On the 26th, Invictus Gaming took down Griffin in the first quarterfinal match of the 2019 LoL World Championship. IG’s Top laner , Kang "TheShy" Seung-lok, joined Sjokz and Jeesun Park in the official Riot Games English broadcast for the post-match interview to share his thoughts about the victory.
The 2018 World Champions, Invictus Gaming, are silencing the dissenters after a near 3-0 sweep against the Korean second seed, Griffin, in the Quarterfinals in Madrid.
The very first matchup of the Worlds 2019 Knockout Stage will feature Griffin, the #2 seed from South Korea's LCK, and Invictus Gaming, the #3 seed from China's LPL and the defending World Champion.
The first best-of-five matchup is mere hours away, so let's take a look over what's been set for the Quarterfinals of Worlds 2019.
Whatever the reasons are for Team Liquid and NA's overall failure to make it out of groups, it is unacceptable. No matter what the problem was. But this isn't just a Liquid problem, this is an NA problem, and it needs to change.
Every year since 2005, tens of thousands of gaming enthusiasts travel from around the world to California to experience BlizzCon. There are few places like it on earth. From cosplayers posing for photos to hundreds standing in line to try out the newest demos to a sea of fans listening to Activision Blizzard executives announce what's the come for their company, it's a gaming utopia for many. As BlizzCon is scheduled to kick off next Friday, November 1 at the Anaheim Convention Center, Inven Global decided to look at what's been revealed, hinted at and leaked thus far in terms of potential upcoming announcements.
Riot Games is doubling down on the hype generated by the announcement of Teamfight Tactics' Rise of the Elements event. In partnership with Red Bull, sixteen of the autobattler's most famous personali
Yoon ‘Justice’ Seok-joon, the sub Mid laner for SANDBOX announced his retirement, and Coach Lim ‘Comet’ Hye-sung and Lee ‘Dragon’ Jun-yong have mutually parted ways with SANDBOX.
Let's check in on champion presence and make some predictions for the Knockout Stage. Bans! This has been the most diverse Worlds so far, but Knockouts always change though. Who will they focus on?
Why was Syndra considered so strong in the first place, and what in the world happened in the Group Stage to cause her sudden disappearance from the forefront of the Worlds meta?
It's no secret that Pantheon is a problem. He has been banned in all but one single Play-In Stage game, and was, of course, immediately first picked and won the game. But this has been problematic before, and it needs to be fixed.
At international events, there are always exciting narratives. There are also always stories writers want to write, but can't. Here are the stories we never told - the stories we wanted to tell, but couldn't.
On the 25th (KST), Jin Air Green Wings have announced that they have mutually parted ways with the head coach of the League of Legends squad, Han 'H Dragon' Sang-yong.
Now that the Worlds 2019 Group Stage has concluded, it's time to see who performed the best amongst their peers in their respective roles. This is Inven Global's Worlds 2019 Group Stage All-Pro Team.
I've complained about it countless times, how does one choose a single MVP out of all the best players in the World? It's easy! Just choose Faker! Read why Faker deserves the title this time and who was on his heels.
How does it feel to be on the desk for this Worlds specifically? It's awesome. Obviously, I've done desk work in EU for such a long time, but I haven't gotten the chance to do the main event Group Sta
On the 23rd (KST), Hanhwa Life Esports announced that the captain and the ADC for the League of Legends team, Gwon ‘Sangyoon' Sang-yun has retired.
Sixteen teams participated in the Group Stage of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, and in fifty total games, they all agreed on one thing: Pantheon is busted.
The time has come. Just a little later than some (many) would have liked. On Tuesday afternoon, the Heroes of the Storm social media team dropped, arguably, one of the most anticipated tweets in the game's history. The time has come. Just a little later than some (many) would have liked. On Tuesday afternoon, the Heroes of the Storm social media team dropped, arguably, one of the most anticipated tweets in the game's history. However, as the years went by, there was one name that kept appearing in posts on Reddit, social media, and in the conversation surrounding the game...Deathwing. Fans held out hope that the next hero would be The Destroyer but, patch after patch, year after year, he was passed by.
Ever since Riot Games released Teamfight Tactics over three months ago, the development team has been learning, growing, and listening to the community for feedback. It hasn't always been seamless and mistakes have been made along the way. But they're willing to acknowledge that and work towards improving the game that countless fans enjoy around the world. On Tuesday morning, Stephen Mortimer, the title's Principal Game Designer, released a blog post on League of Legend's official site titled "/DEV: TFT SET 1 LEARNINGS" that outlined just that: What the team has learned in the first few months since the game went live.
