With the most popular game in the world right now, it's not surprising that Riot is forced to deal with some irritatingly “toxic” players from time to time. However today's crack down is on an entire team for ELO boosting and one for seeming to DDOS an opposing player mid-game. The near …
Read More »Riot Games opens Sydney office
Maker and runner of League of Legends, Riot Games, has announced that it has opened a new office in Sydney, Australia and is already looking for new blood to staff it. Do you have what it takes? The two new positions available – who will presumably be joining others, it …
Read More »Chongqing, China just got a League of Legends restaurant
If you're taking a trip to China in the near future and you happen to be a big fan of Riot Game's MOBA League of Legends, there's one particular place you might want to make sure you visit: The League of Legends restaurant in Chongqing. What makes it so? Well …
Read More »Riot bans more LoL players, Solo Mebdi team disqualified
Riot Games, the makers of hit Esport MOBA League of Legends, has been pushing to improve the atmosphere of the game, especially in the competitive sector. This has involved the banning of players and that practice has continued with three more pros getting dropped from the upcoming series. However more …
Read More »More League of Legends pro players banned for being abusive
Sports around the world, whether they be based in the real world or online, have trash talking as part of their culture. It's an accepted practice and is annoying when you're on the receiving end, but we don't expect people to be 100 per cent gentlemanly 100 per cent of …
Read More »World of Tanks gives League of Legends a run for its money
In terms of popularity at least. We've heard before how League of Legends has amassed 30 million + active players per month and over a billion hours of play time during that same period. While World of Tanks can't boast quite as much, it's certainly catching up. In a new …
Read More »Riot looking into anti-troll psychology
While Riot might be coming right off the back of its banning of a pro League of Legends player, it's still hot at work on figuring out the best way to combat one of the game's big problems: the persistence of negative and trolling players. MOBA titles have a reputation for having …
Read More »Pro LoL player perma-banned for abuse and harassment
While gaming has had a persistent culture of trash talking for the past decade or so, one genre has perpetuated this more than most: MOBA. DotA, League of Legends, Heroes of Newerth, they've built a reputation as having an unforgiving player base. Riot Games, the developer of LoL, has made …
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