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An investment group led by Sacramento Kings co-owners Andy Miller and Mark Mastrov has bought a spot in this year’s League Championships Series (LCS). The team to fill the spot, NRG eSports, is currently being filled with talent including former SKT World Champion Jung “Impact” Eon-yeong and Lee “GBM” Chang-seok. …
Read More »LoL Worlds final to be broadcast at London’s O2 Arena
The League of Legends World Championship finals are to be simulcast by the European Gaming League at London’s O2 arena at the end of this month. League’s climactic ending to this year’s season has already begun with the group stages in Paris, and is soon to head onto the quarter-finals …
Read More »All League of Legends ranked matches taken offline after huge bug discovered
A game-wide bug has forced Riot to temporarily disable ranked League of Legends matches as it works to fix the issue. Players initially began to notice something curious with the hero Riven, with the champion able to cast the ‘Recall’ spell – which teleports the player character back to the …
Read More »League of Legends Worlds coming to London, Paris, Brussels and Berlin
The 2015 League of Legends World Championships are heading to Europe, and will be filling out stadiums in London, Paris, Brussels and Berlin. Riot Games has announced the venues and dates for this year’s finals, following on from 2014’s South-East Asian tour, which ended in the 2002 World Cup stadium …
Read More »League of Legends to reward ‘friendly’ players with bonus Influence Points
League of Legends is taking steps against hostility in its community by encouraging players to work together. For the next two weeks, League players will be given the chance to earn bonus Influence Points, one of the MOBA’s in-game currencies, for entering games with pre-made parties of friends both new …
Read More »Riot also working on dedicated European League of Legends network
League of Legends is to receive a dedicated European network, mirroring that planned for the US. Developer Riot revealed its American network plans earlier this month and has now confirmed that an EU project is also underway. The recent launch of an Amsterdam datacentre and changes to its Frankfurt datacentre …
Read More »US universities are offering League of Legends scholarships
The University of Pikeville in Kentucky is offering 20 scholarships for top League of Legends players this autumn. PC Gamer reports that Pikeville isn’t the first to offer this – Chicago institution Robert Morris did the same last year. An extensive college network, called the Collegiate StarLeague, is already established …
Read More »27m viewers watched the 2014 League of Legends final
Riot has revealed that 27m unique viewers streamed coverage of the League of Legends 2014 Finals. Over 100 hours of live content in 19 languages was broadcast by 40 partners throughout the event’s 15 days, racking up 288m cumulative daily unique page impressions and 179m hours of watched eSport. The …
Read More »League of Legends World Championship boasts $2m prize pool
The upcoming League of Legends World Championship event will carry a $2m prize pool, developer Riot Games has revealed. GameSpot reports this year’s eventkicks off in October. Half of that figure will go to the winning team, with second place taking $250k. Third and fourth place teams will earn $150k …
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