[Source] According to Games in Asia, the total prize pool for League of Legends World Championship 2014 stands at 2.13 million USD, just 80,000 USD more compared to last year. Not only that, there are 2 more teams this time…
Riot Games – Tokyo branch revealed for League of Legends studio
I guess most of you would be surprised by the news, but League of Legends still does not have an official publisher in Japan. All that is set to change, as Riot Games officially announced its Tokyo office recently as…
League of Legends – Reddit user compiles earnings for eSports teams
[Source] Reddit user kiTTzq has revealed a list of cash rankings for professional teams playing League of Legends, and this is from the game’s very beginning till the end of 2013. The cash amount here is only from competitions, apparently…
League of Legends – MOBA title among top searches for year 2013
Naver, Korea’s biggest search engine (which forced Yahoo to retreat from the country), recently revealed the top 2013 searches under different categories. Under the PC category, League of Legends received an astounding No.2 position, the only game featuring in the…
Riot Games – League of Legends dev moving to new mega campus in 2015
Riot Games just announced moving to a brand new campus in Spring 2015, with the current space at Santa Monica getting too tight for comfort. Located within ElementLA, the new office will house around 1,000 employees, with room for further…
League of Legends – Leader of SK Gaming reveals annual earnings
[Source] The 23 year-old leader of SK Gaming, Carlos “Ocelote” Rodriguez, recently revealed to a Spanish newspaper that he is earning around USD 1 million annually. This includes merchandising income, which is over 50% of the total amount. Who says…
League of Legends: Supremacy – Co-founder denies possible launch
As posted a couple of hours ago, the Twitter account belonging to Riot Games’ co-founder, Marc Merrill, was hacked by someone named Jason (God). Using Marc’s account, this hacker began posting information about a League of Legends card game known…
League of Legends: Supremacy – Online card game apparently leaked
According to the online community, a hacker managed to access the Twitter account of Marc Merrill, co-founder of Riot Games. The hacker began posting images on a certain “League of Legends: Supremacy”, which was actually licensed some time back and…
League of Legends – Tencent Games teases new China-inspired champion
If you did not know, China powerhouse Tencent is actually the biggest investor and owner of Riot Games now. At last year’s League of Legends China event, the Three Kingdoms skins for Xin Zhao were revealed, and this year, a…
Riot Games – Developer expands with new office in New York
[Source] Riot Games, developer of League of Legends, has rented a new office space in Manhattan, New York. Signing a five-year lease, the space is 5,594 square feet, covering the entire second floor of the building located at 49 West…
Riot Games – League of Legends developer is best studio to work for
[Source] While it came in 4th in the overall tech company list compiled by Business Insider and Glassdoor, it is the only true games developer on it. And Riot Games only has 1 product. Incredible. I was expecting to at…
League of Legends – New cinematic trailer impresses the legion
With League of Legends currently the top online game, in fact the top overall game on all platforms currently, Riot Games could easily have slacked off and reap the rewards. The good thing is, the company not only announced a…
League of Legends – New Collector’s Edition swag from Razer
Razer and Riot Games have worked together before on PC peripherals for League of Legends, but I believe this is the first time the term “Collector’s Edition” has been used. Razer has just released the League of Legends Collector’s Edition…
Riot Games – Sydney office opens for Oceania expansion
This is my first post for the Oceania region, and soon I may have to add South America as well =.= And yes, Riot Games, the still-growing online gaming giant, has announced the opening of its Sydney office. Of course,…