Tag Archives: riot games

Tue, Aug 07, 2012 | 02:20 BST

League of Legends Season 3 detailed, includes new pro series

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League of Legends is back for a third championship season, boasting Riot Games’ biggest investment to date, including a whole new line-up of professional events.

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Tue, Jul 24, 2012 | 15:59 BST

LoL champion Zyra gets full reveal in latest spotlight video

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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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Wed, Jul 11, 2012 | 21:33 BST

Xfire users have spent over 1.3 billion hours in League of Legends

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Xfire has announced League of Legends is the most played PC title out of all games played using the service.

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Thu, Jul 05, 2012 | 02:28 BST

League of Legends 100th champion detailed

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Riot Games has unveiled its next League of Legends champion, Jayce, who just so happens to be the 100th member of the MOBA’s roster.

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Fri, Jun 15, 2012 | 19:17 BST

Riot introducing new legendary skin for League of Legends’ Ezreal

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Riot has released a video which shows off the upcoming legendary skin for Ezreal, which when worn turns him into Pulsefire Ezreal. The skin changes not only the character’s looks, but his animations will also change as players level. Pulsefire Ezreal will run you 1625 Riot Points at first, before eventually costing 3250 Riot Points. Thanks EvilAvatar.

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Tue, Jun 12, 2012 | 01:55 BST

League of Legends scam site to be shut down, transferred to Riot

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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.

Sat, Jun 09, 2012 | 20:40 BST

Euro League of Legends accounts compromised, financial information safe

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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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Tue, May 08, 2012 | 07:39 BST

League of Legends “Mastery Exploit” cheaters to feel ban hammer

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Riot has plugged a hole in League of Legends and warned of serious repercussions for those who slipped through while it was open.

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Mon, May 07, 2012 | 04:09 BST

League of Legends donating 100% of promo sales to Make-A-Wish Foundation

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In honour of a brave fan, Riot Games is running a special promotion for League of Legends. Until 10:30AM PDT on May 18, both Jax and the Jaximus skin will be on sale at 50% of the regular price. All proceeds from the promotion will be sent straight to Make-A-Wish, which helps cancer patients stay positive by granting wishes. Check out Riot’s announcement for more details.

Thanks, Massively.

Tue, May 01, 2012 | 23:55 BST

League of Legends Season Two finals front $3 million prize pool

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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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Mon, Apr 30, 2012 | 00:35 BST

League of Legends adds spectator mode

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The latest League of Legends patch adds in one of the rising eSports’ most requested features: spectator mode. Time to up your game – your fans are watching.

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Mon, Apr 16, 2012 | 02:06 BST

League of Legend domain registrations point to Supremacy mode

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A pile of small clues add up to one big sign pointing straight at League of Legends: Supremacy.

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Fri, Mar 09, 2012 | 17:02 GMT

Riot to retire League of Legends classic skins

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Riot has announced it’s to retire four classic League of Legends skins on March 12. The skins are: Emerald Taric, Unmasked Kayle, Nightmare Cho’Gath, and Butcher Urgot. This weekend, you can get them on sale for 75% off and champions associated with the skins will be 20% off as well.

Tue, Jan 24, 2012 | 21:34 GMT

GDC 2012: Sid Meier, Inafune, Riot Games talks added to schedule

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GDC organizers have announced talks from Sid Meier, Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune, and Riot Games on League of Legends.

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Sat, Dec 17, 2011 | 18:28 GMT

League of Legends champion spotlight, Ahri, The Nine-Tailed Fox

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League of Legends developer Riot Games has released a video that spotlights one of its champions. Ahri, The Nine-Tailed Fox is shown to be a mage type class with highly versatile speed and damage dealing abilities. Check out the video past the break for the champion break down and expert strategy from Riot Games. More »

Tue, Nov 29, 2011 | 14:58 GMT

League of Legends Champion spotlight video features Volibear, the Thunder’s Roar

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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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Wed, Nov 23, 2011 | 06:39 GMT

League of Legends $5 million second season has begun

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Riot Games has kicked off Season Two, with big money on the table for the latest round of competitive League of Legends action.

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Sat, Nov 19, 2011 | 17:31 GMT

The Blood Lord is coming to League of Legends

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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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Sat, Nov 19, 2011 | 17:17 GMT

Over 4 million people play League of Legends daily

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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.

Wed, Nov 16, 2011 | 22:37 GMT

League of Legends’ Tribunal “actively changing player behavior”

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Riot Games considers its Tribunal system, which dobs in League of Legends players who take trash talking too far, to be a great success.

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