Image credit: Clément Alloing Airbus, a european company that designs, manufactures and sells civil and military aircraft, has unexpectedly returned to esports, announcing their sponsorship of new League of Legends team Out Of The Blue. There’s no information on the sponsorship and what that entails yet, as the news broke on Friday …
Read More »League of Legends pro Li ‘Vasilii’ Wei Jun banned after assaulting his girlfriend while livestreaming
Li ‘Vasilii’ Wei Jun, a professional League of Legends player for Newbee, has been fired from his team and banned from playing the game after he livestreamed himself assaulting his girlfriend. Wei Jun was streaming League of Legends last night and his stream captured his girlfriend criticising him for repeatedly …
Read More »Mitch ‘Krepo’ Voorspoels takes coaching role with Schalke 04’s LoL roster
Mitch ‘Krepo’ Voorspoels has been announced as the new head coach of Schalke 04’s League of Legends team, it was revealed Tuesday. Voorspoels is a retired League of Legends pro player, who became a professional caster with Riot Games in 2015. Voorspoels ducked out of casting after nude photos of …
Read More »Esports team Cloud9 receives $25m from funding round from investors including WWE
The sports entertainment company along with an NBA and NHL franchise owner, a baseball player and many others all invested to help Cloud9 improve facilities
Read More »League of Legends World Championships quarterfinals will see western teams facing an uphill battle
The quarterfinal draw for the League of Legends 2017 World Championships has been made, producing a balanced list of competitors for the competition’s knockout bracket. The knockout stage starts on Thursday, October 19, featuring two teams from Europe, one from North America, one from China and three from South Korea. …
Read More »Fnatic make it to League of Legends World Championship quarter finals with a fairytale comeback
Fnatic managed a fairytale comeback yesterday, earning themselves a spot in the quarterfinal of the League of Legends World Championship, coming from a 0-4 first week in Group B to win 4 successive matches, beating a triple tiebreak situation. Fnatic didn’t win a single game in their first week, and …
Read More »Riot founders Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill to return to active game development
The pair are moving away from management roles to "jump back into the trenches"
Read More »NA LCS returning to best-of-one format in 2018
The North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS) has announced a return to the double best-of-one format for its regular season format. Riot switched from best-of-one to a best-of-three series in 2016, claiming that it would give fans more chances to watch their favourites compete. However, Riot have …
Read More »League of Legends’ 7.19 patch arrives today
Riot’s latest batch of changes will roll out to League of Legends today with the arrival of the MOBA’s 7.19 patch. Champions Azir, Xin Zhao and Vayne all undergo reworks, which will hopefully see them return to popularity having fallen out of favour with most players. There are also nerfs …
Read More »League of legends offers charity donations for championship skin purchase
A percentage of Championhip Ashe skin sales will go to three global charities
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