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!
YouTuber Elspeth clearly had a lot of fun mimicking the voices of all 115 League of Legends champions—especially when she impersonates the male champs. But all of them are very well done.
The League of Legends World Championships are in full effect, and it's so exciting some fans even go Super Saiyan after seeing their team win.
Can you name all the League of Legends champions above? Turned into 8-bit characters by digital artist Reversesquats, this roster-demake rather resembles Mega Man or Final Fantasy characters from the NES-era than a current-day MOBA.
A Three Kingdoms-based multiplayer online battle arena has long been over due. However, NetEase's attempt at creating a Three Kingdoms MOBA with Heroes of Kingdoms leaves much to be desired.
Streaming League of Legends for 13 hours nonstop was enough for Siv HD, a League of Legends player mostly known for his unorthodox gaming methods
A quite amusing update just went live for Riot's popular online game, in which Janna, one of the game's champions, got reskinned as a legendary meteorologist—with a new voiceover and plenty of funny references.
Last month, Luke brought us this little nugget of gold
Quick update to the League of Legends mess
There are few games that require a "lore" so little as League of Legends. Pick your guy/gal/thing, ,get 'em in a lane, click a lot, give/receive abuse, game over. It's a series as dependent on narrative as a game of poker.
A favourite tool of hackers and other forms of online troublemaker, the DDOS - Distributed Denial of Service - attack is something we see a lot of in video games, whether it be people trying to take down a company's website or even, in some cases, crash the games themselves
In many parts of Asia, there is a job called "beer companion". It's exactly as its name implies. Young women working for a bar or a beer company dress in relatively skimpy outfits to drink with and to entertain bar guests. It's already hit the West
Video games are great for relieving tension and stress; sometimes playing is like an escape from reality. However, for some people, it's hard to return to reality after a long gaming session. One young man in China took his love for League of Legends a little too far.
In online game League of Legends, Demacia is a city-state that stands as a symbol of justice and virtue. In China, it's a restaurant.
The crackdown continues
Continuing a recent crackdown
When you have over 12 million people playing your game every single day
