Riot Games today announced on its Weibo account (China’s version of Twitter and the country’s largest social media platform) that it has debuted a new logo for the company. The main idea behind this re-design is to make the Riot…
Riot Games – League of Legends studio is hiring for new “cool game”
While the joke about Riot Games actually just makes 1 game has been around for some time, rumors of a new IP has been swirling around since Greg Street joined the company from Blizzard’s World of Warcraft team. Recently, a…
League of Legends – New company formed to oversee and expand esports business in China
Yesterday, Tencent and Riot Games announced they have formed a new company in China to oversee all esports related operations and businesses for League of Legends in the country. Known as TJ Sports (腾竞体育) and registered on 4 Jan 2019,…
League of Legends – European league officially re-brands and enters new era
Riot Games today officially re-branded the European league for League of Legends from the former EULCS to LEC (League of Legends European Championship). This comes after the switch to the franchise business model, where each team has proven they have…
League of Legends – Head coach of champion team terminated from position
Earlier today, the Korean head coach of Chinese League of legends team Invictus Gaming announced that his contract has been terminated. Joining just in May this year, Jung-soo Kim managed to take the team to new heights by winning the…
League of Legends – Chinese team RNG finds new sponsor in KFC
Royal Never Give Up, or more commonly known as RNG, recently revealed that is has roped in Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) as one of the team’s main sponsor. One of the top competitive League of Legends team in China and…
Riot Games – Investigative report claims developer is a toxic place which drives out female employees
[Source] According to a recent investigative report by Kotaku which took place over a few months, several current and former Riot employees discussed the toxic workplace environment which ultimately drives women out of the studio. According to current and former Riot…
League of Legends – Vietnam recognized as independent region after stellar results
[Source] Riot Games, developer of League of Legends, recently announced that Vietnam will now be recognized as an independent region due to the stellar team results in the Garena Premier League (GPL) and growth potential. This means that Vietnam will…
League of legends – Asus invests USD 16 million in new China esports subsidiary
Republic of Gamers, otherwise known as ROG, is probably one of the most popular gaming brand in the world, covering everything from monitors to mouse, PC systems to laptops, and many more. A brand under IT heavyweight Asus, the company…
Teemo’s Adventure – Riot Games preparing to launch mysterious new game in China
As most gamers would have known by now, League of legends developer Riot Games is owned by Tencent, China’s biggest tech and games company (which also earned 51% of all domestic gaming revenue). Recently, the Chinese media caught sight of…
League of Legends – Faker Edition ROG laptop bundle goes on sale in South Korea
Wishing you cold somehow play at the level of world champions in League of Legends? Fret not, as Asus has teamed up with multiple-time League of Legends world champions SK Telecom Team 1 to release a special laptop bundle, featuring…
League of Legends – Hong Kong actor forms new Taiwan League of Legends team
Hong Kong actor and singer Shawn Yue (余文乐) today announced he has formed an esports organization in Taiwan, under the name MAD TEAM. Other than MAD TEAM Arena of Valor, the most popular mobile game in Taiwan, MAD TEAM League…
Riot Games – League of Legends studio sues Mobile Legends developer
[Source] Riot Games, the Tencent-owned studio behind League of Legends, has filed a lawsuit against Shanghai Moontoon Technology, developer of hit mobile game, Mobile Legends. The lawsuit was recently filed in Los Angeles, California, and claimed Moonton has “knowingly infringed on…
League of Legends – QG Reapers acquired by multi-billion company
Chinese multi-billion e-commerce company, JD.com, announced it has acquired the League of Legends team, QG Reapers. The team will now be known as JD Gaming (JDG), debuting a new logo with a devil-like mascot. JD.com also acquired NON from the…