Official Site: League of Legends
Studio: Riot Games
Launch Date: October 27, 2009
Genre: MOBA
Business Model: F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, Mac
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Vague Patch Notes: How long do online games truly get to live?
I'm going to start this article by asking a question I don't actually want an answer to: How long has Minecraft been popular?
Objectively there...
Vaultbreakers – fka Project F4E – is an upcoming co-op extraction OARPG that isn’t a shooter
Anybody out there remember BetaDwarf's upcoming MMO Project F4E? You'd be forgiven if you didn't. It was first announced in 2021 as Project Haven,...
Riot Games, still closed in LA thanks to the wildfires, opens aid fundraisers in Valorant and League of Legends
Last week, we covered the devastation happening in Southern California, where half a dozen wildfires were ripping through Los Angeles neighborhoods from working class...
Riot Games tries to rebuff report that Arcane TV series was a ‘financial miss’ for League of Legends
It's pretty easy to assume that animated shows are trying to sell toys and games to people; that's been a thing for a very...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2024 MMO predictions
Later this week, we're going to be offering up our traditional predictions for the MMO genre in 2025, but before we do that, we...
Riot’s Project K is a League of Legends physical trading card game
Last week, Riot Games revealed one of its formerly secret projects, which ended up being a physical League of Legends trading card game. Code-named...
League of Legends outlines updates to seasons coming in 2025 and unveils a swiftplay feature
If you're a seasons kind of player in League of Legends, then the next year is going to be bringing a whole lot of...
Riot Games’ Arcane S2 launches this week as new details about an abandoned League of Legends movie surface
Remember a few years back during the big gaming boom when Riot Games was talking about trying to become a media empire that transcended...
The industry’s voice actor union has called a strike against Riot Games’ League of Legends
Last night, the ongoing voice actors strike took a new turn as SAG-AFTRA announced it has filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the...
Riot Games details price hikes coming for Brazil, Ukraine, and most of Asia on September 18
In its recent post on the topic, Riot isn't sugarcoating the numerous price hikes coming to Riot's various games including Valorant and League of...
League of Legends launches its limited-time PvE ‘bullet heaven’ mode and introduces an autistic champion
Usually the words "bullet" and "heaven" are incongruent, unless you're piloting a mecha named Bullet Heaven or are leading a throwback hair metal band...
Riot Games was reportedly working on a Smash Bros-style League of Legends platform brawler
What would happen if you blended together the platform brawling of Super Smash Bros. with the character roster of League of Legends? You would...
The Daily Grind: What non-MMO has art you wish you could steal for an MMO?
A while back, MOP's Chris shared an ancient version of the ol' Clickhole "heartbreaking" meme. It doesn't seem to actually be from Clickhole, but...
Perfect Ten: 10 more MMOs you’ve already forgotten ever existed, from Elyon to Defiance
Last year, I assembled a list of 10 former MMOs that not only have ceased to exist but have ceased to be remembered (for...
The MOP Up: League of Legends’ game modes help to refresh its theme park design
League of Legends' game director explained why the MOBA is adding a Vampire Survivors-type mode to make it more like a "theme park," saying,...
Fight or Kite: Battle Crush is a snack-sized take on the mythological battle royale scene
Imagine taking a bit of the theme from SMITE (really the only good part about SMITE in my estimation), the common battle royale grab-and-go...
The MOP Up: Among Us adds three new playable roles
Highly sus game Among Us added three new roles with its latest update: Tracker (keep tabs on Crewmates via the minimap), Noisemaker (make noise...
First Impressions: Corepunk’s MOBA-esque closed alpha was fun – with lots of room to grow
I've got a pretty good poker face, especially when nobody can see my face. So I've been pretty subtle about my excitement for Corepunk...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst whaling in a multiplayer game you’ve seen in the last year?
This week, mainstream MOBA gamers flipped alllll the tables over Riot Games' gambit to sell a $450 League of Legends cosmetics bundle themed around...
League of Legends asserts that its new anti-cheat tech isn’t bricking player PCs
Earlier this week saw patch 14.9 roll out to League of Legends, which included the release of Vanguard, Riot's bespoke kernel-level anti-cheat program. Unfortunately,...