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League of Legends developer Riot Games and MLB Advanced Media’s BAMTech have entered into an exclusive monetisation and commercialisation partnership worth at least $50m per year. Yahoo reports that the deal will run until 2023 and applies globally. Riot’s co-head of eSports and head of merchandising Jarred Kennedy has assured …
Read More »Dignitas sign Ssumday and Chaser for 2017 LoL roster
Team Dignitas has announced that it has signed both Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho and Lee “Chaser” Sang-hyun. Both players will play for the team in the 2017 North American LCS Spring Split, pending Riot’s approval. Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho will be the team’s top laner, and is regarded as one of the …
Read More »FeniX, Solo, Santorin and Rikara are Gold Coin United’s first players
Earlier in the week it was announced that NRG Esports had sold its slot in the North American Challenger Series to J2K Esports and Technology, now the first members of the new team have been revealed. The team from J2K Esports and Technology will be known as Gold Coin United, …
Read More »NA LCS prize pool increased, relegation tweaked
Riot Games has revealed the changes coming to the North American LCS in 2017, and there isn’t all that much different. The big talking point in that relegation has been tweaked, just like in Europe, so that only the bottom two teams will have to play in the promotion tournament. …
Read More »EU LCS goes to best of threes, has a new group stage format
Riot Games has announced the new format and broadcast schedule for the European LCS in 2017. The big news is that after just one split playing best of twos the EU LCS will now transition to best of threes, which the NA LCS tried out last year. Riot said that …
Read More »Riot removes LAS casters from All Star cast after racist comment
This past weekend saw the annual League of Legends All Star event take place. Players from each of the major regions headed to Barcelona to fight for regional pride and for their team of Ice or Fire. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing. During segment discussing the performance of Bae …
Read More »Milwaukee Bucks owner in talks to buy NA LCS slot
Co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks NBA team, Wes Edens, is in the final stages of buying a slot in the NA LCS from Cloud9, who owns two spots in the league. According to ESPN the deal is only pending approval from Riot, with the total figure for the sale hitting …
Read More »LoL Worlds had 43 million viewers
The League of Legends world championship again broke its own viewership records by bringing in 43 million unique viewers for the final. When SK Telecom T1 faced off against Samsung Galaxy in the grand final more than 43 million unique viewers tuned in, with a total of 14.7 million concurrent …
Read More »Febiven heads to H2K for 2017
Former Fnatic player Fabien "Febiven" Diepstraten has signed for H2K, pending Riot’s approval. Febiven has replaced former H2K player Yoo "Ryu" Sang-wook, who was part of the team that made it to the semifinals of the World Championships. The news was announced on The Bridge, the daily three hour talk …
Read More »NA LCS sister teams will not be able to gain LCS promotion from Challenger Series
Riot Games has announced that NA LCS sister teams that qualify for the promotion tournament in the Challenger Series will not be allowed to play in it. Over recent splits many teams have had one team in the LCS and one team in the Challenger Series. Some teams have seen …
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