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TSM returns to Worlds, Cloud9 misses for the first time in org history

▲ Image Source: Riot Games After two back to back years of TSM missing Worlds, they make their return, making their climb through the losers bracket of the League Championship Series 2020 Summer...

FNC vs G2 peaked at 900K viewers, breaking an LEC record

▲ Image Source: Riot Games Everyone who watches professional League of Legends knows the history of G2 Esports vs Fnatic, and as always, their most recent series didn't fail to disappoint! Fnatic...

A TL;DR guide to the PCS Summer Playoffs: The best teams and their key players

Image by Riot Games This is a guest column by EKratz. Follow him on Twitter @DynamoKratz. For me, there’s no answer to the question “what is your favorite league?”. I just know that PCS is fighting...

Next League of Legends champion, Samira, revealed on PBE

Thanks to Surrender at 20and moobeat, the newest upcoming League of Legends champ, Samira, has been revealed. Riot has not yet officially announced her, but has been teasing her in game, with hidden...

C9 Licorice: "After the games against FLY we realized we maybe weren't that good at playing slowly..."

▲ Photo by Oshin Tudayan for Riot Games At first glance, Cloud9’s 3-0 elimination of Evil Geniuses in the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Summer Playoffs might seem like the

Tactical wins LCS Rookie of the Year

▲ Image Source: Riot Games The region known for its lack of scouting and talent development and voracious importing actually saw a good handful of rookies join the scene in 2020. Most came into the...

Riot Games announces 10 preferred teams for the LCK franchising

On the 28th (KST), Riot Games announced 10 preferred teams for the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) franchising. The expected teams such as T1, Gen.G, etc were on the list while SeolHaeOne...

Riot Korea unveils the 'behind the scenes' video of K/DA's newest single, 'The Baddest' (ft. (G)-IDLE)

▲Akali, a champion that Soyeon of (G)-IDLE represents(Source: Riot Games) Following the incredible success from the music project, “K/DA”, and their hit song, “POP/STARS” in 2018, they recently...

[LEC Summer Playoffs] How the G2 Esports and Fnatic resurgences stopped a change of guard in the LEC

▲ Photo by Michal Konkol for Riot Games When the 2020 League of Legends European Championship (LEC) Summer Split concluded two weeks ago, it looked as though a new era had begun in EU LoL esports...

K/DA's newest single, The Baddest, is here!

the franchise so far. Riot Games has successfully launched its newest music video to nearly 180,000 viewers live on YouTube premiere. With the participation of (G)-IDLE artists Soyeon and Miyeon...

K/DA’s newest single “The Baddest” features (G)-IDLE, Wolftyla and Bea Miller

Image Source: Riot Games Riot Games has announced that League of Legends’ most popular musical project K/DA is coming back to release a new track. The single is set to be revealed today, August 27...

While everyone plays Targon, Chimpansliver hits world-first Master with the old Swain/TF deck in Legends of Runeterra

Artwork by Riot Games Legends of Runeterra's newest expansion, Call of the Mountain, ushered the arrival of the eighth region in the game — Targon. Naturally, every top player went on to brew with...

17 champions, new mechanics revealed for Teamfight Tactics: Fates

▲ Garen has returned as a standalone unit in Teamfight Tactics: Fates. Image source: Riot Games On Wednesday afternoon, Riot Games shared a blog post detailing information related to their auto chess...

[GUIDE] Six decks from top players to try in Legends of Runeterra Call of the Mountain

Artwork by Riot Games Legends of Runterra's Call of the Mountain expansion has been released and the race to be the world-first to Master has begun. But what are the best players in the game using...

Hylissang talks about Fnatic's resurgence: "Leave ego aside [...], see the team as your friends, rather than just players"

Photo by Michal Konkol for Riot Games Fnatic defeated Rogue this past weekend at the 2020 League of Legends European Championship Summer Playoffs, qualifying for Worlds, right after G2 Esports made...

[TMI Interview] JDG Kanavi: "You react faster when your Flash is on D."

▲ Source: Riot Games China After Seo “Kanavi” Jin-hyeok rejoined JD Gaming in November of 2019, the team became a totally different team. From placing 10th place in the 2019 LPL Summer split to...

FlyQuest IgNar: "I just want to shout out Wildturtle's mentality... He never gave up."

was totally fine. Everyone was saying, "We can beat them, the enemy is trolling." ▲ Image Source: Riot Games So let's talk about you and your playstyle. It's a bit different than other supports - you...

Esports BAR+ Americas will create discussion around developer impact on future of esports

is League of Legends developer Riot Games' VALORANT. The tactical shooter was released on June 2nd, 2020, but professional player signings by esports organizations for their VALORANT teams began as...

Legends of Runeterra Patch 1.8 launches Call of the Mountain and nerfs meta's best deck

Artwork by Riot Games Legends of Runeterra Patch 1.8 is coming August 26, 11:00 PT (20:00 CET) and with it a new expansion, Call of the Mountain, a slew ofmajor changes to the game.Let's take a look...

[Interview] Meet Jonnastrong, the main observer of the LCK: "An observer is like a cameraman plus director."

working as an LCK observer while working in the company. That’s how I first became an observer. When the LCK production was going over to Riot Games, I heard that I would be moving together. One of the...