The new capture & hold mode Dominion coming "soon" to the free-to-play Legend of Legends is shown off in a new trailer, mixing gameplay snippets with 'behind-the-scenes' chat from folks at developer Riot Games. The new mode is intended to give shorter, sharper bursts of LoL.
A new form of competition is coming to League of Legends: a capture-and-hold mode named "Dominion," developer Riot Games announced today. Taking place on a new map, Dominion aims to deliver short, action-packed games.
Riot calls Dominion "a rapid-fire alternative to the more strategic, measured pace of Summoner's Rift," with rounds clocking in at around twenty minutes. It also notes that "late-game comebacks are possible and the outcome is always in question," which is always rousing.
To celebrate the end of League of Legends' first competitive season, developer Riot Games has released a few statistics on the free-to-play's game player base. Over 15 million accounts have been registered since it launches in October 2010, with an average of 1.4 million playing every day and a peak of 500,000 playing at the same time.
A majority stake in Riot Games has been acquired by Chinese Internet services company Tencent, the League of Legends developer has announced.
While the deal's financial terms were not disclosed, a little bird reportedly familiar with it told Bloomberg that the companies were negotiating a price of over $350 million. Tencent had already invested in Riot in earlier rounds of funding. Riot will remain in its Los Angeles offices, still operating independently with the current management team. Read more »
Since Valve Software only filed for a trademark on "DotA", Riot Games has in turn filed for a trademark on "Defense of the Ancients". The filing by Riot came just three days after Valve's own trademark was filed, according to an interview with PC Gamer.
Steve "Pendragon" Mescon told PC Gamer that "the idea that one single company is taking control of the name of something that hundreds of people have contributed to is surprising," echoing earlier statements. "I believe DotA should always remain a community-owned product that modders, independent developers and game fans can continue to modify and play as often as they'd like." Read more »
Following Valve's trademark registration for "DotA", former DotA-Allstars developer Steve "Guinsoo" Feak and community manager Steve "Pendragon" Mescon--now both at Riot Games working on League of Legends--have expressed some concern over Valve's filing.
Both feel that DotA should remain a "community-owned product that modders, independent developers and game fans can continue to modify and play as often as they'd like," explained in a statement to Joystiq. Read more »
Riot Games' free-to-play Defense of the Ancients-esque strategy game League of Legends (PC) will be expanding to Mac this summer thanks to TransGaming Inc.
The Mac version will be powered by TransGaming's Cider Portability Engine. "Artwork, graphics, in-game items and controls will remain the same in the Mac version," the companies say, adding that "the Mac version of League of Legends will feature the same update and release schedule as its PC counterpart" and "all Mac users will be able to mingle freely with their fellow League of Legends players on PC. " Read more »
Shacknews is happy to exclusively reveal a new champion for Riot Games' free-to-play hero arena game League of Legends.
Ezreal, the Prodigal Explorer, is a fighter type champion and based entirely upon skill-shots and will require some clever micromanagement to utilize at full-potential.
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