How to use League of Legends' least-loved Champion
A new Shacknews video series looks at League's least popular characters, and attempts to crack the nut of how to actually make good use of them.
READ MORE >League of Legends 'All-Star' trailer hypes regional tournament
Riot Games has released a trailer highlighting the best regional teams in preparation for the All-Star 2014 tournament this weekend.
READ MORE >"It's going to be interesting to see how this event goes. SKT K (they won the world ..."
see all 2 commentsLeague of Legends introduces Braum, the first tank support
League of Legends is getting a new champion, which Riot says is the first "true tank support" character.
READ MORE >"used to be the other way around really, AP carries hit harder generally just slower."
see all 38 commentsLeague of Legends gets more human-like bots
Pratice makes perfect in League of Legends, especially if it's against AI bots. That's why Riot has adjusted bot behaviors to act more human.
READ MORE >"Don't be fooled... Those aren't "more human like bots" those are mouthy preteens being paid in ..."
see all 4 commentsApril Fools: League of Legends tests Ultra Rapid Fire (URF) mode
"The guiding principle of Ultra Rapid Fire is that players make plays, and making plays feels good."
READ MORE >League of Legends & Game of Thrones to get official mash-up trailer
League of Legends is coming to HBO. Sort of. A new partnership between developer Riot Games and the subscription cable network will result in a mash-up trailer starring characters from the MOBA and Game of Thrones. How quaint.
READ MORE >"HBO was a sponsor of LCS this week. I'm guessing this isn't as simple as Riot spending cash to ..."
see all 4 commentsLeague of Legends bringing Team Builder mode into beta
League of Legends is bringing a new Team Builder mode into beta, which allows players to set their champion, role, and position prior to entering the game, in order to help bolster teamwork.
READ MORE >"In retrospect, I have no idea why it has taken a MOBA game this long to implement this."
see all 6 commentsLeague of Legends boasts 27 million players daily
Riot's free-to-play Dote 'em up League of Legends is kind of a big deal, you've probably heard, and even bigger than we knew. The developer has released new figures revealing that 27 million players are LoLing ever day, and 67 million every month, boasting that this makes Lo...
READ MORE >"No I can see it. While I do think Dota 2 is mechanically superior in some ways, LoL has a ..."
see all 3 commentsLeague of Legends locking character roster to help new players
Even as perhaps the most straightforward of Dote 'em ups, League of Legends throws an awful lot at new players to learn quickly. Part of the problem is the free-to-play game only offers a selection of characters to everyone for free and rotates this selection regularly, so j...
READ MORE >League of Legends hacked, 120,000 transaction records accessed
Riot's League of Legends is the latest to suffer at the hands of hackers, with 120,000 transaction records from 2011 accessed.
READ MORE >"Looks like its only North America according to that statement, so other areas should be okay? ..."
see all 6 commentsLeague of Legends players recognized as pro athletes by US government
Riot Games has announced that the US government now officially recognizes League of Legends players as professional athletes.
READ MORE >"Athletic: physically active and strong; of or pertaining to athletes; involving the use of ..."
see all 39 commentsLeague of Legends championship coming to Los Angeles on October 4
The League of Legends season 3 World Championship will take place in the Staples Center this year, on October 4.
READ MORE >"The size of the LoL community is staggering. I'm not a huge fan of the game myself but ..."
see all 6 commentsHow Riot used social experiments on League of Legends players
League of Legends studio Riot Games explains how it has been using a behavior initiative to conduct subtle experiments on its large player base.
READ MORE >"Yeah, I got my Teamwork/Leadership Ribbon, and was initially PISSED when I got the Helpful one ..."
see all 4 commentsLeague of Legends Mac client enters open beta
League of Legends is hardly short on players, boasting 32 million active monthly and 12 million daily, but it's set to expand even more. After a spot of testing, Riot has properly released an open beta Mac client for its Dote 'em up, for the enjoyment of everyone gaming on a...
READ MORE >League of Legends gets Mac beta client
League of Legends has produced a Mac beta client, currently in the Public Beta Environment and ready to go into open beta once PBE testing is done.
READ MORE >"Played a game with the mac client over lunch, performed pretty well, solid framerate and the ..."
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