The Immortals and Golden Guardians midlaner called time on his career, and will look towards new opportunities. Nicholas Antonio Abbott, otherwise known as Ablazeolive has said goodbye to professional League of Legends on March 21st. The 24-year-old has stated that competing in the LCS has taken too much time away from other aspects of his […]
With the LCS Spring Split Playoffs starting this Thursday, March 23, and it’s time to revisit our power rankings. It has been a long and exciting regular season, but finally we are leaving best-of-ones behind as the LCS heads into the playoffs. And despite all the chaos during the middle of the season and a […]
All the details of the most recent Twitch layoffs In a recent blog post, new Twitch CEO Dan Clancy announced that Twitch would lay off 400 members of its staff in order to save costs against “the current macroeconomic environment”. This comes just a week after former CEO and co-founder Emmett Shear announced that he […]
Prime Gaming rewards return, this time for more games than just League of Legends. Riot Games and Amazon Prime Gaming had a big promotion for the last year or so which gave players Prime Capsules that include skins, Orange and Blue Essense and other in-game items. But back in the February of this year, the […]
The first game of the LCS Spring Playoffs will be played this Thursday, March 23. LCS won’t be taking any break between the regular season and playoffs as teams are back in action this week. The regular season has been an exciting one, with every team except the bottom two coming into the last week […]
The complete guide for the LEC 2023 Spring Split teams. With the new LEC format nearing mid-season invitationals, its important more than ever to know who everyone is. Players regularly change teams between splits, so it can be pretty tough to keep track. Knowing this, we’ve collated everything you need to stay updated on EMEA’s […]
The full 2023 LCS Spring schedule is here, including updated standings and results. With the new format changes in the LoL Esports ecosystem, we previously learned about the new broadcast days for the LCS last week. As a result of Valorant’s VCT Americas moving to the weekends and sharing the newly renamed Riot Esports Arena […]
CLG keep themselves in the playoff race while keeping the four-way tiebreak possibility alive. Ever since promoting their Challengers mid laner to the main roster, Cloud9 has been on a tear. They were on a seven-game win streak coming into the last day of the LCS Spring Split regular season and three members of the […]
CLG will play Cloud9 tomorrow in order to determine their own playoff fate. The playoff race has been in full force during the last super week of the LCS Spring Split. With top teams like Evil Geniuses and Golden Guardians stumbling in the last couple of weeks and 100 Thieves finally finding their form, the […]
With this win, the Thieves bring their overall record to 8-8. Both 100 Thieves and TSM came into the LCS Spring Split’s second super week tied for fifth place with a 7-8 record, competing for one of the last two playoff spots. Things got especially heated once CLG won their game against Golden Guardians, which […]
With only three game days left in the 2023 LCS Spring, only half of the six playoff teams are determined. The exciting regular season of the LCS is coming to a close. Heading into the last week before playoffs, only five teams’ playoff chances are certainly decided. Teams around the middle of the standings having […]
Here are the highlights for Day 2 of the LEC 2023 Spring Split. The LEC superweek resumed as the Spring Split teams entered the Regular Stage brawl for the top 8 spots on the leaderboard. Will Fnatic win their first match of the split? Will MAD learn from yesterday’s massive blunders? And will last split’s […]
The second split of LEC for the 2023 season is underway. The inaugural Winter Split for the LEC saw a victorious G2. Coming into the 2023 LEC Spring, G2 was once again the big favorites with teams like KOI and MAD following close. There are also multiple new teams contesting at the top of the […]
Some Riot Games veterans have started their own studio and are planning on developing a brand new IP. Founded in April 2022 by Michael Chow, The Believer Company secured over 24 million dollars in unknown Series funding last November. On March 7, it was announced that The Believer Company secured 55 million dollars in Series […]
Will a revamped Fnatic be enough for the team to succeed in the Spring Split? Following their disappointing performance in the Winter split, Fnatic needed a huge overhaul. Earlier this year they formed a roster that they thought could go the distance. But given the lack of overall cohesion in the group, adjustments had to […]
100 Thieves announce their appointment of Nukeduck as the team’s head coach. North-American organisation 100 Thieves have made some significant changes in the last hurdle of the 2023 LCS Spring Split. The said goodbye to ex-MAD Lions Assistant Coach Christophe “Kaas” van Oudheusden, who they signed before the start of the biggest NA League to […]
Riot is updating champion pricing to help newer players acquire the full roster easier. With the next LoL patch 13.5, nearly all champions will see their prices change. Riot uses Blue Essence (BE) as one of their primary in-game currencies. Blue Essence can be obtained by leveling up, completing missions, opening Champion Capsules awarded by […]
These are the best team players from the LEC Winter split that are worth keeping an eye on. Did your favorite make the list? The LEC saw a fantastic start to their competitive scene as their strongest teams duked it out for the Winter Split win. As each superweek went on, the top 10 teams […]
The Thieves only have one win in their last eight LCS games. The day opened with CLG vs 100T, and both teams have been struggling a little bit lately. CLG has not managed to string more than two wins since Week 1 and 100T is on the verge of missing playoffs completely. The matchup was […]
The star ADC is back in the LEC after taking the Winter Split off. Elias “Upset” Lipp has come to the forefront of EU ADCs in the last few years, especially with his performances in Fnatic. Along with his former support Zdravets “Hylissang” Iliev Galabov, Upset has been one of the best-performing players in the […]
Fnactic officially announces their official roster for the spring split, as well as a familiar coach. Fnatic’s performance in the Winter Split suffered tremendously under the lack of planning and overall team cohesion. After only finding a single win in the Regular season, their losses prevented their advance into the Group stage and dashed fan […]
Roster changes continue in the LCS even as we get closer and closer to the playoffs. The 2023 LCS Spring had a lot of roster shuffling so far, whether it is due to players joining late because of visa issues, unsatisfying performances or personal issues. We already had some high-profile roster changes like Gori and […]
Last year’s rising star, Danny, has been off the grid for a while now, but he should be back soon! Kyle Sakamaki, otherwise known as Danny, has shared some great news on his Twitter: he will be returning to Evil Geniuses this year, and even though he won’t be playing for the LCS team, he […]
Nick “Ablazeolive” Abbott will take the rest of the LCS Spring Split off. Immortals are currently in ninth place in the LCS and they are doing a roster change in the mid lane. As Ablazeolive steps away from the main team, Immortals will promote their Challengers mid laner Onur Can “Bolulu” Demirol to the LCS. […]
The Winter Split came to a close in the finals as G2 Esports faced off against MAD Lions. Earning their spot on finals, MAD Lions finally rose to the top to face off against the beast that was G2 Esports. Being among the top teams ever since the Regular Season, fans were hyped to see […]
KOI and MAD Lions met on the LEC stage to determine who would make it to the Winter Split Finals. The Winter split saw its final match at playoffs as MAD advanced to the second Winner match. The MAD Lions saw much success in their endurance match with SK Gaming yesterday. With their fans cheering […]
Cloud9 bounced back from yesterday’s loss and got their first victory with EMENES. Day 2 of the second half of the 2023 LCS Spring Split started out with TSM vs C9, which was the redemption game for C9’s new mid laner EMENES after he did not deliver in his hyped debut. After dominating the NACL […]
MAD Lions and SK shook the LEC stage with the strongest bo5 series yet. The second match-up in the playoffs was fought in a tense bo5 series that decided which team got knocked out of the competition. Preceding the games were news about the upcoming Spring Split. The finalized tournament start date and the official […]
FlyQuest started out their second round robin journey with another victory. 2023 LCS Spring Split kicked off its second half with multiple roster changes. Coming into Week 5, three teams announced that they were making some changes for their starting fives, DIG, FLY and C9. Finishing the first round robin 0-9, many expected some shake-up […]
Despite their rather successful Winter Split, Astralis decided to make some changes ahead of Spring. After getting stuck in the bottom two four splits in a row in the LEC, not a lot of fans or analysts had big expectations for Astralis coming into 2023. They even started the Winter Split 0-5. But the team […]
The LEC Spring Split ticket sales will begin on February 22 at 5 p.m. CET. The playoffs for the 2023 Winter Split are underway, and with the remaining 4 teams duking it out for the split champion title comes the exciting challenges the rest of the LEC’s best will face in the coming future. March […]
The LEC winter split’s playoffs went into full swing, as G2 Esports took on KOI. What was perhaps the quickest split the LEC has seen in recent years came to a head as the remaining teams raced to the finish line for a spot at the Finals. Following the Splits format changes that were announced […]
We recap the strongest moments in the second day of Week 2 for the LEC Group stage. Another round of spectacular games graced the LEC’s Winter split group stage as 4 more teams duked it out for a shot at playoffs. The 2023 Winter Group Stage Draw Group A Vitality SK Gaming Heretics KOI Group […]
The group stage continues as the LEC moves toward the Winter split playoffs! The group stage continued with 2 more fantastic match-ups that led to dicey teamfights, big-brain escapes and dominating killfests. After 4 weeks of LEC action, the Winter split’s Group stage will start pitting last week’s winners against each other in the top […]
FlyQuest closes out the first round robin of the LCS Spring in the first place with an 8-1 record. To close out the 2023 LCS Spring’s first Superweek, FlyQuest were trying to recover from their first loss against a red-hot CLG, who were looking to close out the first round robin with a positive record. […]
One of France’s leading esports clubs, Team Vitality, partners with ALDI to present its first Women’s team. Team Vitality, founded in 2013 by Fabien “Neo” Devide and Nicolas Maurer, is one of the biggest esports organizations in France. With teams competing in six major titles such as League of Legends, CS: GO, VALORANT, FIFA, Rocket […]
LCS Superweek continued with its second day of games. Day 2 of the Superweek for the 2023 LCS Spring was looking like a slow one. As we got closer to the end of the first round robin, the day did not feature too many games between top-of-the-table teams, nor between teams at the bottom of […]
In the exciting first game of the LCS Superweek, we saw three former 100 Thieves players go against each other. Ssumday, FBI and Closer were a part of the 100T team that made three straight LCS Finals and won the first trophy in the organization’s LoL Esports history. Today’s game was the first time these […]
The LEC Winter Group Stage closed in a spectacular clutch win. Given everything we’ve seen in the last few days of the Group Stage, the remaining teams had to give it their all if they wanted to make it to the best-of-5 matches in the next phase of Winter split. Here’s everything that went down […]
The 2023 Winter split resumed for Group B’s bo3 matches for the LEC Group Stage. The League of Legends EMEA championship continued its course in another thrilling set of matches for the Group Stage. The 2023 Winter Group Stage Draw Group A Vitality SK Gaming Heretics KOI Group B MAD Lions G2 Esports Team BDS […]
The top 8 teams started their clash on the LEC Groups Stage for the Winter 2023 split. The top teams in Group A battled for the winner’s bracket in a focused match-up that made fans roar. After 3 weeks of intense non-stop action, the LEC began it’s Groups stage for the Winter Split. The 8 […]
Another 2-0 week for FlyQuest as the 18-0 dream stays alive for another week. If you are a fan of narratives in sports competitions, you came to the right place as today had no shortage of them in the first three games. The day started out with a clash of egos in the bot lane […]
LCS is back in the studio after the technical difficulties of last week. After an exciting second week, LCS was back with another packed game day. In the first game of the day, both TSM and C9 were looking to bounce back after a disappointing last week, while the two on-the-rise teams battled each other […]
The Regular Season finds its end as more teams earned their spot at Groups in the LEC’s final Winter superweek . In light of the recent crisis in Turkey, the LEC announced that the Turkish Championship League would be paused. Members of the EMEA League team will be working with the local authorities to presume […]
It’s another LEC Superweek in store for European fans. With Fnatic v MAD Lions was a clear standout on day one. With a clear picture starting to develop in the LEC Winter Split, Week 3 adds yet more spice. SK v Astralis will see the second-place side look to put pressure on first, while AST […]
After the FLY vs C9 game today, only one team remains undefeated in North America. LCS had an unfortunate delay at the start of the day. Due to some hardware issues relating to on-stage audio, teams were sent back to their facilities and had to play the rest of the games remotely, which were pushed […]
C9 and FlyQuest are alone at the top of the LCS ahead of their game tomorrow. We started out the second week with a clash at the top as C9 took on the CLG who started the split by surprising everyone once again. The other big games of the day were FLY vs GG in […]
The LEC’s second superweek closed with the spectacular brawl between Vitality and G2. The LEC is no stranger to intense storylines and grudge matches. plenty of things have been cooking, and it all came to a head on the last day of week 2. Astralis finding its first win on week 2 gave their fans […]
The madness continued as the LEC’s second superweek gave way to more fantastic match-ups Tense negotiations were seen in the Analyst’s Desk during the fun “Baron Pit” segment where we saw various members of the LEC pitch their deals to the “sharks”. It made for a pretty entertaining spoof that prefaced another big round of […]
The second LEC superweek started with a bang with the top ten teams who were hungry for more wins. After a week of preparation, the LEC’s best and brightest gathered together for the resumption of the Regular Season. During the break, the LEC had a lot of content to show their fans. In a recent […]
The reigning LCS champions C9 start the Spring Split with a 2-0 week. LCS Spring Split’s opening week come to a strong conclusion. The new season of the LCS had a much different look with a lot of new content from both the league and organizations centered around the players. We’ve also had multiple guests […]
The wait is over, and the LCS is finally back on with the Spring Split Opening Day. After a nearly three months long break since the end of Worlds 2022, the North American League of Legends is back on the menu. This offseason was full of big changes with many organizations putting together ambitious rosters. […]
The former LCS MVP and the MSI-finalist support is stepping away from the pro play. Doesn’t matter when they started watching, in 2012 when the league was taking its first steps or in 2022 during its 10th year anniversary, every LCS fan knows who Zaqueri “aphromoo” Black is. The first support player to ever win […]
The new and improved LEC’s first Winter Split began on January 21. 2023 is shaping up to be a very exciting year for European League of Legends, although it is now EMEA and not just EU. if you’ve missed the off-season, there were a lot of changes to the league, starting with its new name, […]
The LEC Winter Split loudly closed its first weekend after the strongest victors took a 3rd and final win. The LEC’s series of grudge matches continues as Vitality’s Kaiser goes up against MAD Lions – both teams being undefeated so far. The EMEA league undoubtedly saved the best game for last this time. Many questions […]
Evil Geniuses are looking to bounce back after a misfortunate Summer Playoffs and Worlds. Spring and Summer of 2022 were two very different stories for Evil Geniuses. They came into the year with a roster of star players mixed with young native talent. After a very middling regular season, they powered through the Spring Playoffs […]
The strongest LEC teams pulled off massive plays on Day 2 of the Regular Season Winter Split. The strongest in the EMEA league readied up for another round of bo1’s. A decent number of teams went for patient teamfights rather than explosive skirmishes today which resulted in long battles of attrition. LEC’s Winter season hype […]
An unexpected challenger for the LCS title appears. FlyQuest aren’t exactly strangers to success in the LCS. It’s been a while now, but back in 2020, they made back-to-back Finals and even finished Worlds with a 3-3 group stage record. No pieces from that roster, or even the coaching staff, is still with the organization, […]
Reigning LCS champions are looking to repeat while keeping their roster almost intact. Even with all of their on-and-off-the-Rift problems in 2022, Cloud9 still managed to get themselves another trophy. They were already one of the most successful teams in the LCS in the last three years, but this was the first Summer Finals they […]
Team Liquid is building a full Korean-speaking roster for the 2023 Season. Despite winning the Spring Lock-In Tournament and making playoffs in both splits, 2022 was nothing but disappointing for Team Liquid compared to the expectations. Building the most expensive roster in the LCS history with the anticipation of a North American Worlds, TL came […]
The first day of the LEC Winter Split saw team reunions, exciting plays and new seasonal announcements. With the LEC’s electric start, the potential was skyhigh for these pro teams – and so were expectations. While celebrated names in the EMEA found high places on their tierlist, other groups that had disastrous performances in past […]
The first-ever roadshow in the new LEC format is heading to Montpellier, France. The 2023 LEC Season is starting just today, with a matchup between Excel and G2, we’ve already learned where the Season Finals will be heading at the end of the year. With the announcement of the new LEC format and the change […]
LCS bows to fans’ demands and makes changes to the broadcast start times. After a great tenth-year anniversary in 2022, LCS had a bit of a rough start to 2023. With Riot’s structuring of their esports broadcasts, LCS lost their weekend slot to Valorant, with the NA LoL league pushed to Wednesdays and Thursdays. Fans […]
Here are the big personalities casting for LEC’s 2023 splits! The LEC is starting the year off right. After highlighting the region’s strengths in the Kickoff Event, they’ve shown the world how serious the region’s biggest teams can get, old and new. Things are just getting heated, and the vast EMEA league holds a lot […]
We summarize all the major changes coming to LEC 2023. With the conclusion of the LoL esports Kickoffs Event comes new future updates to this year’s League of Legends EMEA Championship tournaments. Here’s everything we know so far about the major league events to come! To condense the new format for 2023, the LEC posted […]
Can 100 Thieves make their fourth consecutive Finals appearance? 100 Thieves have become accustomed to success in the last two years. After the addition of Felix “Abbedagge” Braun to the Golden Guardians core they acquired, they made three straight LCS Finals, along with winning their first LCS trophy in LCS 2021 Summer. But despite making […]
While the Danish organization only swapped two members out after the 2022 Season, we might see a different year from them. Wednesday the LEC hosted its first ever Kickoff Event, and with the victory of Team Dynasty, the 2023 Season of the League of Legends EMEA Championship has officially begun! After a brief hiatus, teams […]
Team BDS has only kept one player from their previous iteration, which was one of the wiser decisions they made. Schalke 04 has left the LEC after the 2021 Season, after the Schalke football team got knocked out of the Bundesliga. Swiss organization Team BDS bought their place last year, but so far, they can’t […]
The so-called superteam has took it down a notch before the start of the 2023 LEC Winter Split, hoping to bounce back. A week from now, the first split of the 2023 League of Legends EMEA Championship begins, and we can get our first look at the new lineups of the LEC teams. Literally no […]
The newest team of the LEC has got a very strange pack of players together, but they just might be the perfect squad to introduce Heretics. We have reached the end of the LEC Team Previews before the League of Legends EMEA Championship Winter Split, as we have arrived at the last team, Heretics. The […]
G2 Esports ran out of steam by the end of the 2022 season, so they brought in some new talent in order to get their throne back. The 2023 LEC Season Kicks Off today with the clash of Team Legacy and Team Dynasty, but the LEC Winter Split doesn’t begin until next Saturday – so […]
Riot released a statement on the recent controversy about the LoL Season 2023 cinematic and more. It has been a rough couple of days for Riot and the devs. The LoL community has been up and arms recently as their frustrations with Riot reached a boiling point with the release of the LoL Season 2023 […]
CLG are looking to carry their 2022 success into the new season. Coming into 2022, CLG had just finished their fifth split in a row at the bottom two of the league, had fans calling for their removal from the LCS, and just completely changed their backroom staff along with their starting roster. Just one […]
A completely new look for Dignitas with the new season. For the last couple of years, Dignitas have been trying to invest in young talent and build a native team. It wasn’t that long ago when they made a great mid-regular season run and were celebrated as the NA team in LCS. But none of […]
Golden Guardians are aiming for an outside chance at the playoffs in LCS 2023 Spring. 2023 will be the sixth year Golden Guardians competed in the LCS. They have been pretty consistent about making playoffs in both Summer and Spring splits, but the organization never saw too much success beyond that. In their ten LCS […]
Swapping all but one player, SK Gaming looks to change not only its lineup, but its reputation as well. While some teams, like KOI and Fnatic have kept most of the players from the last Season of competitive League of Legends, not all teams decided to follow this trend. We saw Excel Esports only keeping […]
KOI was the only team of the LEC that only changed one member of the team, but that one change could be significant. Next Saturday marks the beginning of the first-ever LEC Winter Split, as the 2023 Season will have 3 splits instead of 2. With the additional Bo3’s and Bo5’s, European teams will have […]
The LCS Season 2023 Kickoff Event ended in a victory for the young guns of the league. LCS had a nice start to the 2023 Season with a great showmatch at the LoL Esports’ new Kickoff Events. The game featured one player from each ten LCS teams representing their organizations drafted into two games facing […]
Riot says they will provide more details about their 2023 plans in the next couple of days. The League of Legends community is notoriously hard to please, and they don’t tend to bite back on their criticism towards Riot when the company deserves it. This attitude was showing full force after Riot released their Season […]
The locations for MSI and Worlds were just announced, along with the new formats for both tournaments. League fans have been asking for a change to the international tournaments for a long time. Despite being among the most prestigious esports tournaments in the scene, both Worlds and MSI have been mainly played with standard Bo1 […]
League of Legends’ 2023 competitive season starts once Patch 13.1 arrives in your region. With much anticipation leading up to the season’s Kickoff event, official sources have finally confirmed the regional start dates of this year’s ranked season (Split 1). Roster changes amongst the best professional teams in the League of Legends esports scene have […]
With only the botlane changed, Fnatic didn’t want to stray too far from the beaten path – especially with their “new” ADC. The 2023 LEC Season is rapidly approaching, with the Kickoff event taking place on January 11, marking the beginning of the new League of Legends year! Wednesday will also be the first time […]
TSM will try to bounce back after a rough year. If you want to talk about a tough year, it doesn’t get worse than TSM’s 2022. Not many teams get a Competitive Ruling from LCS for their staff in the middle of the year, while TSM got handed two of them in the span of […]
The first matchup of the LCS in 2023 will be the Kickoff Event Showmatch on January 10. It has been a shaky end to the year for the North American League of Legends, and a not-so-great start either. LCS drew a lot of criticism from the community in recent months with the decisions made about […]
While Excel Esports mainly got upgrades, the kings of the 2021 LEC jungle, MAD Lions, have entered 2023 with somewhat of a mixed bag of a roster. Wednesday marks the start of the 2023 League of Legends Ranked Season, as well as the Kickoff of the LEC! Team Dynasty and Team Legacy will duke it […]
2020 World Champions will enter the 2023 LCK Season as Dplus KIA. It’s not all that common in today’s esports for teams to change their name and branding frequently, as building brands is a big part of the organization’s revenue streams. Damwon might be the biggest exception to this rule. After qualifying to LCK from […]
Riot’s League Team have pushed an Aurelion Sol rework to PBE in an attempt to boost the champion’s low pick-rate. “Driven by the tantalizing possibilities of freedom and revenge, Aurelion Sol now regards Runeterra with simmering, eternal fury. Surely, it is here, upon this world, that the cosmic balance will tip in his favor once […]
LoL’s arguably the most popular champion finally gets an updated look in-game. There is a joke among the player base that Riot is reserving certain skins for Ahri for the hard times, as nearly every skin for the champion makes the company the big bucks. But despite her popularity, Ahri had a pretty scuffed in-game […]
Immortals looking to make noise in LCS with an almost full native roster. In the six splits LCS had after the name change from NA LCS, Immortals only managed to make playoffs once, back in 2021 Summer. The last two splits, they either finished second to last or dead last, while looking like probably the […]
The first look into the LEC in 2023 will be the showmatch at the Kickoff Event. Riot announced their schedule for the new annual Kickoff Event that will feature all nine accredited leagues yesterday. The two-day special event will take place on January 10-11, with LEC’s own showmatch being scheduled between 5-8 pm CET (8-11 […]
The next season of the LEC is upon us, so let’s take a look at the teams, starting with Excel Esports! In about two weeks, the 2023 League of Legends EMEA Championship Winter Split begins! The 10 teams are eager to prove themselves while getting as many Championship points and they can, so they can […]
Riot’s new Kickoff Event will celebrate the start of the 2023 competitive season across nine leagues. It was announced in early December that a new Kickoff Event was to replace the previously popular All-Star Event starting in 2023. As there weren’t any All-Star Events in the last two years, due to both COVID and the […]
One of the most familiar faces of the North American League of Legends is saying goodbye to the scene. 2023 is more and more looking like a year of massive changes. Unfortunately for North American LoL fans, these changes are scarier than the rest of the regions. We learned about the league moving to weekdays […]
With all LCK teams announcing their official rosters, here are the best teams to follow throughout the 2023 LCK Spring Split. Between the DRX’s victory at Worlds 2022 and multiple teams looking like they are building contenders, it is shaping up to be an exciting year for LCK. Although they lost one of the best […]
LCK just held its annual award where they celebrate the individual excellence of players throughout the 2022 season. With the LCK season and Worlds 2022 over, LCK organized their end-of-the-year award show to recognize and reward the players who performed the best in the year 2022. Most of these awards are the usual ones like […]
Full rosters for every LCS team and rumored player movements. With all ten teams moving players around at the same time with multiple reports coming out every day, it might be hard to track every activity. In this article, you can find the complete rosters for all LCS teams, along with the complete timeline for […]
Full rosters for all LEC teams and rumored transfers. LEC 2023 Winter Split will be the inaugural split for the newly named League of Legends EMEA Championship. With Worlds 2022 ending, we had a lot of rumors about the new rosters that will play in the league. And with the free agency officially starting today, […]
LCS’s new academy ecosystem NACL teams and schedule are revealed. It’s been nearly two months since it was announced that LCS’s feeder system would be getting an overhaul with both LCS Academy and Proving Grounds being replaced by the new circuit combining Academy and Amateur, called NACL. This newly created league will consist of 16 […]
LCS broadcast days are changing to Thursdays and Fridays starting with the new Spring Split. A lot of sweeping changes are happening in the League of Legends Esports as we close out 2022. We saw Europe merge with Turkey and the Middle East to create EMEA, changing the name of LEC, and there are rumors […]
The newly renamed LoL EMEA Championship is starting on January 21 with G2 vs. Excel. It is more and more looking like 2023 will be a year of change for LoL Esports and Riot in general. We’ve already had a lot of format changes announced, especially in Europe with the region changing to EMEA to […]
Riot is changing its scheduling strategy in 2023 to help fans catch more games during the week for both League of Legends and Valorant. As we close the year 2022, the new season of both LoL and Valorant is quickly approaching. And with the success of the latter in 2022 with Valorant Champions and with […]
Locations for LoL Esports’ international events in 2023 are reportedly decided. Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship are two international events hosted by Riot that capstone each regular season split, MSI after Spring and Worlds after Summer. Riot generally hosts these events in one of their major regions: Europe, North America, Korea and China. This year, […]
100 Thieves shooting for the sky by signing two LCS legends. 100 Thieves are arguably the most successful organization in LCS over the last year and a half. They made three straight finals and won the trophy in the 2022 Spring Split. But the losses in the last two LCS Finals, both sweeps, meant the […]
Riot will host a new international event involving multiple regions to celebrate the new LoL Esports season. The All-Star events have been very popular since the inaugural one in Shangai back in 2013. These international competitions gave fans a chance to see their favorite players compete and interact with other pros in a more relaxed […]
The new changes include an extra rank reset, two Ranked skins and more rewards for players’ progress throughout the season. With Season 12 behind us and the preseason for 2023 already on live servers, Riot just dropped some exciting changes for their Ranked rewards. Of course, these changes won’t affect the previous season and will […]
The 2022 LCS Spring champions are looking to repeat the same in 2023. Since re-joining the LCS back in 2020, Evil Geniuses have been a team that was pushing to win titles but fell short in playoffs every time. At least that was true until last year’s Spring Split, where the Geniuses accomplished one of […]
After winning the LoL World Championship just under a month ago, DRX will have an almost completely different roster in 2023. Nobody expected this 2022 DRX roster to challenge for the Worlds Finals, let alone win it all. But in what might be the biggest cinderella story in League of Legends history, DRX proved everyone […]
After weeks of speculation, Team Liquid revealed their jungler for the 2023 LCS Season, along with the rest of the roster. For the 2022 LCS Season Team Liquid had built one of the most expensive rosters in the North American competition’s history. Signing two big-name imports from LEC (Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau and Steven “Hans sama” […]
The official five-man LEC roster for Astralis has been revealed. As we get closer and closer to the newly renamed League of Legends EMEA Championship, more teams are making official roster announcements. Astralis is the second team to announce their LEC roster, but unlike MAD Lions they did it with a video skit. In the […]
The League of Legends consensus is that LCS is not on the same level as LCK. Well, Team Liquid has just made a power play that is sure to close that gap: DRX’s Pyosik is joining Team Liquid. DRX is riding high after achieving total victory this year. After an incredible 3:2 victory over T1 […]
One of the brightest young stars of League of Legends has just retired. After a six-year career, 23-year-old Jang ‘Nuguri’ Ha-gwon has announced that he is retiring from competitive League of Legends play. His announcement comes two weeks after DWG announced that Nuguri decided to enter free agency. Looking Back On The Career Of Nuguri Nuguri […]
Faker isn’t faking this one; he’s on for another three years. Three More Years of Faker After Faker’s contract with T1 expired on November 21, 2022, many clamored at the legendary LoL midlaner’s next move. Rumors swirled that Faker would move on to a different organization for the next phase of his career, possibly a […]
TSM reveal their LCS roster for the next year of competition. 2022 hasn’t been kind to TSM. One of the most storied organizations in LCS history, TSM had a disastrous two splits in a row. It started with losing the face of the franchise, Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg to Team Liquid in his return to pro […]
We have our first complete roster confirmation that will compete in LCS. In the midst of roster rumors and speculations, Golden Guardians didn’t get too much attention from either the reporters or the fans. Despite making playoffs in five of the last six LCS splits, Golden Guardians never had too much impact in the post-season. […]
After spending Summer Split in the LPL, Park “Summit” Woo-tae is looking to return to North America. Even though he first joined the LCS only last year, and only played one split, Summit made himself a name in North America in a quick fashion. The Korean top laner was one of the most dominant players […]
With the backing from their new ownership group, FlyQuest are coming into the 2023 LCS season as a contender. It was only two years ago, back in 2020, FlyQuest made back-to-back LCS Final and was one of the top teams in the league. Unfortunately for the organization, the success was limited to the calendar year […]
Riot Games have announced its decision to centralize its focus on hosting Wild Rift Esports League tournaments in Asia. After a week of buzzing rumors regarding the game developer’s decision to pull back on hosting professional Wild Rift tournaments in the West and EMEA, Riot finally made it official by releasing a blog post detailing […]
League of Legends Circuit Oceania (LCO) will see some format changes for their Worlds attendance. With Worlds 2022 behind us with an exciting finish, there are a lot of changes in the LoL Esports ecosystem. Riot had already talked about their plans to change the Worlds format itself, but we are also seeing some changes […]
Evil Geniuses decided not to re-sign with the veteran top laner Jeong “Impact” Eon-young. Ever since Impact joined LCS back in 2014 with Team Impulse, he has been regarded as one of the best players in the region. With his 2x LCK titles and his recent victory in Worlds 2013 with SKT T1, he was […]
Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng and Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg will once again play together in a new roster that mixes experience with young talent. Doublelift is regarded as perhaps the greatest player ever in the North American League of Legends esports scene. With his closest competition being his former teammate, Bjergsen. After a legendary career with 8x […]