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Flash Wolves jungler Hung ‘Karsa’ Hau-Hsuan suspended for early disconnect

Hung ‘Karsa’ Hau-Hsuan, the star jungler of the Flash Wolves, has been suspended by the team for intentionally disconnecting early during a match. Riot Games’ rulebook says that players should not leave a match until either a victory or defeat message is shown on the screen. In a match between …

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BAFTA to honour Riot Games with Special Award

BAFTA is to honour League of Legends’ Riot Games with a Special Award at an event at The London West Hollywood on Monday June 12th over E3. The event is part of BAFTA’s growing global games strand in the USA and the award will be presented to Riot’s co-CEOs and …

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Riot announces franchising is coming to the NA LCS in 2018, buy in is $10 million

Riot Games has announced that from 2018 the NA LCS will be a franchised league, with 10 organisations getting a near permanent spot in the competition. Over the next two weeks organisations can submit applications to become one of the 10 league franchises. They must detail things such as how …

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Riot Games is getting a special BAFTA award at E3

BAFTA has announced that it will honour League of Legends developer Riot Games with a special award at E3 in a few weeks. The award will be presented to co-CEOs and co-founders Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, on behalf of Riot Games at an event in West Hollywood on June …

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Twitter to broadcast Oceania League of Legends tournament this weekend

After a busy day announcing franchising for the NA LCS, Riot Games has also announced that the upcoming League of Legends: League of Origin tournament will be streamed on Twitter. The competition will run on June 3rd and 4th at the ESL Studio in Sydney, Australia. Players from across the …

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League of Legends pro Ben4 suspended for racist comments in game

Riot has suspended professional League of Legends player Tu “Ben4” Xin-cheng after he was found to be making racist remarks in public games. Ben4, who plays for Chinese team I May, will be suspended for one best of three match in the LPL. A statement on Chinese social network weibo …

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Riot to make League of Legends runes and masteries free

Riot Games have announced that they are overhauling the runes and masteries system within League of Legends and will make them all free. Despite doing very similar things, giving small buffs to champions depending on which are selected, the two systems have been in League for years. If players want …

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NA LCS Summer Split Finals to be held in Boston

Riot Games has announced that it will be hosting the finals of the North American League of Legends Championship Series in Boston, Massachusetts. The two day event will feature the third place play off match as well as the grand final of the Summer Split, a nine week competition that …

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Team Regicide gets $750 fine and total ban removal for week 1 after late roster filing

Riot Games announced yesterday that it was issuing Australian esports organisation Team Regicide with a $750 fine ($1,000 in AUD) for failing to provide a “conforming roster substitute by the deadline.” This deadline was on Monday, and Regicide will now have to pay the fine in addition to Riot handing …

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