League of Legends has long been without voice chat, meaning disparaging remarks and enthusiastic calls for defence have had to take place over text chat as opposed to audio. However, that’s about to change, it seems. A Q&A session with Riot Korea ended up on Reddit, which has said that …
Read More »Riot bans sister teams in the EU Challenger Series
We knew that EU LCS sister teams would not be able to play in the Challenger Series promotion tournament but new rules for Summer 2017 reveal they won’t be able to play at all. Riot has announced that from the Summer Split sister teams to those in the EU LCS …
Read More »Riot finally allows its on air talent to monetise their Twitch streams
Riot is finally allowing its casters and analysts to monetise their personal streams and YouTube channels. Traditionally Riot has banned on air talent from doing this, meaning some of the biggest names in the scene couldn’t make any extra cash based on their streaming. However over the weekend Mitch “Krepo” …
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 »Why publishers should pay attention to Turkey
You may be surprised to learn that Turkey is home to a burgeoning games market. Between 2014 and 2015, Turkey’s games market grew by 24.7 per cent and, according to research firm Newzoo, it ranks as the 16th biggest games market in the world with a value of 573m. This …
Read More »Riot Games’ social systems lead designer departs
Jeffrey Lin led efforts to combat toxic player behaviour in League of Legends
Read More »Riot Games acquires Rising Thunder dev Radiant
Fighting game shut down as team transitions onto new project, but Stonehearth development will continue
Read More »Riot Games to close Brighton office, relocate staff to Dublin HQ
Creative Services location of League of Legends studio was opened in 2014
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 »Riot investment in Curse worth $30m
The amount of money League of Legends firm Riot put behind games media giant Curse has been revealed to be a hefty $30m. That’s according to the Los Angeles Times, who reports that the exact amount was revealed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Tuesday. This follows the …
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