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Putting The Razer Blade Through Its Gaming Paces

7:00AM February 7, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Razer’s sleek and stylish Blade gaming laptop is slowly making its way into the hands of customers ballsy enough to drop $US2800 on an untested product from a company that’s never made a gaming laptop before. Did their gamble pay off? Update: A settings tweak has changed the game. More »


In Real Life

Gamer Dies In Taipei Internet Cafe. Nine Hours Later, Someone Notices

1:00AM February 4, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Chen Rong-yu of Taiwan checked into an internet cafe in the city of New Taipei on Tuesday evening to play popular multiplayer PC game League of Legends. Wednesday evening a waitress found the 23-year-old sitting rigidly in his chair, hands outstretched towards the computer. More »


In Real Life

Welcome To A Korean Cosplay Inferno

6:30PM February 2, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

If you are talking Korean cosplay (and that’s exactly what we are doing), you can’t finish a sentence without mentioning cosplay collective Spiral Cats. The team dazzles with its outfits, its photos and its live cosplay performances. More »


In Real Life

Bullying Online: What’s The Solution?

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1:00PM January 17, 2012 | James Pinnell

You’re playing League of Legends. You make a slight error. You are now dead and, worse, your team — made up of anonymous players online — is dead. Now they’re angry. A torrent of abuse streams through vent. You are belittled, bullied, all for a simple mistake. In a video game. This is a common scenario, one that is holding back online communities across borders, across formats.

But what can be done? Are we doomed to suffer these trolls, or can developers and communities work together to find a solution? More »


PC

League Of Legends Wants To Destroy SOPA

4:00PM January 12, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

The latest video game company to join the ranks of those opposed to the Stop Online Piracy Act is Riot Games, developers of the insanely-popular League of Legends. More »


News

Razer’s Naga Hex Is A Mouse Made For Multiplayer Online Battle Arena Fans

6:05AM January 11, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Mice aimed at massively-multiplayer online role-playing gamers are all well and good, but what does a League of Legends or Diablo III player need with twelve thumb buttons? That’s why the Razer Naga Hex only has six. More »


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It’s Like League Of Legends. Only, For The IPhone.

11:30PM January 4, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Apple’s iOS platofrms are no stranger to games that borrow heavily form existing properties, so to see a League of Legends clone – called Legendary Heroes – pop up should surprise nobody. More »


PC

League Of Legends Players Will Understand These T-Shirts

8:20AM December 22, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Gamer clothing creators Jinx have teamed up with Riot Games competitive PC gaming sensation League of Legends to create a set of shirts that I do not understand. Do you? More »


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They Want To Turn A League Of Legends Character Into A Playboy Bunny

9:20PM November 11, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

League of Legends players being League of Legends players, there’s a campaign going down to try and have one of the game’s heroes re-imagined as a… Playboy bunny. More »


News

Man Switches Countries During Pro Tournament, Causes Shitstorm

6:30PM November 1, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Jatt, a League of Legends player at the recent World Cyber Games qualifiers, has upset more than a few of his competitors after switching allegiances halfway through the tournament. More »