Riot Games
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League of Legends UKLC and Telia Masters scrapped, NLC ‘multi-division league ecosystem’ announced for Northern Europe from 2022, Freaks 4U Gaming takes on tournament organising duties
Following the announcement earlier this week that Riot Games’ restructuring of European League of Legends had led to […]
August 20, 2021
NLC announces major format changes due to Riot Games’ ERL changes, UKEL postpones Open, Promotion and Relegation tournaments, fans react to Riot’s decision
The Northern League of Legends Championship, or NLC, has announced major changes to its format, causing ripple effects […]
August 17, 2021
League of Legends esports now has its own sticker album as LVP Superliga partners with Panini for the first time
Sticker albums are largely associated with football here in the UK, but now they’re branching out into League […]
June 17, 2021
Riot announces mobile version of Valorant and 14m PC player numbers as game celebrates first anniversary, Shroud and Ninja share their views on its longevity
Valorant is one year old today and Riot Games is celebrating by announcing a mobile version of the […]
June 2, 2021
Valorant UK & Ireland Skirmish announced as Intel extends sponsorship with ESL Prem
A one-off UK & Ireland Valorant tournament has been announced, which will be operated under the ESL Premiership […]
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May 5, 2021
MAD Lions’ LEC win ‘marks the end of the dominance of G2 and Fnatic in the LEC, with competition becoming increasingly fiercer each year’ – Riot
Image credit: LEC Flickr (Michal Konkol/Riot Games) Riot Games has commented on MAD Lions winning the Spring 2021 […]
April 12, 2021
Riot ‘looking into potential improvements’ for EU Masters Play-Ins following criticism around the format and lack of an English broadcast
Article by Megalodontus and Dom Sacco Riot Games says it’s working to improve the set up around the […]
April 2, 2021
Riot Games responds to lawsuit accusing CEO of sexual harassment, third-party investigation finds ‘no evidence of wrongdoing’
Update (May 2024): Riot Games has said the arbitrator overseeing this case has said that all claims in the […]
March 16, 2021
Valorant Game Changers is a much-needed program to help foster and celebrate diversity in esports
Update (September 9th 2021): Following success in North America earlier this year, Riot Games is expanding its Valorant […]
February 23, 2021
Riot reveals League of Legends Clash was brought down by a DDoS attack last weekend
League of Legends’ Clash mode has been hampered by minor tech gremlins now and then since launching a […]
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January 22, 2021
NSE announces new MD as Jon Tilbury leaves for Riot Games
UK university esports body National Student Esports (NSE) has announced that Alex Coulson (right) has taken on the […]
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January 14, 2021
Riot Games announces Wild Rift esports plans for 2021
Wild Rift, the League of Legends game built for mobile devices, will be getting its own esports activities […]
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January 9, 2021
Interview with Chronicler on joining the LCK broadcast as a caster for 2021: “When I got the news I ran around screaming, waking my girlfriend up!”
Benelux caster Maurits ‘Chronicler’ Jan Meeusen has joined the LCK (League of Legends Champions Korea) broadcast team. He […]
January 8, 2021
League of Legends MMO in the works: Will it be a WoW-beater?
It’s official: Riot Games has begun work on an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game. Greg Street, aka Ghostcrawler, […]
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December 18, 2020
Vela Games, a Dublin-based studio founded by former Riot and EA veterans, opens sign-ups for alpha testing of MMO/MOBA hybrid Project-V
Vela Games, a new studio based in Dublin and founded by former Riot Games and EA veterans, has […]
December 3, 2020