Riot Games Brazil has closed a deal with the Chilean startup Barracks to provide in-game statistics for the Brazilian League of Legends Championship (CBLOL). The company, who for the last two years has worked for Riot Games at the Latin-American League (LLA), also helped with the Brazilian market at the First Strike Valorant tournament, which […]
Bungie, Riot Take On Cheat Sites In New Joint Lawsuit
Nobody likes cheaters. Certainly not Riot Games, who actually left a secret message for hackers buried in Valorant’s anti-cheat software asking them to work for the good guys instead of the bad guys. Unfortunately, it seems like that helpful message has been overlooked since there’s definitely cheaters in Valorant. Destiny 2 also has a cheater […]
Riot and Bungie teaming up to sue Valorant and Destiny 2 cheatmakers
A cheating-software creator is facing a lawsuit dually from Riot Games and Bungie for producing hacks for Valorant and Destiny 2, among other video games, according to a complaint obtained by Polygon. Lawyers for Riot and Bungie filed the complaint in the Central District of California court on Friday, alleging that Cameron Santos of GatorCheats […]
Riot unveils the Legends of Runeterra road map for 2021
Now that it’s 2021, Riot Games has released a roadmap of the content coming to card game Legends of Runeterra throughout the year. The first major update will be in February, when Lunari assassin comes to the game. The roadmap currently runs through July, and shows a lot of Shurima related content showing up throughout […]
Riot Games unveils plans for League of Legends universe in 2021
Riot Games has unveiled its plans for more game updates and esports events in the League of Legends universe for 2021. A short time ago, that would have meant plans for only its League of Legends game. But now Riot Games has multiple games in the market, all based on the same universe as League […]
Riot presents complete revamp of LCS' brand identity
The LCS gets a fresh, clean, and minimalistic new look. There are only a few days before the 2021 LCS season kicks off. But before that, Riot Games revealed a major rebrand of the league’s identity today with a new logo, overlays, and mottos for the top North American League of Legends competition. Riot has […]
Riot Games Reports 23M Average Minute Audience for Worlds 2020
Riot Games has reported viewership figures for the League of Legends World Championship, which generated a 23.04M average minute audience across all platforms. This is up from 2019’s championship event which reached a 21.8M AMA. Worlds 2020 was broadcast across more than 21 platforms and in 16 languages. The combined viewership peaked at 45.95M concurrent […]
Riot Games unveils Verizon new VALORANT First Strike partner – Esports Insider
Riot Games has announced American telecommunications conglomerate Verizon as the official 5G wireless and network service partner of First Strike, the first VALORANT tournament organised by the publisher. RELATED: Gambling on VALORANT: Key markets and important data The deal builds on Verizon’s existing relationship with Riot Games. In June, the telecommunications company entered a three-year partnership with the […]
League of Legends: Riot Revamps LCS Academy League For 2021
Riot Games is changing up the LCS Academy and amateur leagues for the 2021 season, the League of Legends developer announced yesterday. Taking the place of Academy league play-offs and Finals will be a series of tournaments, all of which will lead to the LCS Proving Grounds. Academy and amateur teams will compete alongside each […]
Woman Who Dated Riot Employee Claims League Of Legends Character Seraphine Is Based On Her
A woman has identified some interesting (and somewhat suspicious) parallels between herself and new League of Legends character Seraphine. According to her own first-hand account of dating a former Riot employee, she thinks it’s not impossible that Seraphine is based on her likeness. The woman – Stephanie – really does bear a decent resemblance to the starry-eyed songstress Seraphine. Even […]