League of Legends Articles
Riot Games has announced that it is featuring a charity League of Legends skin will soon go on sale that will see 100% of the sales proceeds sent to "charities around the world". The special Dark Star Cho'Gath skin will be on sale from June 21st to July 20th. The skin was designed by a League of Legends player as part of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
A lengthy blog post has been published on the League of Legends site that provides a first-look at some big changes coming in time for the 2019 competitive season and some tune-ups of the new player system. Most significantly, big changes are coming to ranked play.
Riot Games has unveiled the next Champion coming to League of Legends. She is Kai'Sa, Daughter of the Void. Her basic attacks mark enemies with Plasma that allow for increasingly hard-hitting magic damage bonuses. She also has an ability called "Living Weapon" that "evolves her abilities" based on permanent stats earned through shop items and experience level.
A professional League of Legends player, Kirill "Likkrit" Malofeyev, has retired after being banned by Riot Games for suggesting that teams in CiS nations are not "profitable" for players. His comments were made during a recent live stream and included accusations of unpaid salaries and the inability for teams to go to court for enforcement due to contracts not being recognized as legal, according to Kotaku. Court costs would exceed missing salaries, according to Malofeyev.
League of Legends players can now head into the game to take part in Snowdown 2017, a themed event that brings Naughty & Nice missions to the game as well as new skins, Snowdown capsules, holiday emotes, icons and gifting to the game. Lastly, a new game mode is included called "Snow Battle Arurf".
Zoe is the newest hero launching into League of Legends with the 7.23 update. She's a mage that uses burst magic to take down enemies as well as salvaging an opponent's own spells to use against them. With abilities like "More Sparkles" and "Sleepy Trouble Bubble", it's easy to see that Zoe is a perky little thing.
Team Liquid has sad news for esports fans around the world. The team's Twitter was updated to announce that the League of Legends head coach and long-time esports veteran Dennis "InternetHulk" Hawelka has passed away. According to the post, Hawelka, 30, passed away due to complications stemming from tonsillitis.
Riot Games founders Brandon "Ryze" Beck and Marc "Tryndamere" Merrill have announced that they're returning to the development trenches in an effort, they wrote, to put the "s" in Riot Games, apparently working on something other than League of Legends. Rumors have swirled for years that Riot was working on an MMO.
The League of Legends 2017 World Championship, or "Worlds", is going to be kicking off this week with some of the biggest names in esports from around the world taking place. This year's event will be taking place in China at four locations around the country with the finals held in Beijing. Rank-and-file players can get in on the action too by purchasing themed skins, decals and taking part in a variety of in-game missions. Lastly, Ashe will receive this year's charity skin.
A new reality TV show is going to debut in Australia that is based on League of Legends. Called The Next Gamer, the show will see 40 players duke it out over five days. The winners will ultimately receive $10,000 and a contract with one of the country's top LoL teams.
Riot Games is the latest in a recent series of developers taking on the makers of bots used to cheat in game. Riot has filed suit against LeagueSharp, a third party program for League of Legends that automates game play. According to Kotaku, Riot attempted an out of court settlement, but LeagueSharp representatives never responded to the outreach.
Social systems designer Jeffrey Lin, most recently in charge of reducing the 'vitriol' in League of Legends, has departed Riot Games. In a post on TwitLonger.com, Lin thanks his friend Ghostcrawler and admitted that a passionate community makes the game better.
The League of Legends site has been updated with a new lore piece that provides the backstory for a forthcoming hero named Taliyah. Called 'The Bird and the Branch', the story focuses on a young girl's exile and subsequent use of her powers.
Alert gamers in China have snapped several photos of an elder woman kneeling before and praying to a League of Legends statue outside a local internet cafe. The statue portrays LOL's Garen, though it is assumed that the woman mistook him for Lord Guan, a Chinese general during the Three Kingdoms period.
Riot Games has announced that it has purchased outright a studio called Radiant. Radiant has a game out called Stonehearth and one in development called Rising Thunder. However, Radiant has revealed that development on Rising Thunder will stop and the current alpha will end on March 18th.