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Bilibili and LoL Esports reach strategic partnership in China

The following has been sent to Inven Global as a press release. SHANGHAI - Aug. 3, 2020- Bilibili and LoL Esports, the global League of Legends esports arm of Riot Games, have reached a strategic...

Nisqy on Cloud9's recent slump: "I think it's our read on the meta that is a bit off."

▲ Photo by Oshin Tudayan for Riot Games Cloud9 suffered an 0-2 week to Golden Guardians and TSM in Week 8 of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Spring Split. After dominating most of 2020...

Golden Guardians Damonte: "If we can keep this rolling, we can easily go to Worlds."

▲ Image Source: Riot Games Golden Guardians locked Playoffs after their win over Cloud9 in Week 8 of the League Championship Series Summer Split, and later locked top six after their win over CLG the...

LEC Teams show LGBTQIA+ Pride on broadcast

League of Legends community had quickly tainted its reputation by partnering with an entity that has "rampant disregard of human rights". With an outcry from the LoL Esports fanbase, Rioters, and cast...

[Official] Riot Games will host Worlds 2020 entirely within Shanghai, Finals on Oct. 31st

▲ Image Source: Riot Games Friday night shortly after the League Championship Series concluded its matches, Riot Games officially announced they'd be holding the 2020 World Championship entirely...

Cloud9's losses are a blessing in disguise

. Blaber probably would have preferred Olaf here, but 100 Thieves Jungler Juan "Contractz" Garcia took the Berserker and wiped the floor with the Spring Split MVP. ▲ Photo by Tina Jo for Riot Games...

Rogue qualifies for 2020 LEC Summer Playoffs after defeating Fnatic

▲ Photo by Michal Konkol for Riot Games In week 7, day 1 of the 2020 League of Legends European Championship Summer Split, Rogue qualified for the post-season by defeating Fnatic to secure its 11th...

The LEC Broadcast crew put their jobs on the line to combat the Neom partnership

yesterday. Upon publication of said partnership, the entire LEC broadcast crew, along with many other Rioters and much of the League community worldwide, shared their disappointment in the Saudi Arabian...

[UPDATED 7/30] LEC ends Neom partnership; teams had no say in the deal

▲ Photo by Michal Konkol for Riot Games Earlier today the LEC announced a new partnership with Neom. After an immense amount of backlash and criticism from both Riot employees and the community, Riot...

"On blood and bones": The truth behind Neom, LEC's short-lived partner

The irony was lost on the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), when on July 29, still bearing their Pride-colored avatar, Riot Games announced the Saudi Arabian city of Neom as main sponsor...

Medic to step back from broadcast for week 7 of 2020 LEC Summer Split

▲ Photo by Michal Konkol for Riot Games League of Legends European Championship Play-by-play Caster Aaron "Medic" Chamberlain will be taking the week off for week 7 of the 2020 LEC Summer Split...

Prepare your wallets, League of Legends fans... Spirit Blossom merch is here!

, but also a brand new merch line featuring from hoodies to figurines. Riot Games has locked the aim on our wallets, introducing the Spirit Blossom clothing collection. The pieces featured include two...

[Updated 7/29] Most applicants pass initial evaluation for LCK franchising: Who will be the winners?

applied for the franchising have passed the initial evaluation, though Riot Games did not specify which succeeded and which failed. The second evaluation based on a presentation will commence this week...

[SOURCES] Rioters on the LEC Neom deal: “No one yet has said a word about being in support of this deal.”

The League Championship Series and Riot Games had a tumultuous Wednesday, after announcing a highly controversial partnership with Saudi Arabian city-company, Neom. Fourteen hours after the

Rioters worldwide denounce the new LEC partnership with Neom

▲ Image Source: Riot Games Early July 29th, the LEC announced a new main partner, Neom, a city-company in Saudi Arabia. Almost immediately, members of the LEC spoke out against the partnership...

Fnatic Bwipo: "Don't ever make yourself believe that you aren't good enough"

Image Source: Riot Games The 2020 Summer Split of the League of Legends European Championship is certainly not one to be forgotten. In the league where everyone beats everyone, teams who were on top...

[Cartoon] "Feelin' Blue" An 11-year old cannon minion bug finally comes to light

Today’s cartoon is about the different auto attack range of blue and red cannon minions, which is a bug that no user and even developers at Riot knew about for the longest time. For League of Legends...

“A card game without an esport is like football without championships”: LoR #1 player Ultraman on meta, esports, and work ethic

Photo by: Ultraman In the small world of Legends of Runeterra, Riot Games’ League of Legends-inspired digital card game, a couple of names dominate the popularity billboards. On Twitch, the likes of...

League of Legends Patch 10.16 preview is here, aimed to diversify pro play

▲ Art by Riot Games Riot Games dev, Mark Yetter, has just released the next patch preview for League of Legends, aimed to bring some diversity to the professional meta before Playoffs and Worlds in...

The five Runeterra top tier ladder decks that rule the Patch 1.6 meta

Artwork by: Riot Games Legends of Runeterra Patch 1.6 delivered a heap of nerfs that dramatically shook the meta, both on ladder and in tournaments. Nerfs to Crimson Disciple and Legion Grenadier...