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Legends of Runeterra to exit beta and fully launch on PC and mobile later this month

Riot Games’ League of Legends card game spin-off, Legends of Runeterra, is releasing on April 30th 2020 on […]

April 5, 2020

Valorant enters closed beta in select regions next week, with more to follow depending on the COVID-19 situation

Riot Games has today announced a closed testing period for its upcoming competitive shooter game Valorant. The closed […]

March 30, 2020

Teamfight Tactics arrives on mobile devices this week

Riot Games has announced that the League of Legends auto chess style game – Teamfight Tactics (TFT) – […]

March 17, 2020

How Riot helped Blizzard rethink their strategy: ‘It’s important the players know that you’re listening’

Mike Morhaime (pictured right), the co-founder and former president of Warcraft, Overwatch and Hearthstone developer Blizzard Entertainment, has […]

March 4, 2020

Valorant: Excitement builds for new competitive shooter as Riot confirms release window, PC specs, anti-cheat platform and free-to-play model

League of Legends developer Riot Games has revealed the name and other details of its upcoming shooter, Valorant, […]

March 2, 2020

Riot Forge: Riot is hiring external developers to produce more League of Legends themed games in the future

League of Legends publisher Riot Games has announced plans to work with third-party developers to create new games […]

December 7, 2019

Barrage Retirement Home Edition prove you can teach old dogs new tricks as they qualify for the 2020 UKLC: Recap and interview with coach Kiao

Despite a shaky start to the Forge of Champions tournament and having the controversy of Barrage fielding two […]

November 4, 2019

Riot to launch Clash global beta in December

Riot Games’ largely anticipated League of Legends Clash mode will begin its global beta in December. The Clash […]

October 29, 2019

League of Legends Origins review: Netflix documentary captures the human connections that make LoL special

League of Legends Origins provides a broad yet relatively concise look at the history of Riot Games and […]

October 23, 2019

Esports News of the Week: LoL 10 Year Anniversary, Riot’s New Games, Gfinity Elite Series To Return

Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco rounds up the news of the week to October 22nd 2019. Dom […]

October 22, 2019

Legends of Runeterra interview: Steve Rubin from Riot on having no card packs, the game’s esports potential and bringing new characters into the lore

At EGX 2019, we sat down with Steve Rubin, game designer and live balance lead at Riot Games […]

October 19, 2019

UK esports managers react to new LoL Esports Manager game: ‘Can’t wait for players to fail their toxicity checks just before the season starts’

Earlier this week, Riot Games announced it is developing a League of Legends esports team management simulation game, […]

October 18, 2019

10 Huge Announcements From League of Legends’ 10-Year Celebrations: ‘Project A’ FPS, Esports Team Management Game, Legends of Runeterra Card Game, LoL on Mobile and Consoles, New Animated Series & More

Riot Games has celebrated the tenth anniversary of League of Legends with a bang. Scrap that, this is […]

October 16, 2019

Riot partners with Sportradar to monitor League of Legends betting activity

Sports data firm Sportradar and League of Legends developer Riot Games have announced a partnership to help safeguard match […]

August 2, 2019

UK misses out on League of Legends Worlds 2019

Riot Games has confirmed the European countries hosting the 2019 League of Legends World Championship (Worlds), and the […]

June 20, 2019

Riot Bolton departs Riot UK

UPDATE: Some of the initial information below about Mo leaving was based off a single Linkedin post and doesn’t […]

June 17, 2019

Teamfight Tactics: Riot reveals new League of Legends game inspired by Dota Auto Chess

Riot Games has lifted the lid on a brand new game mode for League of Legends – and […]

June 10, 2019

A League of Legends mobile game is rumoured to be in development

A mobile version of League of Legends is in the works, according to ‘sources with knowledge of the […]

May 22, 2019

A tour of Excel Esports' new world-class HQ and training facilities at Twickenham Stadium

UK esports organisation Excel Esports have today shown off their new headquarters and training facilities to the industry. […]

April 8, 2019

Fnatic Rising win inaugural UK League Championship

Fnatic Rising, the organisation’s League of Legends academy team, have emerged victorious in the very first UK League […]

March 31, 2019