Riot Games is starting to promote Valorant Esports within the full Valorant video game, arming itself with another tool to amplify upcoming events for the growing first-person shooter title. Starting Tuesday, Riot will insert branding for the Valorant Masters including the Valorant Champions Tour tournament at different locations across five different maps that will be […]
Riot Announces League Of Legends And Valorant Tournaments Are Headed To Iceland
On Monday, Riot Games announced that it would be holding two esports tournaments in Reykjavik, Iceland. The first will be League of Legends’ Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), which was canceled last year due to COVID-19. MSI. The event, which features top global teams, will run from May 6 to May 23. The MSI is the second […]
Riot Games Gets Boost From Expanded Verizon Sponsorship
Verizon is announcing this week that it is significantly expanding its sponsorship presence with Riot Games, gaining additional inventory that will see its spending with the video game maker climb well into eight figures. Terms of the pact are not being revealed, but Verizon will activate across multiple games and events. The telecommunications giant becomes […]
Riot outlines pros and cons to increasing League's champ bans to 20
Increasing them is more “heavily weighted towards the negatives.” League of Legends‘ champion bans went from six to 10 in 2017. And it doesn’t seem like that’ll change anytime soon. Gameplay design director Mark “Scruffy” Yetter discussed the champ-ban feature in today’s Ask Riot blog, breaking down the positives and negatives of increasing them. While […]
Riot Unveils Valorant Esports Initiative for Marginalized Genders
Riot Games has unveiled the Valorant Champions Tour Game Changers – a competition series designed to promote esports opportunities for women and other marginalized genders. The program will be divided into two initiatives. The Game Changers Series will operate similar to 2020’s Ignition Series with Riot spotlighting regional tournaments and elevating them to top tier […]
Riot confirms that it's making an MMORPG set in the League universe, opens up job recruitment page
Runeterra will finally be coming to life. Look out, League of Legends fans. It looks like Riot Games has started to get the wheels turning for its highly anticipated MMO by opening up a new job recruitment page on its official website. This marks the first time that Riot has officially confirmed the development of […]
Riot Games announces several partnerships for VALORANT Champions Tour
Riot Games has announced several broadcast partnerships for the 2021 VALORANT competitive season. Riot partners with Freaks 4U Gaming & SPORTFIVE in Europe, CIS and Turkey RELATED: LetsPlay.Live partners with Riot Games to broadcast OCE VALORANT competitive season German production company Freaks 4U Gaming has joined forces with Riot to organise and broadcast the 2021 […]
Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent Sued By Former Assistant For Sexual Harassment
Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent has been sued for sexual harassment lawsuit by a former assistant. The complaint was filed in LA County Superior Court on January 7 by Sharon O’Donnell, who is seeking damages for sexual discrimination, hostile environment harassment, and failure to pay wages. O’Donnell, who reported directly to Laurent, was hired as […]
Riot Hires Another Former Netflix Exec for Entertainment Division
Riot Games has hired Ryan Crosby as its new head of marketing and consumer products. Prior to joining Riot, Crosby worked in various marketing and public relations roles at Netflix, Hulu, Activision, Microsoft’s Xbox division, and En Masse Entertainment. Crosby joins Shauna Spenley, another former Netflix executive who was hired in December by Riot to […]
Riot Games Seeks Arbitration In Class Action Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
Riot Games has requested individual arbitration in the class action lawsuit brought by former employees who accuse the studio of gender discrimination and sexual harassment. In April 2019, Riot had attempted to move the case to arbitration, alleging that the plaintiffs signed arbitration clauses when they were hired. The studio then relented after employees threatened […]