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This League Of Legends Pro Has His Whole High School Cheering For Him

Gergo Vas 15 June 2013 8:30 PM

League of Legends pro player ZionSpartan has just graduated high school and is ready to jump to the LoL scene full-time. Five years ago his teachers, schoolmates and parents would have laughed at the idea. Today they treat him like a champion.

8 June 2013

‘Before The End Of The Year’ For Australian League Of Legends Servers

Logan Booker 8 June 2013 1:30 PM

Australia is fortunate indeed when a developer for a multiplayer title decides to host servers locally, with the most recent of note being Riot Games for League of Legends. Going by reports, a provider has been found, with a confident assertion the servers will be available before the end of 2013.

5 June 2013

In Real Life

China’s League Of Legends Clone Is A Bootleg Wonderland

Luke Plunkett 5 June 2013 7:30 PM

300 Heroes proves, as CrusaderCast puts it so well in this video, “there is no Mandarin word for copyright”, because it doesn’t just copy League of Legends (literally, it re-uses LoL’s textures), it makes use of as many famous characters from properties it didn’t pay for as it can get its hands on.

29 May 2013

League Of Legends Is Still Pissing Off Gamers In South Korea

Brian Ashcraft 29 May 2013 5:00 AM

This past April, gamers in South Korea were upset about seemingly endless League of Legends server maintenance. It’s now late May. Things, apparently, have not gotten better.

27 May 2013

News

League Of Legends Gets A Short “Movie”, And It’s Awesome

Luke Plunkett 27 May 2013 6:00 PM

Who says you need to be a newly-revealed or upcoming AAA blockbuster game to get a fancy cinematic trailer.

17 May 2013

League Of Legends Doesn’t Need Much Story, So Fans Get To Create Their Own

Luke Plunkett 17 May 2013 9:15 AM

There are few games that require a “lore” so little as League of Legends. Pick your guy/gal/thing, ,get ‘em in a lane, click a lot, give/receive abuse, game over. It’s a series as dependent on narrative as a game of poker.

15 May 2013

Ever Wonder Just How Big League Of Legends Is? Let This Video Show You

Tina Amini 15 May 2013 11:30 AM

Seventeen League of Legends champions die for every baby that is born, and many other crazy facts put just how big a game this online multiplayer is into perspective.

29 April 2013

In Real Life

What A DDOS Attack On A Website/Game Actually Looks Like

Luke Plunkett 29 April 2013 1:00 PM

A favourite tool of hackers and other forms of online troublemaker, the DDOS – Distributed Denial of Service – attack is something we see a lot of in video games, whether it be people trying to take down a company’s website or even, in some cases, crash the games themselves.

24 April 2013

Kicked Out By His Parents, He Played League Of Legends To Make Rent

Kirk Hamilton 24 April 2013 12:30 PM

This new documentary short from Machinima shares the story of Peter “Doublelift” Peng, a professional League of Legends player who was kicked out of his home and relied on pro gaming to pay his rent.

20 April 2013

Disabled Gamer Gets A Rare League Of Legends Kill Without Using Hands

Patricia Hernandez 20 April 2013 5:30 PM

According to Riot, the odds of getting a pentakill in League of Legends is one in every 1500 matches. A pentakill is when you manage to kill the entire enemy team in a short period of time — no easy feat! Twitch user Aieron accomplished a pentakill though, and he did it without using his hands: he is a disabled gamer.

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