During a speech at the 2020 World Artificial Intelligence Cloud Summit, Tencent Chief Operating Officer Ren Yuxin confirmed that the company was still planning to host the League of Legends World Championships for Season 10 in Shanghai. This news corroborates previous reports that Riot Games was still hosting the annual tournament in a bubble format, […]
Riot shows off VALORANT’s first Ultra Edition skin line—Elderflame
The dragon-inspired skins hit the store on July 10. There’s no telling what VALORANT players can do with the power of dragons at their fingertips. Riot Games showcased its first Ultra Edition skins for VALORANT today, previewing the fiery Elderflame cosmetics hitting the store on July 10. The weapons included in the bundle appear to […]
Riot "[agrees] that Yuumi hasn’t been fair to play against," will ensure creative ways for counterplay against her
The Magical Cat was Riot’s focus in its latest developer blog. Yuumi has constantly been the bane of many League of Legends players’ existence since her release last year. Her kit makes her one of the toughest champions to face in the bottom lane, and if left unchecked, she can turn an entire teamfight around […]
Riot adds lootable PBE item that could allow players to unlock potential new League champion Lillia for free
Could the new jungler be coming soon? It seems the new League of Legends champion to “fawn” over might be around the corner. Surrenderat20’s Moobeat informed fans today of a new loot item called “Lillia’s Haiku.” The item is currently on the Public Beta Environment (PBE) and reads “you have discovered Lillia in the forest.” […]
Riot testing major changes to Tahm Kench's kit
The goal is to make the River King better for solo queue players who aren’t as coordinated as pro teams. It’s time to unbench the Kench. League of Legends lead gameplay designer Mark “Scruffy” Yetter updated fans on the current direction of Tahm Kench in today’s dev blog. Due to the huge disparity between the […]
Riot discusses the factors that go into a League skin line being released, reworked, or vaulted
The Sugar Rush skin line is no more. League of Legends game director Andrei “Meddler” van Roon gave fans insight into how skin lines are assessed in today’s dev blog. The Riot dev broke down the four factors that determine whether a skin line is expanded, reworked, or retired. How did the skin perform relative […]
Riot Games Launches VALORANT Ignition Series to Jumpstart Ecosystem
Riot Games announced that it has created the “Ignition Series,” a multi-organizational VALORANT event that will see individual tournaments run all over the world. More than 20 esports organizations will create various tournament formats for the competitive 5v5 class-based shooter. The Ignition Series begins June 19 with the European G2 Esports Invitational, presented by Red […]
Riot is renaming Valorant’s confusing top rank for launch
Valorant’s closed beta is almost over and the game’s top players are sitting pretty at the rank of, yes, Valorant. But after the game’s official release, those top players are going to have a new, less confusing rank. Valorant’s current ranks start out at Iron then go to Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Immortal, and […]
Riot addresses concerns about toxicity in League of Legends
Earlier this week, popular League of Legends streamer Joedat “Voyboy” Esfahani released a video where he discussed at length how toxic solo queue has become. The video went viral, and now Riot is addressing these concerns about toxicity in the community. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser […]
Riot reverts a tiny Valorant change after fans complain
Valorant is still in closed beta, and that means all kinds of things may change in the game. Riot is still updating characters’ looks and designs, art is still changing, and all kinds of new additions are showing up with every update. In this week’s patch, one of those changes was a new headshot noise […]