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Meteos: "I had a good amount of offers this off-season, but 100 Thieves stood out to me the most."

▲ Photo by Tina Jo for Riot Games 100 Thieves won its fifth game of the season on week 6, day 1 of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Spring Split. Behind the Rek'Sai of Jungler William...

Apollo to start for Immortals in week 6 of 2020 LCS Spring Split

▲ Photo by Paul de Leon for Riot Games Immortals Academy AD Carry Apollo "Apollo" Price is being promoted for week 6 of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Spring Split. Apollo will be taking the...

TL Jensen: "All of the problems we had are pretty clear to us now."

▲ Photo by Paul de Leon for Riot Games After 10 games in the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Spring Split, Team Liquid currently sits in a four-way tie for 6th place alongside 100 Thieves...

Riot updates on ranked matchmaking. From autofill to punishing inters, what to expect in 2020

▲ Graphic Source: Riot Games In their most recent dev blog, Riot devs laid out their roadmap for 2020, including tweaks for matchmaking, punishments/bans, MMR transparency, etc. They're also...

Swag retires from pro CS:GO, will become “best in the world” at Project A

to pursue Riot’s Project A upon its release. As a result, he has stepped down from Swole Patrol’s roster. “I have decided to take a step back from competitive Counter-Strike,” Swag said on Twitter...

LPL to resume on March 9th, games to be played online

▲ Image source: Riot Games The 2020 League of Legends Pro League (LPL) Spring Split schedule that had been delayed indefinitely will resume on the 9th of March. The LPL announced today on their...

LCS expands viewership measurement partnership with Nielsen

new industry standard for viewership reporting — average minute audience (AMA). Head of Esports Partnerships and Business Development for North America at Riot Games Matthew Archambault had this to...

LEC Medic talks life changes and dealing with stress: "I live by the philosophy that you shouldn’t really regret any decision you make"

always wanted to do casting, even applied during medical school to Riot and ended up getting rejected. I think it definitely was an impulse decision, but it was the right impulse decision, so I made...

Schalke 04 Innaxe: ”I see five people and the coach versus the problem, rather than me versus everyone else as the problem”

Photo by Michal Konkol for Riot Games Nihat "Innaxe" Aliev is the newest addition to Schalke 04, joining in as Bot Laner, substituting the highly anticipated and biggest let down of the season...

LPL, LCK, and MSI…? The fear of the coronavirus shadowing over LoL Esports

gloomy. As the threat alert level was raised to the highest in Korea, the press room has been temporarily shut down starting this week. All situations are unprecedented in the LCK. Riot Games has delayed...

The LJL will play the remainder of its Spring Split without spectators due to coronavirus

Image Source: Riot Games COVID-19, more commonly known as the coronavirus, continues to haunt the League of Legends esports scene. After the indefinite pause on the League of Legends Pro League in...

Teddy reaches the 1,000-kill milestone in the LCK

2,000th kill. ▲ Image source: Riot Games LCK 1,000 Kills Milestone Faker Score PraY Smeb Bang Kuro Ambition Sangyoon Deft Teddy

In the first B-patch in weeks, Riot Games nerfs Shadows in Teamfight Tactics

Image Source: Riot Games Teamfight Tactics is in a strange, pre-rotation state at the moment. While the gameplay itself is in a pretty good state and the meta generally is pretty diverse, most TFT...

New traits, origins, champions revealed for Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies

▲ Xayah has found her way into Teamfight Tactics. Image Sources: Riot Games Last week, Riot Games introduced Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies, the auto chess title's third set of content. On Wednesday...

Riot delays Mid-Season Invitational announcement due to Coronavirus

Fans have been waiting for the location of the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational to be announced, but it seems that they’ll have to keep waiting a while longer. Riot has said that the

G2 Esports GrabbZ: “It’s always good to feel threatened”

Photo by Michal Konkol for Riot Games G2 Esports coach Fabian "GrabbZ" Lohmann talked to Lara Lunardi at the League of Legends European Championship about the importance of giving players time to...

Contrary to what the League of Legends community speculated, Riot Games Turkey was not censoring the TCL crowd last weekend

▲ Berkay "Zeitnot" Aşıkuzun.Image Source: Riot Games The past few days have been tumultuous within the Turkish League of Legends scene. On Sunday, support player Mustafa Kemal "Dumbledoge" Gökseloğlu...

Vitality Duke talks about the players' struggles through the LEC: "The first losses added up on them and at some point they just lost trust in themselves"

Photo by Michal Konkol for Riot Games Vitality has secured its first win of the split during the fifth weekend of the League of Legends European Championship, avoiding the so feared 0-18. Coach...

Riot Korea advises all members on site to be self-quarantined until further notice; hostess sent to hospital due to fever

Riot Korea is calling on everyone who was present at the League of Legends Champions Korea studio at LoL Park today to go home and not leave until further notice, after LCK announcer Kim Min-ah was...

C9 Vulcan: "We expected to be strong, but we also expected to have more competition for 1st place."

▲ Photo by Colin Young-Wolff for Riot Games Cloud9 kept on rolling after a perfect first round robin, securing its 10th win of the season in its second meeting with Immortals in the 2020 League of...