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League of Legends is now available to try on Mac thanks to the open beta. You can sign up and download it here. Meanwhile, its PC counterpart has been updated with various fixes, smart pings and changes to some Champions. Patch notes can be found on PCgamesN. Videos of the Mac version and the patch preview are below.

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League of Legends will not be released on Steam, despite the game showing up recently in the Steam Registry log.

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League of Legends has new champion by the name of Zed, and he’s apparently the Master of Shadows.

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League of Legends hero Elise, the lady who loves spiders so much she can turn into one, has been detailed a bit more by Riot. You know you love the idea of a scantily-clad mage-assassin as much as the next person. But that’s not all: the latest patch has hit public beta and according to PCGamesN, Rengar and Evelynn are getting nerfed while Syndra is getting a bit of a boost. Changes to other heroes have also been noted, and to find out if the changes will make you happier than a witch in a broom factory or crankier than a bear trapped in a shoebox, head through the link and squeal or weep in kind.

LAN support for League of Legends will not be made available to the general public outside of tournaments, Riot has confirmed.

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League of Legends is getting LAN support for for tournaments, according to Riot CEO Brandon Beck, who said support will be added to the tournament finals scheduled for today. Whether a LAN support client will be released to the public is unknown. Riot also promised news on the Mac client would be coming “soon.” The League of Legends Season Two Finals take place today. Thanks, D’toid.

League of Legends has suffered DDoS attacks, according to Riot, which says it plans on taking legal action on the matter.

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Two League of Legends teams have lost their prize money after accusations of collusion.

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League of Legends’ newest champion Diana gets her own Champions Spotlight trailer today from Riot Games. Watch her in action here.

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Yesterday marked the start of the first Major League Gaming’s Summer League of Legends Arena in new York City, and more rounds continue today, starting at 2.00pm EDT. The first match, will take place between Europeans Team Black and the Koran team, Azubu Blaze, and the second match starts at 4.30pm between the North American teams Curse vs. SoloMid. Tomorrow, August 5, Azubu Blaze vs Curse takes place at 10.00am, while the SoloMid vs Black match will start at 12.30pm. The final will take place at 3.00pm, and the winning team in the final will walk home with $10,000. You can watch it live here.

Riot has released a patch preview of the August patch to League of Legends which will denote changes to Cho’Gath, Rumble, the Tribunal and Urgot. Watch it below. Thanks, EvilAvatar.

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Riot has fully revealed its next champion for League of Legends, Zyra, via a new spotlight video called Rise of the Thorns. As always, beauty can be rather deadly, fellas. Watch below.

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There’s just one slot open in Major League Gaming’s Summer League of Legends Arena, so you can bet competition will be fierce – so it’s a good thing the last qualifier will be livestreamed.

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The 101st champion to grace League of Legends is being teased, and apparently, she has an affinity for plant life. According to a discussion over on the LoL forums, lead champion designer Ryan Scott, the champion – rumored to be named Zyra – can use vegetation as a ranged weapon. “I’m really stoked about champion 101, because I got to work much much more directly on it than I usually do and it’s an archetype I think we’ve needed,” Scott said. “I’ll….plant a little teaser for you. Hint: She’s not made of flesh.” No word on when to expect the champion to release, but the MOBA’s latest champ, Jayce, recently released on the test servers. Thanks, PCGamesN.

Fusible reports Riot Games has been successful in a legal bid to shut down a League of Legends scam site. The World Intellectual Property Organization has ruled the domain support-leagueoflegends.com will be transferred to Riot; don’t visit it for a few days as currently it still tries to download all sorts of nastiness to your precious machine. Hit up support.leagueoflegends.com instead – especially if you want to change your password after the game’s recent compromise.

Riot has sent out a mail to registered League of Legends players in Europe, asking them to change their passwords due to a hackers accessing some player account information. Full details are below, but know that according to Riot,” absolutely no payment or billing information of any kind was included in the breach.”

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Riot Games has $3 million to give away during the League of Legends Season Two World Championships.

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Riot has released a new Champions spotlight video for Volibear, a formidable armored bear who can deal and receive massive amounts of damage.

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Riot has announced a new summoner model for Vladimir the Crimson Reaper. Called the Blood Lord, the new skin features a “vicious new voice over, spell effects, and animations.” You can check out the new look in the video below. Thanks, EvilAvatar.

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Riot Games has announced that over 4 million people play League of Legends every day, which is a 280% increase in players since July, when the figure was 1.4 million. The firm also stated it has 11.5 million monthly active users, and 32 million registered players worldwide.

“The incredible passion and dedication of our players is positively inspiring. Our community’s boundless enthusiasm is why they are central to every decision we make at Riot,” said Riot co-founder and CEO Brandon Beck. Thanks, Edge.