League of Legends’ resident sexy pirate Miss Fortune and not-so-sexy pirate Gangplank are both getting big makeovers. Riot just pulled back the curtain on both of their new looks and ability sets, and they seem pretty neat! Check them out here and here. YAR!

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The next League of Legends champion is...a catfish? Riot just put out a CGI trailer about a hoarse-voiced monster named “The River King,” following an apparent leak on the game’s Chinese website. Neat! Also: great music.

Calling all League of Legends players: what do you think of Ekko? Cool? OP? Too many similarities to Transistor, or just enough? The time-traveling champ came out this week, and players seem divided on him. So let me know what you think! You can leave a comment, or send me an email at yannick.lejacq@kotaku.com. Read more

Riot just put out a neat and surprisingly moving short comic that details the backstory of League of Legends’ new champion Ekko. You can read the whole thing here. Also: is anyone else getting a strong Transistor vibe from this guy? Read more

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Bard just became available in League of Legends. Quick, go try him out before everyone starts banning him!!

Calling all League of Legends players: how do you feel about Urgot? Is he really that bad? Are you happy Riot is reworking him, or do you think he's fine in his current post-nerf state? I've seen a lot of talk about Urgot, most not very nice. Since he's free right now, I'm hoping to get a better sense of him. Thanks! Read more

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