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Fine Art: This League Of Legends Artist’s Work Is A… Riot (I’m So Sorry)

Katie De Sousa is a concept artist who currently works at League of Legends developers Riot Games. She’s been there since 2012, and has been responsible for many of the awesome splash images you see for the game’s heroes.


At Least League Of Legends Is Doing Something About Silly Female Armour

Female fantasy armour. It’s… an issue. So often in fantasy games male characters get to wear massive, fearsome plate armour while female characters ride into battle with whole swaths of skin exposed. When it comes down to it, female fantasy armour is simply inadequate. We’ve even talked to a guy who makes armour professionally and had him explain the craft-related reasons risqué armour just doesn’t measure up.


Razer’s League Of Legends Collector’s Edition Peripherals Did Not Help Me Win

When they aren’t busy making tablet gaming computers, Razer has been known to toss out the odd gaming peripheral. Today the company assembles a team of official collector’s edition League of Legends peripherals that, despite my hopes, did nothing to improve my in-game performance.


There’s An Unofficial League Of Legends Restaurant In China

In online game League of Legends, Demacia is a city-state that stands as a symbol of justice and virtue. In China, it’s a restaurant.


Entire League Of Legends Team Disqualified For ‘Toxic Behaviour’

The crackdown continues. League of Legends developers Riot have banned three more e-sports hopefuls from the game, this time only days away from a LoL Championship Series qualifying event in Poland.


More League Of Legends Players Banned For ‘Toxic Behaviour’

Continuing a recent crackdown on the kind of behaviour that gives the game a bad rap (at least amongst those who don’t play it religiously), League of Legends developers Riot have permanently banned two prominent eSports players for their “toxic behaviour in-game”.


Riot Should Make This League Of Legends Character Gay Already

So argues Todd Harper in a open letter to Riot Games about the League of Legends champion, Taric. Rumour is Taric might be gay.


How League Of Legends Handles Over 4 Terabytes Of Data Every Single Day

When you have over 12 million people playing your game every single day, a lot of data is getting moved around. How much? In League of Legends’ case, over 4 terabytes worth.



Pro League Of Legends Player Banned For Harassment

Proving that professional gamers can be no different to the casual players of the same game, League of Legends pro Christian Rivera has been banned from the game for “persistent toxic behaviour”.


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