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League Of Legends Designer Explains Why It Takes So Long To Fix Stuff
Despite being a very fun game, there are many, many things in League of Legends that desperately need to be fixed, improved upon, or added in the first place. A key figure at League’s development studio Riot wants the game’s tens of millions of fans to know that delays for crucial improvements aren’t the result…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 27, 2015 -
CultureNever Stop Rapping Over Nintendo Soundtracks, Drake
The past few days have been hugely important for the Drake fans among us. They’ve been even more hugely important for the Nintendo game-loving Drake fans among us. The weekend was a major event for the latter group because, as Kill Screen editor Clayton Purdom notedthis morning, it’s the second time this year that the…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 27, 2015 -
Esports
League Of Legends Team Sets New Record For First Undefeated Season
The European League of Legends pro team Fnatic just set a world record by becoming the first team in League Championship Series (LCS) history to win every game in an entirely season’s split. Nobody’s ever gone a full 18-0 before. Amazing! Fnatic finished its winning game against rival EU LCS team Unicorns of Love just…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 24, 2015 -
“It just boils down to what kind of meta we want to see.” Avid Smash Bros. player and YouTuber Omni makes a strong case for not allowing custom moves in the game’s tournaments in the aftermath of EVO accepting them last weekend. I guess this means the debate is officially not settled yet!
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 24, 2015 -
League Of Legends Is Buffing Its Master Troll Champion Teemo
Ladies and gentleman, it’s time to panic. Teemo, theundisputed king of troll champions inLeague of Legends thanks to his infuriating poison attacks that’ve caused many a painful and infuriating death for his opponents, is getting a few adjustments that are expected to make the cute and deadly creature more powerful in a few key ways.…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 24, 2015 -
Esports
Suspended League Of Legends Pro Admits He Leveled An Account For Money
Following his suspension for the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) earlier this week due to allegations that he’d leveled another player’s account for $1,300, professional League player Yu “XiaoWeiXiao” Xian has come clean. He says he didn’t realize he was committing a “severe” offense. Xian’s team, Team Impulse, issued a statement last night confirming…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 24, 2015 -
Street Fighter V Beta Taken Offline Immediately After Launching
Intended to launch yesterday on the PS4, the highly anticipated beta for Street Fighter V suffered an inauspicious debut last night. Now it looks like it’ll be a while before the beta gets fully up and running again. Or ever get up and running, really. The game’s servers were deactivated barely an hour after the…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 24, 2015 -
League Of Legends Changes Champion’s Looks, Fans Flip Out
Changing a playable character in League of Legends runs the risk of offending at least part of the online multiplayer game’s tens of millions of players. But I’m not sure development studio Riot Games could’ve predicted what set off fans this week: a slight alteration to a woman’s cheekbones. Oh, and her bangs. The owner…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 23, 2015 -
Esports
Here’s an interesting nugget of League of Legends eSports information: GameSpot interviewed a bunch of North American pro players and found that an overwhelming majority would prefer the League Championship Series (LCS) format be changed to best of two games, rather than best of one. I think they all have a point.
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 23, 2015 -
Heroes Of The Storm’s New Skeleton Warrior Has A Great Strut
When you play game after game of a MOBA like Heroes of the Storm, you start to appreciate the tiniest little details of how a character looks and feels. Still, I’d never really focused on the nuances of a hero’s gait until yesterday when King Leoric arrived inHOTS. Leoric is a long-time villain from Blizzard’s…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 23, 2015 -
Esports
League Of Legends Pro Suspended For Allegedly Leveling Accounts For Cash
Professional League of Legends player Yu “XiaoWeiXiao” Xian was suspended from the game’s ongoing championship series today as Riot began an investigation into allegations that he played on other people’s accounts to help level them up in exchange for money. This process of paying another, more highly skilled League player to take control of an…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 22, 2015 -
The New Heroes of the Storm Character Never Really Dies
The undead skeleton king Leoric arrived in Blizzard’s new MOBA Heroes of the Storm last night as a playable warrior character. Living up to his namesake, the iconic villain from Diablo really is undead. As in: even when you kill him, he just keeps on fighting in ghost form. This is both awesome and terrifying.…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 22, 2015 -
League Of Legends Is Getting A Pirate-Themed Makeover
YAR! A massive pirate invasion hit Riot’s popular multiplayer game League of Legends last night. And by the developer’s description, there are only going to be more pirates to come in the next few weeks. Thankfully, these are the good kind of pirates. League of Legends seasonal campaign kicked off last night with the 5.14…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 22, 2015 -
Zeratul Player Saves Heroes Of The Storm Team From Certain Defeat
Maybe I should be embarrassed to admit this, but I’ve played more than 150 Heroes of the Storm games as Zeratul and it somehow never occurred to me during those many, many hours spent with the badass StarCraft II assassin that I could save my team from the outermost brink of defeat. Or at least…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 20, 2015 -
League Of Legends’ Main Map In All Its Glory
Reddit-goer and League of Legends-playing hero Redback93 stitched together a gigantic image of Summoner’s Rift, the central map in Riot’s popular online multiplayer game, using images snagged from its website. It’s a real treat to behold so much wonderfully granular detail. Dang. I’ve never seen anything outside of the game itself that actually represents its…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 20, 2015 -
The Battle Over Smash Bros. Custom Moves Comes To A Head This Weekend
If you talk to Smash Bros. players right now, they’ll tell you there’s a war going on over the Wii U game’s custom moves. The next front will be waged this weekend at EVO, because it’s the first major fighting game tournament that’s made them legal. Custom moves are a new feature Nintendo added to…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 17, 2015 -
EsportsGanging Up On A League Of Legends Pro Is Never A Good Idea
Oh man. I bet these two League of Legends players thought they were being so clever, teaming up at the very beginning of the match to jump into top lane and surprise their opponent who was all alone up there. The would-be ambushers should have checked the in-game handle of their target more carefully, because…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 16, 2015
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