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Team Liquid’s struggles keep getting worse. Team Liquid announced via Twitter today that Peter “Doublelift” Yiliang Peng will not compete in the LCS on Saturday. His absence is due to illness, not their season’s results thus far. Replacing him will be Edward “Tactical” Ra, who has apparently played with the team the past three days. […]

The LPL announced it will be returning this March. Back in January, the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) made the tough call to put the league on indefinite hold due to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak in China. A month later the LPL has confirmed that the LPL will return on March 9th. The English […]

Meet the new lineup blasting into TFT in Set 3. Riot Games has teased and now released more information about set 3 for TFT, titled Galaxies. During the first week of March, Riot Games will release more information on the third set. This is an example of how Riot games have learned from previous sets […]

Project A is coming from Riot Games sooner or later. We all know the game isn’t staying called Project A and we might finally know the identity of the game thanks to a UK Trademark filling. Trademark “UK00003468347” filled on February 20th, 2020 by Riot Games, Inc for “VALORANT”. The same owner is also marked […]

The legendary Swedish esports organization Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP) is looking to come back to League of Legends (again), according to NiP COO Jonas Gundersen. Speaking on Twitter, Jonas said: “We’re exploring an entry into League of Legends with NiP, and I am looking for the most passionate & hungry Head Coach prospect, to help […]

After a tough start to the LCS, picking up just one win in eight matches, CLG has decided to make a roster change in the form of Eugene “Pobelter” Park. Pobelter will replace the current CLG mid laner and former World Champion Lee “Crown” Min-ho. While things have not gone as expected for Crown, especially […]

Vaevictis have just been dropped from the LCL due to an “unacceptable level of competitiveness” when compared to other teams. When they formed, Vaevictis became the only all-female roster in a major League of Legends region. The team won’t continue to play in the 2020 League Continental League (LCL) Spring Split due to an “unacceptable […]

Iconic LoL player Faker has become a part-owner of his team, T1. Just today, T1 Entertainment and Sports announced legendary League of Legends player Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok has taken part ownership of the company. Along with this is a three-year contract for Faker to stay on T1’s LoL team. As a part of the deal, […]

Konstantinos-Napoleon “FORG1VEN” Tzortziou rejoined the competitive League of Legends scene this year after serving in the Greek Army. Unfortunately, he has already decided to step down from the Schalke 04 roster. There have been just three weeks of LEC action played and Schalke 04 sitting at the bottom of the table. With their dismal 0-6 […]

The third week of Monday Night League has come and gone. Two exciting matchups awaited fans tonight and the games certainly delivered. From breathtaking fights to epic back doors, Monday Night League had it all! Team Liquid vs Golden Guardians The first match of the night was one people thought would be one-sided, and it […]

The second day of the LCS Week Three is over after four great games. The meta is continuing to develop, with some new picks rearing their heads today. Meanwhile, some teams are playing exceptionally well, though others are faltering and underperforming. It’s been an interesting season so far, so remember to never miss a beat […]

The LCS has entered its third week and the teams are certainly amping up their play. Some are continuing to underperform, while others are defying expectations. As the meta continues to develop, the excitement never stops in NA’s League of Legends scene! Evil Geniuses vs Counter Logic Gaming The first game of the week was […]

The LEC is three weeks in, and the teams are really starting to find their footing. The meta is continuing to form in new, creative ways as teams look to find the counters to make their mark. Day Two of Week Three sees the big one. G2 v Fnatic, the ultimate match of Europe. It […]

The LEC is three weeks in, and the teams are really starting to find their footing. The meta is continuing to form in new, creative ways as teams look to find the counters to make their mark. The first day of the LEC Week Three featured five games that showcased the best that Europe has […]

Team Liquid fans rejoice, the news you’ve been waiting for is finally here as Mads ‘Broxah’ Brock-Pedersen has finally had his visa approved and will be heading to the USA to join up with his Team Liquid teammates. Broxah shared the good news on Twitter today, explaining that his visa had finally been approved. We […]

British esports host and commentator Alex “Machine” Richardson will return to the LEC broadcast for Week Three with Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere handling desk duty for the upcoming BLAST Premier week three. Machine first appeared on the LEC broadcast back in March 2019 as Sjokz became a freelance host and thus not a permanent fixture for […]

The LCS 2020 season is two weeks in and there’s a lot to take in. The meta has deviated from last season and many teams are performing differently than expected. With all this going on, there are a few key things that can be taken away from these opening games. If nothing else, the LCS […]

Week Two of the LCS is over, and after three days of competition, fans arrived at the second installment of Monday Night League. The two matches today were quite important for the standings as every game is crucial for the teams’ splits. Nearing Week Three, it’s even more interesting to see how the standings are […]

The surprises and upsets continue well into the second week of the LCS. Fans are starting to get a clearer picture of who’s on top of the region and who’s on the bottom. The standings are still quite exciting though, so this week will mean a lot for the momentum of many teams moving forward! […]

The LCS is back, and after an exciting Week One, the teams are ready to go another round. With the meta taking shape and Sett smashing into pro play, its certain to be a wild ride here in Week Two! Counter Logic Gaming vs 100 Thieves To kick off the day, 100 Thieves (“100T”) won […]

Day Two sees the LEC start to show a picture, a picture that even at this early state is starting to look like a G2 masterpiece as they face fellow 3-0 side, Origen, in the Game of the Week. Elsewhere Fnatic will look to prove a point and show that they mean business in 2020 […]

The LEC is two weeks in, and the teams are really starting to find their footing amongst exciting games. The meta is continuing to form in new, creative ways and is going to get even better. The first day of the LEC Week Two featured five games that showcased the best that Europe has to […]

Evil Geniuses announce Andy “AnDa” Hoang will join the team’s Academy side after Dutch player Kadircan “Kadir” Mumcuoğlu was rejected a P1 Sports Visa. AnDa joins the side after spending the past two years with 100 Thieves. Playing as part of their main roster before moving down to Academy in 2019. 100 Thieves parted ways […]

Following on from the news that the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) and League of Legends Development League (LDL) will remain on break due to the Coronavirus outbreak in China, the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), via Riot Games Korea, has confirmed that the LCK will go ahead as planned. However, it won’t […]

The official League of Legends Pro League, the fastest growing and most popular League of Legends lobby, has announced it will be postponing the second week of competition due to the extraordinarily fatal coronavirus outbreak in China. In addition, the English casters in the region are leaving the country to stay safe from the virus. […]

Today was the end of the opening week of LCS in 2020, but also the debut of Monday Night League! Two great matchups awaited us after Day One and Day Two delivered some other fantastic games, and with almost every team having new rosters, this split is sure to deliver countless more! Evil Geniuses vs […]

The first week of the LCS is well underway after a long offseason. Day One delivered fantastic games, so with four more games lined up for Day Two, it was bound to be another fantastic day of League of Legends! Team Dignitas vs Evil Geniuses The first match of the day kicked off with a […]

Some sad news from the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) with the League announcing that due to the Coronavirus outbreak in China the League will stay on a break past its 5th of February return date. The League was already on a break for the Lunar New Year. As of right now, the return […]

Its been quite a while, but the LCS is finally back! North America’s best teams are now returning to fight for the title of LCS Champions. The offseason brought many changes, including new players, rosters and organizations. Because of all this, 2020 is guaranteed to be a great year for League of Legends! Cloud9 vs […]

Much like its LEC counterparts, the LCS has started off day one of the new Split by announcing the location of the Spring Split Finals. In the case of the LCS, that’ll see us head to Frisco, Texas at the Ford Center. Tickets for the event will go on sale on February 21st with information […]

Team Vitality vs MAD Lions Team Vitality (“VIT”) BEAT Mad Lions (“MAD”) in a SOMETHING game. The 10 minute mark sees the game come to life with a kill for MAD in the mid lane before a huge fight breaks out in the bot lane with a kills traded and gold evened out. Another fight […]

G2 Esports vs MAD Lions G2 Esports (“G2”) beat Mad Lions (“MAD”) on the opening week as the G2 machine starts 2020 as it ended 2019. The game wasn’t complete domination from G2, while the game wasn’t “close,” with G2 picking up three Infernal Drakes and a Baron Buff, a buff which was the catalyst […]

The LEC has welcomed Kit Kat to its growing list of sponsors working with the League. Kit Kat will be joining the League as its break sponsor (get it, because of Kit Kat slogan). These breaks usually happen between matches. Kit Kat and the LEC will run a number of other activations during the Spring […]

At the LEC press conference today, Head of Esports at the LEC Alberto Guerrero confirmed that Budapest, Hungary will host the Spring Finals, while Malmö, Sweden will host the Summer Finals. All we know right now is that we’ll be heading to Budapest on April 25-26th for the Spring finals and the Malmö Arena on […]

The LEC had a great first year, clearly, the league’s sponsors agree as  Logitech G, Warner Music, Tchibo and Beko will all be returning for the 2020 LEC season. Not only are all the sponsors returning to the LEC but they’ll be leveling up their support of the event. Alban Dechelotte, Head of Sponsorships & […]

The League of Legends European Championship is set to begin in a mere day With a little time left, its time to look at all ten teams and predict who’s hot, who’s not, and how the Spring Split may unfold! 10. SK Gaming Roster: Top – Sacre Jungler – Trick Mid – Jenax ADC – […]

10. Golden Guardians Roster: Top lane: Kevin “Hauntzer” Yarnell Jungle: Can “Closer” Çelik Mid lane: Greyson “Goldenglue” Gilmer Bot lane: Victor “FBI” Huang Support: Yuri “Keith” Jew Starting at the bottom we have the Golden Guardians (“GGS”). Since their introduction into the LCS, GGS has suffered from mediocrity and haven’t accomplished much. In fact, they’ve […]

The LCS is gearing up for the start of a new season by partnering with Bud Light as the league’s official beer of the league. Bud Light is North America’s leading beer, so what better partner for North America’s leading League of Legends league. The partnership will see the LCS studio selling Bud Light at […]

Huya have just announced a massive deal with Riot scoring exclusive broadcast rights for both the LEC and the LCS. Huya, the Chinese livestreaming platform just signed a deal with Riot Games to become the exclusive Chinese broadcast partner in 2020. The deal includes both the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) and League of […]

One of the most recognizable brands in esports, LCK side T1, formally known as SKT has partnered with Nike. T1 announced that they see this as a partnership beyond just League of Legends and esports. As they look to utilize this partnership to bring its brand to fans globally. [@T1 X @Nike Partnership Announcement]We are […]

Cloud9 ADC Zachary “Sneaky” Scuderi has announced he will be departing the team’s roster. Long-serving Cloud9 ADC Zachary “Sneaky” Scuderi won’t be returning to the LCS in 2020. After being with the organization since 2013, Sneaky will continue to be a part of Cloud9 in an advisor and owner role. Sneaky says he’ll be spending […]

The League of Legends game and universe are about to get even bigger, as Riot Games releases more information about skins, events and Eternals in their latest Dev Video. First of all, Riot is committing themselves to try and produce 120 champion skins this year. That’s 40 more than last year, which is a stark […]

Fnatic has finalized its 2020 UKLC roster and coaching staff with the news that Nicholas “NicoThePico” Korsgård will be returning to the team. NicoThePico was part of the late 2016 – early 2017 Fnatic rebuild. After veteran talent left the team and a new roster was built for the side, focusing around ADC Martin “Rekkles” […]

G2 has finalized its 2020 LEC roster by signing ADC Kristoffer “P1noy” Pedersen as the team’s sub. P1noy returns to professional play after a five-year absence from top-tier competition. You have to go back to 2015 when P1noy played in the LCS for Winterfox to find his last outing. He’s been busy in the years […]

Riot gives us a glimpse at Champions and releases for 2020. Riot Games continued their week of news for 2020 with a look at the two upcoming champion reworks starting with Fiddlesticks. Fiddlesticks is a champion that will deliver on the horror thematic; the kit revamp will focus on fear as a mechanic and theme. […]

Today, Riot revealed that the new Teamfight Tactics set and mobile version are both on the way. League of Legends has an expansive universe, and this will allow the TFT team to explore different thematics going forward including a new thematic tease for Set Three with the keywords “project,” “star,” “space,” “pulse,” and “out of […]

Legends of Runeterra is a digital card game, made by Riot Games, based on the League of Legends universe. Riot announced the game during their tenth-year anniversary stream, and it was received with a lot of praise. The game has already had the chance for two closed beta’s that required a pre-registration through their site […]

Riot Games continued their week of 2020 overviews with “Universe,” a look at what is coming this year in terms of exploration of Runeterra. With the expansion of games that Riot is releasing, one of the essential aspects is keeping a lot of lore and expanding on it for die-hard and new fans alike. One […]

Today is the day that League of Legends players have been waiting for since the end of Worlds 2019. Ranked play is finally live and all the preseason changes are in full swing! Whether you’re looking to get some extra insight this season or lack experience on the new elemental rift, you’ll definitely find some […]

With the 2020 LCS season just weeks away, Dignitas has made another addition to its coaching setup in the form of  Gabriel “Invert” Zoltan-Johan. He will join as the LCS side as Assistant Coach. Invert is the former Head Coach of FlyQuest and he’ll now work alongside Dignitas Head Coach Thomas “Thinkcard” Slotkin. The signing […]

With the 2020 Academy season fast approaching Cloud9 is the latest team to announce its full player and coaching roster for the 2020 Academy split. The side has added a number of new player’s to its roster with recent Scouting Grounds jungler Rami “Inori” Charagh caught the eye of the Cloud9 coaching staff when his […]

The 2020 season of the LCS and Academy gets underway in a matter of weeks and the LCS has now revealed their plans for what 2020 will bring. The most notable addition to the LCS schedule is both the increase of game days and how they’ll utilize the Academy matches.  As seen below, Friday will […]

Excel Esports, British League of Legends esports team, announced that they will be welcoming a new CEO and a new CCO. Their new CEO is Wouter Sleijffers, who previously worked at fellow esports team Fnatic as CEO. On the other hand, Robin McCammon is the new CCO. He is another renowned executive, as he worked […]

We’re finally in 2020, and with a decade bring new opportunities for everyone. For the most popular online video game in the world, this is especially true. League of Legends boasts a massive player base and esports scene, but it is far from perfect. As the new year begins, there are a few things that […]

Delays in processing visas for Cain, Broxah and Shernfire may affect the teams start in 2020. Team Liquid face a battle against the clock to be ready for the 2020 LCS season after US Visa issues scuppered the team’s plans. Three of Team Liquid’s players and staff have been caught up in the Visa problem.  […]

The 2010-2019 decade has been monumental for esports. Throughout this time, many games have experienced a boom, but none more so than League of Legends. What started as a small indie game quickly blossomed into the most played online game in the world with a massive esports scene. Along with this, legends of their own […]

Remilia, the first pro-female gamer to compete in the LCS, has died peacefully in her sleep at age 24. The League of Legends community is grieving the loss of talented support player, Maria “Remilia” Creveling. Close friend and roommate, Richard Lewis, announced the news of Creveling’s death on Twitter this morning. Many fans used the […]

Excel Esports has signed Simon “Swiffer” Papamarkos as the team’s Excel UK Coach for the 2020 UKLC season. Swiffer takes on his first coaching role by joining Excel having previously played as a mid laner for Oceanic Pro League (OPL) team ORDER and Chiefs Esports Club. Kieran Holmes-Darby, CEO of Excel Esports had this to […]

Excel Esports has signed a UK scene veteran. Twenty-year-old Matthew “Deadly” Smith was signed after he spent two years in Spain playing for Vodafone Giants. Deadly last played in the UK under MnM Gaming back in 2017. During his time in League of Legends, he’s managed two first-place split finishes, both coming with Vodafone Giants […]

The 2019 season of professional League of Legends is over. After an exciting year filled with creativity and skillful play, three players stood apart from the rest as the best in the world. At the World Championship, MSI victors G2 Esports and Chinese superstars FunPlus Pheonix met in the Finals. Unsurprisingly, the top three players […]

Dignitas has stepped up its Academy game for 2020 with the re-signing of mid laner Tanner “Damonte” Damonte. Damonte was with Dignitas in 2019 and there was a lot of concern in the NA community that a young talent would go to waste. While Digitas ended up signing Henrik “Froggen” Hansen for the main mid […]

Days after announcing his retirement from professional play, Cho “Mata” Se-hyeong has announced that he’ll be joining LPL side Royal Never Give Up as the team’s League of Legends Head Coach. Royal Never Give Up made a number of other roster and coaching announcements. Former Young Miracles jungler Li “xiaolongbao” Xiao-Long will join as the […]

2019 Worlds Championships winners FunPlus Phoenix (FPX) have signed top laner Kim “Khan” Dong-ha to their 2020 LPL roster. The team also announced that they’d be re-signing 2019 top laner Kim “GimGoon” Han-saem. In a statement, FPX said: “We are happy to announce that Khan has joined FPX as a top laner. In the meantime, […]

The offseason has had a few ‘shock’ moves, like Broxah heading to Team Liquid and LCS sides fielding just one North American player in the mid lane. It might be safe to assume, however, that G2 Esports sending Caps to ADC and Perkz back to mid lane might be the biggest shock of the offseason […]

With the offseason in full swing and roster moves calming down, LEC fans learned the return date of the European League of Legends Championship today. They’ve only got just over a month to wait as the LEC Spring Split gets underway on January 24th. Riot Games revealed the news alongside ticket details for the LEC […]

Eugene “Pobelter” Park has joined Team Liquid as a Positional Coach for the 2020 LCS Season. His focus will be on the top half of the match. Pobelter will use this new position to assist Team Liquid Head Coach Jang “Cain” Nu-ri and Assistant Coach Kang  “Dodo” Jun-hyeok. The deal came about after Pobelter reached […]

UK-based esports organizations Excel Esports, most notable for involvement in the LEC has partnered with Neosurf to introduce a brand new League of Legends preseason tournament. The 2020 Neosurf Cup will feature the full 10-man League of Legends rosters of both Excel Esports and Misfits Gaming, battling it out in a best-of-five at Excel’s London-based […]

Erberk “Gilius” Demir is the final player to join the Schalke 04 LEC roster for 2020. Gilius’ signing also marks the final signing of the offseason for LEC and LCS sides, pending approvals and confirmations. Gilius most recently played for the German esports organization Ad Hoc Gaming but the 22-year-old has had a storied career […]

Riot Games has announced it will support third-party developers via a new publishing group called Riot Forge. Riot Forge will be used to expand the League of Legends Universe, specifically into new genres and platforms. This is the first initiative of its kind at Riot, Riot Forge will enhance the Riot Games Research and Development […]

SK Gaming is due to sign former Ad Hoc Gaming support Dino “LIMIT” Tot to the team’s 2020 LEC starting roster. The Croatian will replace former SK Gaming support Han “Dreams” Min-kook, who SK Gaming sold to Schalke 04 Esports in November. LIMIT is the second signing that SK Gaming has made this offseason after […]

Digitas is set to sign the former 100 Thieves support Zaqueri “Aphromoo” Black and buy the contracts for Golden Guardians mid laner Henrik “Froggen” Hansen and Team SoloMid jungler Jonathan “Grig” Armao, according to ESPN. The three now complete the Dignitas roster which has added AD carry Johnson “Johnsun” Nguyen and resigned Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon […]

Former Vitality mid laner “Jiizuke” di Mauro is set to sign for North American team Evil Geniuses. The report from ESPN comes as Evil Geniuses failed to sign former Griffin mid laner Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon, who will instead join DragonX. Jiizuke will join fellow new signing Bae “Bang” Jun-sik who joined from 100 Thieves earlier […]

Kotaku Australia has reported that Riot Games Oceania will downsize the Oceanic Pro League (OPL) ahead of its 2020 season. Riot Games Oceania have announced their intention to downsize the OPL. The majority of this will come from teams losing the operating subsidies provided by Riot. The subsidy was designed to help offset operating costs […]

We break down everything you need to know about the Leave of Legends All-Stars event for 2019. League of Legends All-Stars 2019 gets underway on December 5–7 and marks the final event of the 2019 League competitive calendar. While the events are full of the usual esports talent, the pro’s will also be joined by […]

The Los Angeles Times has reported that Riot Games has agreed to payout at least $10M to women who have worked at the company over the past five years. This comes as the company settles a class-action lawsuit over alleged gender discrimination, according to a court document filed Monday. The suit was first filed in […]

Excel Esports has announced that Son ‘Mickey’ Young-Min is renewing his contract with Excel for the 2020 season. Mickey joined the team in May and became the starting mid laner for the team to replace Joran “Special” Scheffer who is likely to play on the Excel UK regional roster for 2020. Speaking about the contract […]

Dignitas has confirmed the signing of former TSM Academy AD carry Johnson “Johnsun” Nguyen. The signing comes after a report was released that said Dignitas was having a hard time signing talent for its 2020 LCS roster due to handing one-third of its budget to Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon by signing him to a new two-year […]

A report from Invenglobal has surfaced that implies that Dignitas has spent one-third of its 2020 budget on re-signing top laner  Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon. With free agency well into its second week, Dignitas still only has one player on their roster. In addition, we don’t yet know if Huni will return to the top lane […]

LEC team Excel Esports has two substantial signings in their back office. Alex Parejo is joining Excel as their new Assistant Coach after leaving his role at Fnatic as Head Analyst. He’ll join fellow Fnatic college Joey “YoungBuck” Steltenpool who joined as the team’s new Head Coach. Excel also confirmed new hire Fabian Broich as […]

Maurice “Amazing” Stuckenschneider announced on Sunday that he won’t be competing in 2020 and will instead explore other options. Speaking on Twitter, Amazing said: “When you leave it all on the court/rift there is no point to being sad – I’m happy to have had a nice comeback to NA as a kind of send-off […]

ESPN is reporting that Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun will sign for China’s Vici Gaming with Kim Jeong-soo heading to South Korea to become SK Telecom T1’s coach. This marks a major change for kkOma, who’s only ever coached SK Telecom T1, after he retired from professional play. His time at SKT saw the side win eight […]

ESPN is reporting that Kim “Khan” Dong-ha is expected to sign for newly-crowned world champions FunPlus Pheonix. After receiving interest from teams in North America, South Korea and China, the top laner is set to join the world champions this month. Khan spent 2019 with SK Telecom T1, with the team falling to G2 Esports […]

Global entertainment platform Fandom has announced a partnership with Riot Games and State Farm to start a Teamfight Tactics tournament. Dubbed Fandom Legends: Teamfight Tactics, this tournament will start on December 1st and run over the course of four weeks. Every week there will be 16 competitors who will battle for a $2,000 prize pool. […]

Esports News UK is reporting that LVP, which runs and operates the regional UK League of Legends league the UKLC won’t return in 2020. Dom Sacco at ENUK reports that while it’s not clear at this stage whether UKLC will continue in its current form or not, it’s likely another company, event or Riot Games […]

RImmortals have announced the signing of former Team LDLC mid laner Eika as they look to finalize their 2020 LCS roster. Immortals have confirmed the signing of former Team LDLC mid laner Jérémy “Eika” Valdenaire. Eika joins Immortals off the back of a 1st place finish in the LFL 2019 Finals and the 2019 Underdogs […]

100 Thieves has announced that Cody “Cody Sun” Sun is joining their roster. The AD carry is returning to his former team after 100 Thieves agreed to buy out his contract with Dignitas. The deal is likely to follow hot off the heels of 100 Thieves confirming that the team’s Academy support William “Stunt” Chen […]

Earlier today, Esportmaniacos and ESPN reported that Kim “Trick” Gang-yun will be joining SK Gaming for the LEC 2020 season. Trick formerly played on Schalke 04, but most know him from his time on G2 Esports. At G2, he was an EU LCS MVP player and a serious force in European League of Legends. Trick […]

Just today, ESPN reported that FC Schalke 04 is signing Han “Dreams” Min-kook for the LEC roster. He will be playing alongside FORG1VEN, who Schalke picked up after his military service. Last year, Dreams played for SK Gaming. He made the playoffs in Spring but narrowly missed out in Summer. Before that, he played on […]

OverActive Media, the holding company for LEC side Splyce and Spanish LoL side MAD Lions has announced plans to rebrand the Splyce LEC team to its MAD Lions brand. The team will also make three new additions to the starting roster in former mousesports jungler Zhiqiang “Shadow” Zhao, support Norman “Gistick” Kaiser and former Berlin […]

Esportmaníacos has reported that Team Vitality has completed their LEC roster for 2020 after signing Vodafone Giants mid laner Aljoša “Milica” Kovandžić and former LDLC AD carry Markos “Comp” Stamkopoulos and promoting Academy jungler Duncan “Skeanz” Marquet. Vitality will retain Lucas “Cabochard” Simon-Meslet and support Jakub “Jactroll” Skurzyński to complete their 2020 roster with a […]

ESPN is reporting that FlyQuest will sign former Counter Logic Gaming mid laner Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage to join its starting roster. The team is likely to confirm the deal in the coming days. If the deal is finalized, PowerOfEvil will spend his third year in a row in NA. Providing he plays an entire split […]

Team SoloMid is finalizing a deal to bring Immortals jungler Joshua “Dardoch” Hartnett to the team’s starting roster for 2020. Dardoch marks what is likely to be the final piece in the TSM puzzle with deals for AD carry Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup, support Vincent “Biofrost” Wang and signing mid laner Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg up to […]

The Golden Guardians announced the signing of former Royal Youth’s Turkish jungler Can “Closer” Çelik. Closer was awarded the TCL Summer 2019 MVP and he was a major part of Royal Youth’s Worlds 2019 play-ins campaign. The team, somewhat ironically knocked out by NA LCS side Clutch Gaming. Golden Guardians have also confirmed the signing […]

ESPN is reporting that Immortals is finalizing deals for three players, top laner Paul “sOAZ” Boyer, AD carry Johnny “Altec” Ru and support Nickolas “Hakuho” Surgent. The three new additions will join jungler Joshua “Dardoch” Hartnett and Noh “Arrow” Dong-hyeon and recent addition Jake “Xmithie” Puchero. It’s assumed that Dardoch and Arrow will either move […]

ESPN is reporting that Counter Logic Gaming is finalizing a deal to sign mid laner Lee “Crown” Min-ho from Immortals to replace Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage. ESPN reports that a number of other teams had an interest in Crown, with Evil Geniuses and FlyQuest among his options. CLG’s recent signing of Andy “Smoothie” Ta seems to […]

New LCS organization Evil Geniuses has secured its second major transfer of the offseason after agreeing to sign Bae “Bang” Jun-sik from 100 Thieves. ESPN reported that an undisclosed sum of cash was part of the deal, with Bang still having time left on his current contract with 100 Thieves. It has also been speculated […]

Gen.G has confirmed its roster for the 2020 season with the signing of Rascal, CLid and Bdd. Gen.G has confirmed a triple swoop to complete its roster for the 2020 season. They’ve signed Kim “Rascal” Kwang-hee, Kim “CLid” Tae-min and Gwak “Bdd” Bo-seong. Reports also state that the contract length for Rascal sits at two […]

100 Thieves has confirmed the signing of former OpTic Gaming (now Immortals) jungler William “Meteos” Hartman. The jungeler became a free agent on Monday. The former OpTic Gaming jungler will join 100 Thieves as the team’s new starting jungler for the 2020 split. 100 Thieves have had a quiet offseason so far with only one […]

Riot Games announced that it would be fining Cloud9 $175,000 earlier today. The LCS team will also need to pay players additional payouts after Cloud9 violated league rules by issuing stock units to seven players. The news came from an official LCS competitive ruling post on Tuesday night. The ruling states that over the past […]

Former ROX Tigers and Team SoloMid coach Kim “SSONG” Sang-soo has agreed to coach Counter Logic Gaming for the 2020 LCS season. According to ESPN, SSONG will replace Heo “Irean” Yeong-cheol, who coached the side during the 2019 season. SSONG most recently worked with Echo Fox and had a short stint with Immortals back in […]

ESPN is reporting that Konstantinos-Napoleon “FORG1VEN” Tzortziou has finally found a new home after an extended absence from professional League of Legends due to a mandatory stint in the Greek army. FORG1VEN, who hasn’t played professional League of Legends since his time with H2K-Gaming back in 2016 (bar three tempory stints in his breaks from […]

Today, Riot Games announced that another new champion will be arriving in Summoner’s Rift. His name is Aphelios, the Weapon of the Faithful. He’s a marksman character with lore ties to the Solari and Mount Targon. At this time, little is known about Aphelios. He is a marksman, but previously Riot Reav3 said that he […]

ESPN has reported that Origen is set to finalize its 2020 LEC roster with the acquisition of former Mammoth support Mitchell “Destiny” Shaw. Destiny joins from OPL second split champions Mammoth. The team also made it to Worlds but sadly failed to progress past play-ins. Destiny will join an Origen side that’s added former Splyce […]

ESPN is reporting Immortals has finalized a deal for former Team Liquid jungler Jake “Xmithie” Puchero to be the teams starting jungler for 2020. By joining Immortals Xmithie will be rejoining the organization that he almost secured the NA LCS title with back in 2017, the final split prior to franchising. You stole Barons and […]

ESPN is reporting that Origen will sign former Splyce jungler Andrei “Xerxe” Dragomir. Xerxe will join an Origen roster that is also set to sign former Schalke 04 AD carry Elias “Upset” Lipp as the team looks to challenge for the 2020 LEC title. Xerxe has been one of the hidden gems of the Splyce […]

ESPN’s Jacob Wolf reported that Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen will be moving from TSM to Cloud9. The move comes shortly after it was revealed that Cloud9 is also signing Philippe “Vulcan” Laflamme for their new support. Zven has a long record of success in LoL esports. He, along with Alfonso “Mithy” Aguirre, was considered the best […]

ESPN is reporting that Team SoloMid has secured the services of Splyce’s star AD carry Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup. Kobbe will join the roster and likely replace out of contract AD carry Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen. Kobbe comes with a wealth of experience and a Worlds Quarter Final appearance from the 2019 Worlds under his belt. Kobbe […]

As reported earlier, Fnatic former jungler Broxah is set to sign for NA LCS champions Team Liquid. Earlier on we spoke about a number of changes to Fnatic, most notably the signing of SK Gaming jungler Oskar “Selfmad” Boderek which seemed to set the stage for Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pedersen to depart. ESPN has now confirmed […]

The LoL Esports free agency period is just getting started but there are a ton of roster changes happening all around the world. ESPN reported that FlyQuest is signing Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun to their LCS roster. IgNar has played on different Korean and European teams but will now make his way to North America. He […]

ESPN is reporting that Origen is finalizing the signing of Schalke 04’s star AD carry Elias “Upset” Lipp. Origen has acted swiftly to replace departing AD carry Patrik “Patrik” Jírů who looks set to join Excel Esports as Origen has snapped up one of the most hyped-up European AD carry players in Upset. Upset helped […]