League of Legends News

Riot Games Opens Doors to Sports Betting Sponsors for Esports Tournaments

June 30, 2025 John Silver Comments

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Riot Games is making a significant change to its approach on sponsorships for its two flagship esports titles, League of Legends and Valorant. The company announced it will now allow official sports betting sponsors for its major esports tournaments, reversing a long-standing policy that kept betting-related advertising out of its broadcasts and events. Other competitive multiplayer games like Counter-Strike 2 [...]

League of Legends Considers Hardware Level Bans For 'Soft Inting'

July 9, 2024 E Tay Comments

In a provocative tweet posted on July 8, 2024, League of Legends Game Director Pu Liu invited the public to share their views on a major change to League's punishment system. Toxicity, poor sportsmanship, and intentional feeding have plagued League of Legends and other MOBAs since their inception. Now, Riot Games is better positioned than ever to police its massive [...]

Riot Downplays Reports That League Of Legends’ New Anti-Cheat System Is Bricking PCs

May 4, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

League of Legends rolled out Patch 14.9 last week which introduced Riot Games’ Vanguard anti-cheat as the popular free-to-play MOBA’s new anti-cheat system. However, there have been some reports that the kernel-level software had bricked their rigs and blocked game streaming services from running the game in others. Some players eventually found out that they needed to reset and tweak [...]

League of Legends Experienced Widespread Matchmaking Issues In Multiple Regions

February 28, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

In the 15 years since League of Legends launched, it’s almost always been online and ready for a quick match or a marathon session whenever the mood hits you. There have, however, been rare occasions when the servers went down due to an issue of some sort, the most recent of which happened yesterday afternoon. Complaints about matchmaking issues started [...]

The Final League Of Legends And Valorant Prime Gaming Freebies Are Now Up For Grabs

February 10, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

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If you’re a League of Legends or Valorant player and a Prime Gaming subscriber to boot, Riot Games and Amazon have one final freebie for you to claim as the two companies officially part ways. The end of their partnership was announced back in December, marking the end of the monthly loot drops that LoL and Valorant players have been [...]

League Of Legends’ Adorable Crafting RPG ‘Bandle Tale’ Launches February 2024

January 20, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

League of Legends is getting a cutesy crafting spinoff next month in the form of Bandle Tale. I know it’s a single-player game, but it at least deserves a passing mention before it launches next month if only for its connection to the popular free-to-play MOBA. Bandle Tale transports players to a stunning pixel art version of the titular Bandle [...]

League Of Legends Outlines Game-Changing Updates Coming To The Summoner’s Rift Map

November 21, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

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League of Legends’ core game mode, Summoner’s Rift, has largely remained the same since the MOBA’s launch in 2009, apart from a few graphical touch ups here and there. Riot Games, however, has apparently felt that it’s time to shake things up a bit and will be making significant changes to both the map and game mode when Season 14 [...]

Coca-Cola Teams Up With Riot Games On New League Of Legends Limited-Edition Flavor

June 7, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

In yet another weird video game collaboration, Coca-Cola and Riot Games have teamed up to create a mysterious flavor known as Coca-Cola “Ultimate.” According to the press release, the new limited-edition beverage will supposedly capture the taste of “experience points” in League of Legends. What experience points taste like is honestly beyond me. While the press release touts the collaboration [...]

League Of Legends And Valorant Get New Blob-Throwing Additions To Their Rosters

March 9, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Riot Games is showing two of its most popular titles some love with the addition of new characters for League of Legends and Valorant. The former is currently awaiting the arrival of a new champion named Milio while the latter already welcomed Gekko into its roster earlier this week, both of whom use adorable anthropomorphic blobs to do their bidding. [...]

League Of Legends Previews New Tank Champion K’Sante, The Pride Of Nazumah

October 18, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

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A new top lane tank will be making its way to League of Legends early next month with the official in-game debut of K’Sante, the Pride of Nazumah. Armed with a pair of massive stone tonfas, K’Sante’s abilities allow him to reduce incoming damage, shield himself and his allies, slow enemies, and deal extra damage to marked enemies. The new [...]

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