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League of Upsets and the power in throwing yourself to the wolves
3 weeks ago
by Kyle McArthur
in Video Games
The League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) had 2 huge upset victories in the quarterfinals of the Spring Playoffs. In the first match, Seed #6 Good Game University (GGU) beat Seed #3 Team Dignitas. Then, in the second match, Seed #5 Vulcun beat Seed #4 Counter Logic Gaming (CLG). Both More >
A quick guide to Riot’s skin price changes
3 weeks ago
So as many of us know, Riot has just implemented massive changes to its champion skin pricing. Prices dropped on all but 17 skins. For those of us who treat skins as collector’s items, this is a massive help. Since most skins were priced around 975, (roughly $8), it ran our wallets pretty dry. More >
A new hilarious League of Legends YouTuber emerges
3 weeks ago
There is nothing more I enjoy than ending my day with a nice cup of Earl Grey hot, some pastries, and a good laugh before hitting the sack. As for the tea and crumpets, my options are limited, but YouTube’s stockpile of videos always has something entertaining ready for me. Machinima’s Random More >
IEM World Championship 2013 is Underway!
2 months ago
CeBIT 2013 in Hanover, Germany, brings with it the highly anticipated Intel Extreme Masters Championship from March 5th to the 9th. Streaming live at us.esl.tv, you can now watch both the SC2 and League of Legends channels. With prize pools of $100k for League of Legends and $60k for Starcraft More >
Riot bans two more LoL eSports gamers for “toxic behavior”
4 months ago
by Michael Revis
in Video Games
League of Legends has developed a rather negative reputation of having some of the worst community members in PC gaming, due in part to the vitriolic behavior most of the players portray. At least Riot Games is aware of how bad it is, and has been looking to make an example out of the biggest More >
Players attack Riot Games’ League of Legends via DDoS
7 months ago
Riot Games has revealed in its thread that its game, League of Legends, has been hit by DDoS attacks. DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks can render servers useless by sending in a lot of external requests to the target server.
“As some of you have recently experienced, a handful of More >
Riot announces the “Honor” system for League of Legends
8 months ago
What is Honor to Riot Games?
The concept of Honor has always been abstract to me. While some would describe honor as chivalric action, others perceive it as peaceful resolution. What Riot apparently perceive it as is some form of gold star for having basic online gaming etiquette. Has the More >
MLG Summer Scandal : Dignitas and Curse Disqualified
8 months ago
The Major League Gaming summer championship events took place this past weekend, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Teams competed in multiple games, including StarCraft II, Mortal Kombat, and Soul Calibur V. League of Legends is quickly becoming the most watched game in MLG, but this time, neither first More >
OUYA, the Android-based console
8 months ago
Anyone looking at Kickstarter these last couple of weeks could have seen this brand new open source gaming console; that’s right open source. This Android-based box has been designed by the same people that created the Jambox.
What’s so special about this is the free-to-play model borrowed from More >
Riot Games CEO Brandon Beck gives us the scoop on Season 3 Championships!
9 months ago
As stated in the interview recently conducted by Forbes, Riot has some huge plans for season three of League of Legends Championships, including a permanent home for future broadcasted tournaments! Personally, I am thrilled to see how this will impact the USA’s E-sports scene. This will become the More >
League of Legends: 100th Champion Sneak Peak! Jayce, The Defender of Tomorrow
10 months ago
As the League of Legends Season Two World championships approach, which is offering the largest cash pot in gaming history, another important milestone is also on the horizon, and that is the release of the game’s 100th champion, Jayce, The Defender of Tomorrow. Just released on July 2nd is the More >
Giveaway: Riot Nasus Skin Code
1 year ago
Like League of Legends? We’re giving away two Riot Nasus Skin Codes on our stream (http://www.twitch.tv/rockmanpet) tomorrow night (4/28) starting at 8pm PST. What’s League of Legends you say? It’s one of the fastest growing action strategy PC games and best of all, It’s free! This code will give More >
League of Legends: Intel Extreme Masters in Kiev!
1 year ago
This week in the Russian cold, the world’s top LOL teams compete for the Intel Extreme Masters tournament with a very generous grand prize. The Competing teams are as follows :
Group A Wins Losses Team SoloMid 3 0 SK Gaming 2 1 Curse Gaming 1 2 White Lotus 0 3 Group More >
League of Legends Announces Patch for Colour Blind Players
1 year ago
League of Legends has been taking gamers by storm since its beta opened in 2009, and its player base doubled between August and November of last year. Now toting millions of players per day, the RTS has turned to resolving a disadvantage for a large portion of their player population: their method More >
League of Legends: Dominion, First Thoughts and Tiers.
1 year ago
On Thursday, September 22nd, Riot sneakily released the dominion beta onto live servers at 11:30 am until 9:30 Pm. This is part of the initial beta testing and is not the final build. From the 14 games I managed to play, the differences to regular 5v5 summoner’s rift were staggering. The action More >
League of Legends Cuts off Mac Support!
1 year ago
Long periods of testing has had Riot pull the plug on the Mac version of League of Legends. In a statement from Riot, “our current approach regarding the Mac platform won’t guarantee the quality and frequent updates we deliver today on the PC.” the ultimate decision is still blurry. Although More >
League of Legends – Talon – The Blade’s Shadow (Full Video Review)
1 year ago
The day Riot announced Talon I instantly knew what my destiny was. Being a huge fanatic of the Assasin’s Creed series, Talon called out to my inner being and to my wallet. Priced at 975 Riot points, I have never been less hesitant to buy a champion as I was with Talon. After different attempts at More >
League Of Legends: Dominion
1 year ago
Over the years, Riot games has been tweaking and fine tuning their prime creation, League Of Legends. A new announcement today has the MOBA community in an uproar, The first Dominion map. Dominion is a game mode first introduced in the FPS genre, focusing on zone control for periods of time to More >
League of Legends: E3 Preview (Exclusive Concept Art)
1 year ago
Riot has always been a company that takes it’s user base into account when creating new heroes, changing current ones, or adding new concepts to gameplay. With what they showed us at E3, we still see their commitment to their user base, and giving them what they want. Firstly is the new spectator More >
League of Legends: DOTA Evolved
1 year ago
League of Legends first popped onto the scene as a project by Riot Games, a company started by the original creators of the super popular Warcraft 3 map, Defense Of The Ancients. This project has quickly escalated to become one of the most popular competitive online games of the year. With More >
Riot Games is Giving Power Back to the Players
1 year ago
Riot Games, the creators of the online phenomenon of competitive gaming, League of Legends, has just released the Tribunal system. What does this mean exactly? Well, now max level (30) players can vote on the outcome of cases of player harassment, abuse, feeding (intentionally helping the enemy More >
