Riot Games
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Riot issued 40,000+ Valorant player bans and 400,000 chat restrictions in January as part of clampdown on toxic behaviour, plans for ‘real-time text moderation and harsher punishments’
Riot Games hit toxic Valorant players with 40,000 bans and 400,000 chat restrictions (or mutes) in January 2022. […]
February 10, 2022
Riot Games opens new UK office in Reading, looks to hire staff across several positions
League of Legends and Valorant publisher Riot Games has opened a new office in Reading, UK. This will […]
February 4, 2022
Could the LEC expand to 12 teams and boot out poorly performing sides? Riot ‘evaluating and assessing’ options including Bo3 format
Riot Games has spoken about the possibility of increasing the number of teams in the LEC, removing bottom-tier […]
February 3, 2022Riot Games CEO outlines business’ future with 5-year plan, parent company Tencent to give staff option to gain partial ownership of Riot
Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent has published an article detailing the League of Legends publisher’s five-year plan and […]
January 12, 2022
NLC 2022 caster line-up announced: Jamada, Trouble and more return, with Nymaera, Initialise and others joining full-time
Image credit: NLC Twitter The NLC, the League of Legends European Regional League (ERL) for the UK, Ireland […]
January 8, 2022
‘TFT 2.0’ teased by Riot with big announcements due in early 2022, patch note days also revealed for the year ahead
Riot Games has talked up a bright future for its autobattler game, Teamfight Tactics (TFT), having spoken about […]
January 2, 2022
‘A great day for the women of Riot Games and women at all game and tech companies’ – Riot settles gender discrimination lawsuit in $100m agreement
Riot Games has reached a $100m settlement to resolve the ‘McCracken vs Riot Games’ gender discrimination lawsuit first […]
December 29, 2021
Valorant Regional Leagues and Circuits announced for EMEA in 2022, including a UK, Ireland and Nordics league run by Promod Esports: Full Valorant 2022 esports structure explained, Riot considering franchising for the future
Riot Games has today announced changes to the Valorant esports ecosystem in EMEA for 2022, including the introduction […]
December 13, 2021Riot to change League of Legends esports player transfer rules after G2 block Perkz from joining Fnatic via contract clause, legal expert says ‘there may be an arguable breach of EU law’
League of Legends developer Riot Games says it will be making changes to rules around player contracts following […]
November 11, 2021
Riot Games hands $300,000 in community grant funding to non-profit organisations including the UK’s Spear Islington and Ape Action Africa
Riot Games announced today the recipients of $300,000 in community grant funding, as a part of Progress Days […]
November 10, 2021
League of Legends players may not be able to hide their match history after all: New private profile option ‘not intended’ to hit PBE and may be removed soon – sources
A new feature in League of Legends was added to the public beta environment (PBE) the other day […]
November 6, 2021
Reddit announces first avatar partnership with Riot Games, with League of Legends Arcane-themed Jinx and Vi available to redditors
Social media and news aggregation site Reddit has announced its first ever avatar partnership, in collaboration with Riot Games. […]
November 1, 2021
Amazon is now giving away RP in League of Legends every month: Riot Games extends partnership with Amazon Prime Gaming with more esports activities and in-game freebies in Europe
Riot Games has extended its partnership with Amazon Prime Gaming which will see more freebies given to players […]
October 27, 2021
Riot says China is one reason why there’s a lot of damage and faster games in League of Legends at the moment
Riot Games has explained why it’s leaned more towards high damage, fast-paced games in League of Legends. Speaking […]
October 20, 2021
Teamfight Tactics Set 6 Gizmos & Gadgets key info revealed: Chibi Champions Little Legends added, plus new TFT ‘Double Up’ duos mode, items, team comps and traits including Mutants
Details of Teamfight Tactics (TFT) Set 6 – Gizmos & Gadgets – have been revealed this morning, with […]
October 18, 2021