyce both earned their spots at the competition, the only question was who would be the #2 seed for Europe.SEPTEMBER 16
Riot Games adding Kai'sa to Teamfight TacticsRiot Games are adding Kai'Sa to Teamfight Tactics in the next patch. The champion is a rather odd one, will fit in several team compositions and she will be a rather jumpy but also ranged tier five unit on the board.SEPTEMBER 12
LoL event modes will make a return soonRiot Games were met with criticism as League of Legends events lately focused more on monetisation and less on the events themselves. Now it seems like the events will undergo a reversal since the previously missing modes will return.SEPTEMBER 10
FunPlus Phoenix win LPL Summer playoffsFunPlus Phoenix have won LPL Summer Split playoffs by coasting against Royal Never Give Up, guaranteeing their spot in League of Legends World Championship 2019 as #1 Chinese seed. RNG are second, the third is still to be decided.SEPTEMBER 7
Three new Little Legends announced for TFTTeamfight Tactics seems to have been a jackpot for Riot Games and they are going full steam ahead with their take on the autobattler genre. The first Beta Pass has come and gone and the next one will arrive with more Little Legends.SEPTEMBER 3
Team Liquid takes LCS Summer Split playoffsLeague of Legends World Championship 2019 recently got a few more confirmed participants as Team Liquid won the LCS Summer Split playoffs and directly qualified for the biggest, most lucrative event of the esport year in Riot Games' MOBA.AUGUST 26
Riot may have leaked the next LoL championRiot Games recently updated the Public Beta Environment (PBE) server with upcoming skins that are supposed to go live in patch 9.17 but it looks like they slapped the splash art of an upcoming champion to one of the skins as a placeholder.AUGUST 15
League of Legends gets $1750 stat trackingRiot Games pulled what will probably turn out to be the most infamous monetisation scheme in their history by adding Eternals to League of Legends. It is basically stat tracker with achievements that costs up to $1.750 for all champions.AUGUST 15
Teamfight Tactics to prevent repeat match-upsTeamfight Tactics is off to a great start but it has some issues. One of them happens to match the same two players up several times in a row even though other players are still in the game. It will be fixed in an upcoming update.AUGUST 6
LoL Pantheon rework keeps the Man DropPantheon, one of the last remaining pizza-feet champions in League of Legends is about to get his much-needed rework. It will add new things like Spartan kick and helmet removal but keep some iconic parts such as the famous Man-Drop.AUGUST 5
Riot Games developing a fighting gameBoth Riot Games' logo and name will make more sense in the future apparently since Tom Cannon announced a new fighting game that the studio is developing. Both the fist and the plural of "games" will look better once the game comes out.AUGUST 5
Teamfight Tactics added as permanent LoL modeRiot Games have confirmed that Teamfight Tactics, their League of Legends auto battler, is now a permanent addition to the game, which means the dev team will be updating it with patches, champions, champion sets and ranked seasons.AUGUST 1
Players prefer TFT ranked system over LoL'sLeague of Legends ranked system consists of many hoops when trying to advance between divisions and even tiers in said divisions. Teamfight Tactics doesn't have any of that, which prompted players to voice their wish to boot the promos.JULY 21
TFT Beta Pass ending soon, new announcedTeamfight Tactics' first Beta Pass is coming to an end at various dates and points in time, based on each server's location. There isn't much to worry about though since a new free Beta Pass has already been announced by Riot Games.JULY 19
TFT Twitch Rivals start time and finalistsTeamfight Tactics Twitch Rivals day one is behind us and day two is bringing us the grand finals on Thursday, 18 July 2019 at 9:00 AM PDT / 6:00 PM CEST. There are 16 players left and it remains to be seen who scores the most cash.JULY 18
Rotterdam saw $2.6 million from LEC SpringLeague of Legends used to be dominated by Asian teams but the recent European power surge brought a lot more attention to the western competitions. One consequence was $2.6 million contributed to Rotterdam after LEC Spring Split finals.JULY 18
League of Legends is under bug attackRiot Games probably hoped to get rid of the bigger part of League of Legends bugs by reworking Mordekaiser but it appears that patch 9.14 opened a floodgate for a massive torrent of bugs, and some of them are fairly game-breaking.JULY 18
League of Legends mobile coming on WeGameTencent 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.JULY 17