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Martin ‘Deficio’ Lynge has been suspended by Riot after an investigation into his relationship with League of Legends team Copenhagen Wolves. Lynge, a broadcaster for the League of Legends Championship Series, was found guilty of tampering” following his receipt of a management job from the Danish team. This in itself …
Read More »Unikrn CEO pledges sponsorship to any pro LCS team with female member
Unikrn CEO Rahul Sood has promised to sponsor any League of Legends team sporting a woman on their roster. The co-founder of the new international eSports betting site made the personal pledge today in a blog post, in which he lamented the lack of women in eSports. "I love the …
Read More »How Riot Games hopes to reform banned League of Legends players
New instant feedback system will identify the negative behaviour that caused the ban, helping gamers avoid future punishment
Read More »Wrist injury forces Hai Lam to retire from Cloud9
League of Legends and eSports star Hai Lam has been forced to retire after failing to recover from a wrist injury. He’ll be hanging around at Cloud9, however, where he will serve as chief gaming officer. I’m very thankful to have had this opportunity to pursue my dreams and become …
Read More »League of Legends developer Riot reveals new LA HQ
Oh, so THIS is what owning the world’s world most popular game pays for? Based just like its current headquarters in Santa Monica, the new offices greets visitors with a selection of player-created League of Legends art along with a huge real-life model of Annie and Tibbers. There are of …
Read More »League of Legends to dominate the MOBA genre through 2016, analyst predicts
A slew of newcomers to the MOBA genre will do little to disrupt League of Legends’ dominance of the sector. That’s according to EEDAR analyst Ed Zhao, who claims on Gamasutra that Riot’s title will continue to command the lion’s share of the MOBA audience through the next 18 months …
Read More »League of Legends Worlds coming to London, Paris, Brussels and Berlin
The 2015 League of Legends World Championships are heading to Europe, and will be filling out stadiums in London, Paris, Brussels and Berlin. Riot Games has announced the venues and dates for this year’s finals, following on from 2014’s South-East Asian tour, which ended in the 2002 World Cup stadium …
Read More »Reddit mods sign League of Legends NDA with Riot
It has emerged that most of the moderation team of the League of Legends subreddit have signed up to a non-disclosure agreement with developer Riot Games. The Daily Dot reports that while Reddit has told mods that signing the NDA is not mandatory, doing so will grant them direct access …
Read More »OPINION: The pitfalls to avoid in eSports documentaries
With the rising cultural phenomenon eSports has become, it’s no wonder there is a rush to explain its many (many) facets to the confused uninitiated. The complex world of competitive gaming is hard enough to keep track of when already inside its mile-high walls, so the intention to produce documentaries …
Read More »League of Legends featuring in Chinese Windows 10 push
League of Legends is being used to accelerate the adoption of Windows 10 in China thanks to a partnership between Microsoft and Tencent. Microsoft has announced that Tencent will create a Windows 10 universal app for their existing QQ app, which currently has over 800m users in China. League of …
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