Would it be a complete disaster if hundreds or thousands of Twitch.tv users controlled a single champion in a League of Legends, similarly to 'Twitch plays Pokémon'? YouTuber shocknickfilms' parody shows us that yes, it would be pretty catastrophic.
Here's YouTuber shockinfilms with a brainy summary of all the League of Legends player types. Many of these types would fit perfectly with other multiplayer games on the PC, too.
League of Legends champion cosplay is always exciting, especially so when the subject is one of the less... humanoid ones. Here's a stunning Thresh, portrayed by Darkgodmaru, who even edited the image, choosing an angle that makes it look like it's an actual screenshot from the game.
Yasuo, a martial artist character with the power of the wind, was added recently to the League of Legends champion roster. And if you play this character properly, he's almost undefeatable in certain situations. Here's Aaron "Bischu" Kim, one of the best players around showing off his skills and the characters'
Marcel "Dexter" Feldkamp, a pro gamer on the League of Legends circuit, landed in Washington on Friday on the way to a tournament in California. It's as far as he got.
Here's a messy, stinky Twitch, ready to ruin a League of Legends pool party. Concept artist and character designer Genevieve Tsai played with the idea giving her favorite League champions cartoony looks and personalities.
The League of Legends division of Korean pro team CJ Entus chose quite an interesting way to greet the new year. Instead of doing montage videos, they have dressed up two of their pros, Madlife and Flame, as League characters Blitzcrank and Ezreal.
Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov is in Seoul to participate in a local sports fair. And since South Korea is the capital of eSports, it was inevitable for him to weigh in on League of Legends and StarCraft, which are essentially the number one rivals of chess.
Don't look now, but League of Legends is one of the biggest games in the world. And that's in spite of the fact that, while appearing simple, it's surprisingly complex, and burdened with one hell of a lexicon.
League of Legends stepped up its game as an eSport in 2013. More than 30 million people watched the World Championship finals, and it became the number one online game in many countries, including South Korea. After such a strong year, it's no surprise a video with the best moments of the season would be intense.
Modding League of Legends characters back into WarCraft III? Cokemonkey proves that even after more than 10 years, the WarCraft III World Editor, grandfather of all MOBA games, is still great, and has absolutely no trouble handling League champions—in particular, Orianna, The Lady of Clockwork.
Would it be possible to transform League of Legends into a JRPG, specifically, Final Fantasy VII? The answer is yes!
Meet League of Legends' newest playable champion: Yasuo, the Unforgiven, a martial artist who uses the power of wind to defeat his opponents. He sure has some pretty exciting skills, especially his wind wall ability, which blocks all enemy projectiles—something that'll likely cause ranged heroes many headaches.
We knew a lot of people were watching SK Telecom T1 battle their way to the Summoner's Cup in League of Legends' Season 3 World Championship, but 32 million? This year's Oscars had 41 million, and that's packed with people paid to make us love them.
China's online game market is breaking sales records year-on-year in the world's most populous nation. In 2013, this market alone is poised to make over $11 billion, according to Gameindustry.biz. But which are country's favorite online games? Let's take a look.
Following the way Riot Games spotlights their League of Legends champions, YouTuber Crazy Boris made a similar flash animation for the main character of King of the Hill, Hank Hill.
Sad news for StarCraft fans, but great news for League of Legends fans. Lee "MarineKing" Jung Hoon, one of the most famous and iconic personalities of the StarCraft eSports scene is stepping away from space battles and entering League of Legends territory.
Jinx, the next addition to the League of Legends roster, looks more like some villain from the DC Universe than one of Riot's champions. And her explosive introductory music video, performed by Agnete from a band called Djerv, further intensifies this.
You have to be in a League of Legends World Championship finalist team to get the attention of devoted fans and get an awesome The Offspring parody song—like this one from The Yordles on YouTube.
What works just fine in DoTA might be problematic in League of Legends, at least according to PlayerPOV's parody video. LoL matches, especially lower ranked ones, are full of flamers and abuse? That's right!
