According to a tweet made by League of Legends Pro League reporter, Ran, in a recent press conference, the Chinese government disclosed that they were both putting in full effort to prepare for Worlds and suggesting the LPL resume their season in an online format. Read the story here:
According to a Weibo post translated by Chinese esports journalist, Ran, the LPL will be delayed until further notice. They are currently on break for the Lunar New Year, but the break will continue until the coronavirus is contained. Read more here:
The LoL Esports off-season is over, and with it, drought of competitive play has finally concluded. On January 13th, rain will fall in the form of the first match of the 2020 LPL Spring Split. The opening showdown will feature FunPlus Phoenix, the defending World champion, against 2018 World champion Invictus Gaming.
The Demacia Cup ended last week, but they've found a good starting position for their early season meta. There were 77 champs contested throughout the tournament, here are the best and worst performers.
2020 has an incredible ring to it, and it coincides with League's 10th Season, another great milestone. Not only are there a bunch of new games to be released by Riot and Riot Forge, Summoner's Rif
This year, we say goodbye to Mata, imp, Vizicsacsi, Clearlove, Score, and Wolf. Each Legends in their own right. Read more about their careers here:
RNG have won the 2019 Demacia Cup, playing the entire tournament with new bot laner, Betty, taking down EDG in the finals after 4 games. Read more here on the tournament results:
The Demacia Cup Quarters featured Vici Gaming vs Top Esports and EDG vs Team WE, with Vici and EDG taking the win to advance further into the Knockout Stage. Read more about the games and the rest of the tournament here:
The 2019 Demacia Cup has reached the end of the Group Stage, and all Knockout qualifiers have been decided. Group B is topped by EDG and TES, while Group D sends RW and BLG. They join previous winners in the Knockout Stage starting Christmas. Here is the breakdown.
For everyone out there impatiently waiting for Season 10, the Demacia Cup has arrived to tide you over with a flashy display of LPL talent. Learn about the tournament and it's victors here:
Doinb just represented China all across the globe, winning the second Worlds title in a row for the region, and then he flew to Las Vegas to represent them again at All Stars. Now he has become an LPL resident, and is the first import to gain residency in China.
According to a Bloomberg report shared by G2 Esports themselves, co-founder of the Alibaba Group and owner of the Brooklyn Nets, Joe Tsai, has invested $10 million in G2 Esports. Read more on the story here:
According to a report Monday afternoon by ESPN Esports' Tyler "FionnOnFire" Erzberger, legendary SK Telecom T1 coach Kim "kkOma" Jeong-gyun is moving to China to coach Vici Gaming in the LPL. The report also states that Kim "Kim" Jeong-soo, better known as Coach Kim, is set to replace kkOma and coach SKT in the 2020 LCK season.
Late Saturday night, TSM announced that they will be traveling to Shanghai to bootcamp this December. TSM isn't going to Korea this year, they're visiting the home of the LPL and back to back World Championship Titles. Learn more here:
Another paragon of the LoL Esports scene is hanging up his mouse and keyboard. AD Carry Gu "imp" Seung-bin is retiring from professional League of Legends now that the 2019 season has concluded.
On the 6th (KST), FunPlus Phoenix squared off against Royal Never GIve Up in the 2019 LPL Summer Split finals for the championship trophy in the Mercedez-Benz Arena, located in Shanghai, China.
On the 9th, a Chinese media (https://36kr.com) revealed that Riot Games and Tencent has agreed to a limited partnership (10th). According to the Chinese media, the joint venture between Riot and Tence
On November 15, news surrounding Deft began circulating in the Chinese League of Legends community.
On November 1st 5pm (KST), Riot Games announced the locations for the 2019, 2020, and 2021 League of Legends World Championships.The location for Worlds 2019: Europe."Next year, Worlds will return to
On the 7th, SuperMassive Esports was defeated by G-Rex and unfortunately was unable to continue onto the group stage.Despite winning the first game convincingly, the remainder of the series went south