With Riot Games having a 10th anniversary live-stream tomorrow for its global community, including a localized one in China, the rumor mill was in full swing for the past few weeks. We are of course talking about a mobile version…
League of Legends – Riot Games revealing future content in live-stream next month
League of Legends is starting the festivities to celebrate its 10th anniversary! It has been a decade since the MOBA changed the gaming landscape and defined a genre, with developer Riot Games kicking off the celebrations by revealing a new…
Riot Games – League of Legends developer debuts new company logo in China
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,…
Riot Games – Developer refuses to fire COO Scott Gelb despite multiple sexual harassment claims
Riot Games was in the spotlight before for its toxic work culture, especially highlighted by its practices which drove out many female employees. Recently, it was revealed by Kotaku that the company’s COO, Scott Gelb, was a senior executive who…
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…
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…
PUBG Corp – Key executive from Riot Games defects to support battle royale game
Last week, it was revealed that PUBG Corporation has poached a key executive from Riot Games in order to expand its esports business for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. The personnel is Jung Hyun Kwon (권정현), who previously worked as Managing Director of…
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…
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…
Blizzard – South Korea office to have rival Riot Games as neighbour
Blizzard Korea will be moving to its new office within Parnas Tower over the next few months to accommodate its aggressive expansion. Located above Samseong Station within the affluent Gangnam area, Blizzard will have rivals Riot Games as coincidental same-tower…