League of Legends season 15 is here, and with it plenty of in-game changes that drastically alter the way the good ol' fashioned push and pull of Summoner's Rift goes down. However, alongside a fresh coat of paint, a new champion, and some significant changes to the map courtesy of feats of strength and a new map boss, there are a few bugs that are rubbing folks the wrong way.
]]>In case you're not super into the Moba space, League of Legends has released its 2025 season cinematic to kick off a new year of competition. This cinematic, which takes us to the region of Noxus and introduces us to a variety of champions who hang around there, has soared past 25 million views in less than a day.
]]>UPDATE (08/01/25, 9:05 AM GMT): VG247 has recieved an additional statement from Tencent in which the company said the following:
]]>Whether or not you care about League of Legends, it’s hard to deny the impact Arcane - the animated series inspired by the game’s world and characters - has had on the streaming world.
]]>If you were starting to think that Ella Purnell was set to become some sort of gaming icon, you'll be devastated to hear she ain't really into video games and would like to stop landing video game roles after Fallout and Arcane.
]]>Arcane fans, don't worry, it sounds like your faves aren't being completely abandoned, as spin-offs for "certain characters" are very much on the table.
]]>Arcane season 2 had some pretty big character deaths, to put it lightly, and it turns out that literally anyone could have been on the chopping block.
]]>A number of fans felt that Arcane season 2, particularly the last act, felt quite rushed, and showrunner Christian Linke has offered his thoughts on the complaints.
]]>Yes, Arcane is over now, but for Riot and Fortiche there's plenty of work to be done on future shows set in the world of League of Legends.
]]>Arcane is ending after two seasons, but after some rumours about the show running for five seasons has spread, League of Legend's creator has cleared the air.
]]>I, like thousands of others out there, am absolutely enraptured by Arcane Season 2. As a fan of the first season, I was eager to sit down and watch the first act for an update on the misadventures of Jinx, Vi, and co. I expected the show to sink its hooks into me, but what I didn't expect was the majority of my anticipation to stem not from the core plot, but by the little stingers the writers placed at the end of each episode.
]]>CaitVi is obviously an incredibly popular ship in Arcane, and going into season 2, its co-creator said the team knew the pairing was "stepping into this shitstorm."
]]>Netflix is sure to be hoping to pull in some big numbers with Arcane season 2, as the entire show is apparently the most expensive animated series ever.
]]>The most popular Pokemon games tend to be the mainline games. They follow a tried and tested formula of catching and battling Pokemon, nurturing them so they can face even tougher battles and so that you can become the best trainer there ever was. Though, when you grow tired of going from Gym Leader to Gym Leader but still want your Pokemon fix, there are fortunately plenty of Pokemon spin-off games for you to try.
]]>Riot Games is going through another wave of layoffs. This has been announced by Riot Co-Founder Marc Merrill on Twitter, who announced the news through a written article on the social media platform. This statement starts by reassuring fans that League of Legends will be okay, before diving into the job cuts.
]]>Right, so, Deadlock. That Valve shooter which an entire village worth of people were already playing before it was officially announced as being a thing. It's now letting players choose to turn those detected as having cheated into frogs before the ban hammer comes down.
]]>After the SAG-AFTRA union called a strike against League of Legends, Riot Games has issued a statement that aims to dissociate the developer from the allegations being cited as the reason behind said strike.
]]>If you've gotten all excited about Linkin Park making a return, and are still powering through 2AM ranked games in League of Legends, you may be excited to hear that these two interests are coliding tomorrow. This is thanks to this year's Worlds anthem which has been created by the band.
]]>After a long wait, Arcane season 2 is almost here, and Netflix finally confirmed when you'll be able to watch the final season.
]]>Deadlock is still early in development, so some players have been able to play however they like without any kind of punishment - but the newest update should stop that.
Valve is working on a brand new shooter, one of the hero variety, if you hadn't heard, but it being still in the testing phase means that Deadlock doesn't quite have all the kinks worked out yet. However, when it comes to things like players just abandoning matches for no good reason, there wasn't a system that disincentivized such behaviour. As part of the game's September update, this has now been changed, with some punishments coming into effect in certain instances. For example, if a player has exhibited bad behaviour or abandons games too often, they can now be placed in a secondary queue that's less likely to find a match.
If they want to be freed from this low priority queue, they'll have to play a few rounds before being put back into normal matchmaking. On top of this, it's now possible for players to also lose access to matchmaking altogether, as well as being able to talk in voice and text chat, pausing, or reporting other players for abuse. It's incredibly important for online games to have punishments in place to discourage players with bad behaviours from doing things that cause other grief, as shooters aren't exactly always known for their kind and welcoming communities.
]]>If a game is online, it's bound to get cheaters eventually, and it looks like Deadlock has them before it's officially been released.
]]>The longer-than-usual wait for Arcane season 2 has been rough, and chances are you'll need to rewatch the first set of episodes ahead of its November return to make sense of all the plot lines and characters involved, but its first full trailer is so good that it might send you straight into Netflix to do so.
]]>Deadlock is doing ridiculously well despite not being officially out yet, and now a much earlier look at the game has been shared online.
]]>As I write this, Black Myth: Wukong, the action adventure from China’s Game Science studio, is the most played game on Steam by player count. There are currently 1,400,932 players in-game (with a peak of 1,443,570), surpassing the likes of Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, PUBG and all the usual games that occupy Steam’s top five.
]]>Some fun news in the world of League of Legends has popped up, as a selection of new emotes are coming to the game courtesy of an esports collaboration between Riot Games and the tier 1 teams across the globe. However, one specific emote has caught the eye of the cheekier sorts among the League player base, as it features the infamous bait ping, removed from the game due to its unintended use by the community.
]]>Everyone loves Radahn! Perhaps one of the most memorable bosses in Elden Ring is a fan favourite among players and far-flung spectators alike. But if you're still hungry for some time with FromSoftware's beloved horse rider you can spend an indefinate amount of time with the bloke in an unexpected game: League of Legends.
]]>Brawl Stars is a smash-hit sensation, and not just because it’s popular! This slick and fast-paced Battle Royale pits a huge roster of colorful characters against one another in a variety of different arenas and game types.
]]>The live-service bubble has been bursting for a while. That much is clear. But with how long most triple-A (and even double-AA) video games take to make nowadays and how absurdly huge the possible wins are, it comes as no surprise it's taking a bit of time to partially retreat from a model that's grown increasingly risky in the last three years or so. This summer, a handful of free-to-play titles such as The First Descendant and Zenless Zone Zero are making a splash, but we're still looking at the same big issue.
]]>This is not a drill, nor a joke. Dota 2 now has a fighting game mode included as part of the recent Crownfall update. Included within the battle pass, it has five characters, dedicated move lists for each fighter, alternative skins, frame data, and more. It's a little cheap sure, and not quite a fully-fledged fighting game, but it's real. Fun too!
]]>The Esports World Cup has begun, bringing many of the most popular competitive games under one roof in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This kicks off an almost two month-long battle over ridiculous amounts of prize money, which a vast majority of esports teams and competitors are fighting for.
]]>It's been revealed in a recent interview that 2XKO will be getting one of the best narrative features from both fighting games and League of Legends. Character interactions! Quick quips between the fighters that'll help fill the gaps between tense bust-ups.
]]>League of Legends has been around for a long time. In fact, later this year we'll be hitting the game's 15th anniversary, which is sure to make a certain slice of the OG playerbase feel especially ancient. It should go without saying that the video game industry as a whole has shifted quite a bit in that time, with the wants and needs of players also having evolved.
]]>Heads up, League of Legends players and survival game fans! For the first time in history, you'll be able to come together in harmony thanks to the latest summer event coming to the MOBA. For a limited time, you'll be able to try out the Anima Squad PvE swarm mode, a loving send up of Vampire Survivors and other survival games.
]]>Aurora has just been announced officially as the next big champion release for League of Legends. As an AP carry with a focus on confusing enemies and quickly roaming around the map for skirmishes, she looks to be an absolute powerhouse. I was able to try out the champion earlier this month firsthand, and can earnestly say she'll be a monstrous release.
]]>Netflix's animated League of Legends adaptation Arcane is getting a physical release, and it's all thanks to GKIDS.
]]>Want to pick the best units to form your team in Squad Busters? In the new free-to-play brawler made by the Supercell team, you can recruit famous characters from their games such as Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, and many others, to fight in 10-person multiplayer matches. With a total of 27 characters available, each with their own status, abilities, and evolutions, learning what are the most powerful ones will come in handy.
]]>Ever since Bethesda took a certain little-known isometric RPG for neckbeards and turned it into a huge mainstream phenomenon (thank you Bethesda), the Fallout brand has done Big Business. And so it has been roped into numerous cross-promotional schemes over the years, lending its iconic branding to all sorts of pointless adornments you can get for other games.
]]>Riot Games has finally rolled out its Vanguard anti-cheat to League of Legends. In the wake of this update, various users have expressed concerns and shared negative technical experiences, with some claiming the update has bricked their PCs. In response, Riot has come out publically and stood by the implementation, pointing to a relatively miniscule number of these reports against the total player base, and identifying key causes and fixes.
]]>Smite 2 has just popped up on Steam, and has already soared all the way up to the platform's Top Sellers list. The game has yet to get its initial release date. It doesn't even have an open beta available. This surge of interest comes entirely through pre-ordered founders packs.
]]>Today is Pokemon Day 2024, and it kicked off with a Pokemon Presents presentation full of news on everyone’s favorite Pocket Monsters.
]]>Following a report which suggested Hasbro had been in discussions with Tencent and Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian regarding a planned sale of the Dungeons & Dragons IP, Wizards of the Coast has denied that it’s looking to execute such a sale.
]]>Riot Games, the developer behind the likes of League of Legends, Valorant, and Teamfight Tactics, has announced that it’s “eliminating about 530 roles globally”, with the most tangible effects seemingly hitting the teams working on Legends of Runeterra and the Riot Forge initiative that’s behind the likes of Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story.
]]>If you've got a successful live service game on your hands these days, I can only imagine how careful you'd be to make sure to not mess it up. The best free-to-play games are crumbling en masse like houses on the Norfolk coastline. This perilous environment adds a burden of risk to any significant update, let alone a full on sequel like Smite 2.
]]>It seems like MOBAs are having a bit of a moment right now. With the recent announcement of Smite 2, and this new game from Mintrocket.
]]>If you've been keeping tabs on the Smite community ever since Smite 2 was announced, there's been one major point of controversy surrounding an otherwise positive glimpse at the game's future. That elephant in the room is the transfer of Smite 1 content - the heaps of time and money spent that won't transition directly into the new frontier.
]]>It's not often you get a sequel to a decade old MOBA. I think DOTA 2 is the only time it has ever happened. Lightning can strike twice it seems. This time thanks to Hi-Rez and Titan Forge Games' very own Pantheonic party kicking off once again with Smite 2. Having just been revealed today, it's still a far way out for you good folks at home. However, I was able to check it out in-person.
]]>Smite 2 has just been announced at the Smite World Championships - and with it the news that all your old Smite 1 cosmetics will not be transfering over. It's not all bad news, as longtime players will be rewarded in other ways.
]]>Big news that even the gods will enjoy! Smite - the long-running 3rd person action MOBA - is getting a sequel. Smite 2 has been announced, and it's coming to PC, the PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
]]>Late last week, Riot Games announced an onslaught of exciting updates for their premier MOBA League of Legends that promised to revitalise the game in 2024. However, while the vast majority of these additions will undoubtedly entice players back into the rift, one may spell the death of a passionate community of modders and creatives who have been messing around with the game for years.
]]>A teaser for Arcane season 2 has just been released, as part of a series of big League of Legends reveals hyping up the coming year.
]]>A small development team has created their own update for Heroes of the Storm, the MOBA Blizzard has kept on the backburner for some time now. Titled Resurgence of the Storm, this Starcraft 2 mod can be downloaded right now, and features new heroes and major reworks.
]]>Dota 2 is celebrating Frostivus 2023 by handing out goodies to all.
]]>After a long wait, you'll have to wait even longer for Arcane season two, as Netflix confirms a November 2024 release date.
]]>League of Legends is welcoming a new musical group to its world, this time in the form of a hunky looking boyband called Heartsteel.
]]>Riot Games has expanded references to Joe - a player introduced to the company by the Make-a-Wish Foundation back 2012 - in League of Legends. This comes as part of a Jax update that has hit the public beta environment, in which players have discovered references to Joe in the character's lore.
]]>The Pokemon Company has announced it will host a special Pokemon Presents video presentation next week.
]]>As a medium, video games are often a vast fabric of inspiration-taking, borrowed ideas, and of course shameless rip offs. Some of the biggest and best games in decades have been the result of a lot of hard work coupled with the healthy practice of nabbing what's popular during development. A tad dishonest? Maybe - but it's how some of the biggest game developers in the business got to where they are today. This week we're asking: What's the best game that's a shameless rip-off of another game?
]]>The Soul Fighter event has been announced across multiple Riot Games titles, bringing fighting game themed cosmetics and in-game content to the world of Runeterra starting July 20.
]]>Rampant is a Roblox game that fans of MOBA games could be interested in. The experience, which was formerly called Rampant Blade Battlegrounds, drops players into a huge map where you could find a Roblox player to do battle with lurking around any corner.
]]>What do you think of when you think of the word ‘Minecraft’? If you’re anything like me – and the now-numerous generations that have been raised by the game – you’ll think of creativity, exploration, the freedom to do things your own way. The original game (now a Microsoft property) took the reins off, allowed you to explore the geometric sandbox at your leisure, and let you revel in the world in your own time. Set your own goals, do your own thing. Have fun, without needing to constantly check compass points or review your objectives.
]]>Milio is a brand new champion coming to League of Legends. As a “back to basics” enchanter, this champion is a more traditional support focused on enhancing allies.
]]>Pokemon Unite marks a big departure for the beloved Nintendo franchise. The free-to-play game is the first ever MOBA game released in the series' history.
]]>Details on the League of Legends 2023 season have just been revealed, giving players of the popular Riot Games MOBA their first look into what the next year has in store for them.
]]>Ubisoft and Riot are collaborating on an anti-toxicity research project, which will focus on collecting in-game chat logs as training data for AI algorithms. Both companies are set to release their findings from this data next Summer, at which point future steps will be decided.
]]>In a brilliantly on-brand move, Oculus VR headset creator Palmer Luckey has created an explosive headset designed to kill the wearer if they die in a video game.The famous VR engineer has not worn the helmet himself, of course, as he's scared that it may accidentally trigger and blow his head off. However, we believe there’s some merit to this idea in the modern world of video games.
]]>Over 5.1 million people tuned in to watch the League of Legends World Championship grand finals yesterday. That figure, which doesn’t take into account viewership, has eclipsed the previous record set by 2021’s League Edward Gaming vs DWG finals by over one million viewers, making this year’s event the leader by a substantial margin.
]]>Evercore Heroes — a new game coming from Vela Games with former EA and Riot Veterans behind the wheel — has just been announced! The Dublin-based studio’s premier title, the game combines real-time skill focused gameplay found in MOBAs, with the cooperative teamplay required in MMO dungeon runs in what could be a unique twist on a popular genre.
]]>League of Legends is an esports mountain, at this point. Over the years since Western professional gaming's primordial days, it has broken through and risen through tectonic shifts in the global scene, eventually towering over the majority of its competitors both within its genre – and without. It has even reached the lofty heights required for your mum or dad to have heard about it.There's a good chance that if you have a sister, she's dated a mid-laner, god help her. Walking around town with a Fnatic or Evil Geniuses t-shirt can, in certain places, elicit a similar reaction that a football (real or American) jersey can. If I see a zoomer in an NA team's merch, I'm likely to laugh at them. If I see someone in old-school Shalke attire, I'm liable to french kiss them.
]]>Gaming is a pricey hobby, but not every game comes with an up-front cost — and indeed, the best free-to-play games never require you to spend a single penny of your own cash in order to enjoy them to the fullest.
]]>In case you didn't see the sneaky League of Legends leaks that slipped out yesterday, you may be surprised to hear that the jungle role is set to undergo some major changes during the 2023 Pre-season. This includes aids for jungle pathing, jungle camp leashing, and jungle pets which appear to be the answer to stale itemisation in the role.
]]>As many League of Legends fans will already know, Udyr is getting a massive rework to both his visuals and his in-game abilities. A beloved character in the hearts of the community, including early adopters of the super-popular MOBA and competitive players alike, this massive undertaking came at the request of a community poll earlier in the year.
]]>Smite is a MOBA that has been trucking along for some time now, maintaining a healthy playerbase and remaining constantly updated with new characters and balance patches ever since its release back in 2014. As such, regardless of whether you’re a long term player or someone jumping in for the first time, a tier list separating the best and worst gods is crucial.
]]>The land of Runeterra has erupted in magical world attire as of late, and it’s all thanks to the Star Guardian meta event taking place across League of Legends, Wild Rift, and Legends of Runeterra. This means in-game twists and rewards across all titles, as well as newly-recorded musical tracks and some impressive real-world displays here and there.
]]>A detailed breakdown of the Riot Games Star Guardian event has been released today, showcasing a vast collection of in-game events and cosmetic rewards across League of Legends, Wild Rift, Legends of Runeterra and Teamfight Tactics. The event, launching July 14, also comes with a new event anthem “Everything Goes On” by Porter Robinson.
]]>New content for Heroes of the Storm will no longer be produced, according to Blizzard, and only seasonal rolls and hero rotations are planned for the future.
]]>Announced during the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase, Riot announced a whole bunch of its titles that are coming to Game Pass.
]]>Riot Games has revealed details for its latest League of Legends champion through a cinematic trailer.
]]>League of Legends is finally getting challenges starting tomorrow May 7. As the popular MOBA’s answer to achievements, players will be able to go out and earn tokens on over 300 unique missions. Each challenge comes with its own rank, with the combination of completed challenges adding together to form a shiny new rank for you to show off to your mates and randoms in solo queue.
]]>Patch notes for League of Legends 12.7 are out, and are packed with substantial changes for a range of champions and items that have been in need of a touch up for some time now. In addition, there’s a new skin line for those looking splash some cash around too, which is always nice.
]]>The League of Legends team at Riot Games have revealed more info about the upcoming challenges system, which is set to go live in-game with patch 12.9 on May 11. This system brings over 300 individual challenges to the game, offering some goals aside from increasing your rank and increasing champion mastery score for those invested in the MOBA.
]]>As league of Legends enters its twelfth season, and the rushes forward into 2022, Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent has published a blog post titled Calling the Shot: the Next Five Years at Riot Games. In said blog post, he sets out future plans for the company, while addressing the recent settlement the company made with current and former women working at the studio.
]]>League of Legends season 12 is launching today, bringing with it a vast collection of visual changes and new features for summoners to play around with as they head back into ranked. This marks League of Legends’ twelfth season since its launch in 2009, as well as the beginning of Riot’s first big push into 2022.
]]>Kotaku reports that according to the latest year in review report from stream tools company StreamElements, Grand Theft Auto 5 is the most watched game on Twitch, dominating a chart full of games that have solidly lodged themselves at the top for multiple years running.
]]>The clock is running down on Fortnite's Chapter 2 with 'The End' live event beginning this weekend.
]]>Arcane, Riot Games’ very own Netflix show set in the world of League of Legends, has wrapped up its first season for roughly a week now. Split into three weekly acts, the show follows the adventures of Vi and Powder and has proven to be a monstrous hit. With a second season already confirmed to be in production there's a lot to get excited for those if you're someone looking to see more of Runeterra and it's characters on their big screen.
]]>In case you missed it, Riot Games gave us our first proper look at Project L, the League of Legends fighting game, over the weekend. After roughly two years of radio silence since the game was first announced at EVO 2019, only whispers and rumours about the game have been circulated. With this recent showcase, we’ve finally got some solid information to mull over!
]]>Way back in 2019, we heard about three myterious Riot projects codenamed Project A, Project F, and Project L.
]]>Teamfight Tactics, Riot Game’s charming auto battler included within the League of Legends client, has been a fan favourite mode eversince its release. While you can always queue it up on your own and climb those ranks, TFT is a fantastic mode to play with a group of friends. For those who enjoy playing alongside their pals, the new Double Up mode might be the perfect addition.
]]>Attention League of Legends players, it’s that time yet again. The season 12 pre-season patch launches today, and with it comes an avalanche of new changes, major adjustments, and constant tweaking while we build up to the start of the season proper.
]]>Riot games, the developer behind the astronomically popular MOBA League of Legends, recently announced that they had 180 million unique monthly players across their Runeterra-based games. This includes League of Legends, alongside the online card game Legends of Runeterra, its auto battler Teamfight Tactics, and its mobile MOBA Wild Rift.
]]>Classic chills have come to Fortnite with the arrival of the Ghostbusters Punchcard.
]]>It’s not just Ariana Grande’s singing that’s out of this world, as she returns to Fortnite as a monster hunting astronaut with a string of quests for you to complete.
]]>Pokemon Unite hits mobile devices tomorrow when the free-to-start game hits the App Store and Google Play.
]]>A release date for the mobile version of Pokemon Unite has been announced, along with two new creatures coming to the game.
]]>It’s time to put on your most trustworthy skin, as Fortnite Impostors casts you as a dimensional detective tasked with rooting out the fraud.
]]>If you've been playing Pokemon Unite lately, you'll be pleased to know that Blissey will be the next creature to enter the arena – and it's coming later this week.
]]>Pokemon Unite Holowear Tickets are rare items that get you some new threads for your favorite 'mon — assuming you're devoted enough to Poke-fashion to get them.
]]>Pokemon Unite is fun and accessible, but it's also a competitively-minded MOBA - and that means it's easy to get backed into a corner that you can't get out of. In that instance, the best thing to do is to surrender the match - giving your opponent the win they're going to get anyway.
]]>The right Pokemon Unite builds can help you sweep the competition, but it means making some tough choices as your monsters level up.
]]>Pokemon Unite is a barnstormer right out of the gate.
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