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Over the next few days will we be releasing part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon. Last time he spoke about Fnatic’s current Dota 2 team while today he jumps into the complex world of League of Legends. League of Legends has …
Read More »Dignitas announces 2017 League of Legends squad
Team Dignitas has revealed its roster for the 2017 League of Legends Spring Split. As previously announced Dignitas has secured Kim "Ssumday" Chan-ho to play in the top lane and Lee "Chaser" Sang-hyun to play in the Jungle. Both players come off good splits over in Korea and are now …
Read More »Cloud9 reveals 2017 LCS roster
Cloud9 has announced its roster for the upcoming North American LCS season. Most of the roster is the same as last split, with Jung "Impact" Eon-yeong, Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen, Zachary "Sneaky" Scuderi and Andy "Smoothie" Ta all returning. The latter three players have all signed new three year contracts, with …
Read More »Milwaukee Bucks co-owner puts his son in charge of new League of Legends team
Earlier in the month it was revealed that Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Wesley Edens has purchased a place in the North American LCS from Cloud9. Now we know that he has put his son in charge of it all. Ryan Edens will be managing the team, which is currently in …
Read More »MLBAM to to stream and monetize League of Legends eSports in $300 million deal
Major League Baseball Advanced Media’s BAMTech division has acquired the streaming rights for League of Legends. The deal will cost MLBAM at least $50 million a year, with the initial deal being secured until 2023. Officially the deal is for the monetisation and commercialisation of League of Legends eSports, although …
Read More »Dignitas sign Ssumday and Chaser for 2017 LoL roster
Team Dignitas has announced that it has signed both Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho and Lee “Chaser” Sang-hyun. Both players will play for the team in the 2017 North American LCS Spring Split, pending Riot’s approval. Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho will be the team’s top laner, and is regarded as one of the …
Read More »FeniX, Solo, Santorin and Rikara are Gold Coin United’s first players
Earlier in the week it was announced that NRG Esports had sold its slot in the North American Challenger Series to J2K Esports and Technology, now the first members of the new team have been revealed. The team from J2K Esports and Technology will be known as Gold Coin United, …
Read More »PSG announce League of Legends roster
Paris Saint-Germain has announced its starting roster for the upcoming EU Challenger Series split. The team will feature Etienne "Steve" Michels in the top lane, Thomas "Kirei" Yuen in the Jungle, Jin "Blanc" Seong-min in mid, Hampus "sprattel" Mikael Abrahamsson as the support and Na "Pilot" Woo-hyung as the AD …
Read More »NA LCS prize pool increased, relegation tweaked
Riot Games has revealed the changes coming to the North American LCS in 2017, and there isn’t all that much different. The big talking point in that relegation has been tweaked, just like in Europe, so that only the bottom two teams will have to play in the promotion tournament. …
Read More »EU LCS goes to best of threes, has a new group stage format
Riot Games has announced the new format and broadcast schedule for the European LCS in 2017. The big news is that after just one split playing best of twos the EU LCS will now transition to best of threes, which the NA LCS tried out last year. Riot said that …
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