Apr 14
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Players who install Valorant, the new first-person shooter from Riot, also add to their computer an anti-cheat…
Apr 7
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Valorant, a game that’s not out yet and that most people can’t play, currently has 1.6 million concurrent viewers on…
Jan 29
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It is a fact somewhat lost to time—though certainly not one Blizzard will ever forget—that the eternally enduring…
Oct 11 2019
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With all the protests going on in Hong Kong, League of Legends casters appear to be avoiding saying the team name…
Aug 22 2019
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Riot says it has reached a settlement with two women who filed a gender discrimination lawsuit late last year. At the time, the women, one current and one former employee, accused Riot of gender-based discrimination and a “men-first” environment that impacted their pay and career advancement. Today, however, Riot…
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Jul 16 2019
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Back in May, League of Legends Championship Series commissioner Chris Greeley gave esports organization Team Echo…
Jul 1 2019
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Last week, Twitch announced a new feature that’s already proven divisive: subscriber-only streams. True to their…
Jun 27 2019
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Teamfight Tactics, Riot’s popular League of Legends-flavored spin on auto chess, the auto battler sensation that’s…
Jun 26 2019
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Rumay “Hafu” Wang’s record is nothing to sneeze at. She’s won multiple major World of Warcraft tournaments, and…
Jun 20 2019
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I had plans, darn it. Grand plans. I was going to go outside, probably. I might have picked a flower. Maybe it…
Oct 19 2018
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The knockout stage of League of Legends’ biggest tournament of the year gets underway this weekend with only eight…
Jun 29 2018
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Some League of Legends players received sensitive private information that belonged to other people earlier this…
Mar 21 2018
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For years now, gaming companies like Riot, Blizzard, and Twitch have been fighting online abuse and harassment in…
Feb 23 2018
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Riot Games revealed the drop rates for League of Legends’ loot crates yesterday, offering transparency for a system…
Dec 8 2017
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In 2013, Riot - Civil Unrest was announced by developer Merge Games and went on to have a successful Indiegogo…
Apr 24 2017
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Since League of Legends migrated their servers from L.A. to Chicago, serious gamers in Hawaii have experienced bad latency, The Outline reported today. Hawaiian gamers are disadvantaged by the lag, and reportedly, there have been no internationally-competing professional Hawaiian LoL players since the switch.
Feb 9 2017
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Today, Riot banned 16 Oceanic League of Legends players for infractions ranging from toxicity to account sharing.…
Dec 16 2016
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Today, League of Legends publisher Riot announced an unprecedented $300 million deal with Major League Baseball…
Nov 13 2016
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A rift between the developers at Riot Games and the competitive scene around their game, League of Legends, has been…
Oct 30 2016
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Samsung Galaxy fought great, but SK Telecom T1 was hands-down the better fighter. And after adding a third…