league of legends

Official Site: League of Legends
Studio: Riot Games
Launch Date: October 27, 2009
Genre: MOBA
Business Model: F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, Mac

Not So Massively: Dota 2’s $18m main event, Hearthstone’s expansion

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This week, third-person MOBA SMITE revealed its new support character Khepri, the ancient Egyptian scarab god. League of Legends pushed its HUD overhaul to...
Losing in a way that's incidentally the same as not in fact losing at all.

League of Legends does not in fact kill off Gangplank for real at all

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Just a few days ago, dear reader, we wrote to you about how League of Legends had done something novel by killing off the...
No, be a dude.

League of Legends kills off Gangplank… for real

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The story of League of Legends isn't one that's set up to easily move forward. When players pay real money to unlock champions and...
No longer.

FFXIV, SWTOR, and Guild Wars 2 fall in Raptr’s June rankings

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Raptr has published its stats roundup for the month of June. It turns out that people are still playing games online. You can close your browser...

Not So Massively: HoN Tour season four; cheating in Hearthstone and League of Legends

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It's been a busy week for online gaming, with Star Citizen releasing alpha patch 1.15 and delving into the details of its new audio...

Massively Overthinking: Dealing with toxicity in MMO communities

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This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from Kickstarter donor Dahui, who asks, "What do you think MMO developers can do to try to minimize...

Not So Massively: RUST assigns random genders; US Senator facilitates e-sports visas

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Star Citizen rebalanced thrusters, hitpoints and weapons in its latest alpha release to the public test server, and the upcoming Star Marine FPS module...
Well, points for effort.

League of Legends disables Ranked play due to a wide-ranging bug

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Risk and reward are both important elements of playing League of Legends. If Riot released a new champion who could just instantly teleport back...

Not So Massively: Path of Exile’s Awakening and Heroes of Newerth’s new character Skrap

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This week in not-so-massive online games, third-person MOBA SMITE confirmed that it's raised over $640,000 in competitive tournament prize money through sales and crowdfunding...

League of Legends’ newest champion can swallow you whole

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One thing is for certain: Tahm Kench is not going to be winning any beauty contests in League of Legends. Fortunately, abilities matter more...

How League of Legends cleaned up its act

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Could all of the toxic community behavior found in League of Legends actually be beneficial? It might be in a roundabout fashion, as Riot...

World of Tanks, SWTOR rocketed up the Raptr chart in May

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Raptr's most-played games list is out for this past May, and it looks that both World of Tanks and Star Wars: The Old Republic...

Not So Massively: Rust randomises penis size; Splatoon sells a million units

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Nintendo's recently released Wii U shooter Splatoon sold over a million units worldwide in its first month, becoming one of the console's most popular...

Not So Massively: All the online gaming news from E3 2015

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It's been a big week for online gaming, with several high-profile reveals and announcements made at E3 2015. The latest version of MOBA-esque space...

The Daily Grind: Are MOBAs destined for a Great Crash?

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Make no mistake, even with the recent launch of Heroes of the Storm, MOBAs are crashing and burning all over the place these days....

Not So Massively: Dota 2 plans a reboot, League of Legends nerfs Ekko

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Valve revealed plans to reboot Dota 2 in the near future with its Dota 2 Reborn project, which moves the game over to a...

Perfect Ten: The top 10 healthiest live MMOs

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One question that consistently pops up across the MMO gaming circuit is, "What are the most popular/healthy/active MMOs out there?" Every time I see...

Not So Massively: Heroes of the Storm launches, Infinite Crisis gives up

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It's been a week of mixed feelings in the land of MOBAs, with the thrill of a new game launch juxtaposed against the background...

A guide to Heroes of the Storm for MOBA newbies and MMORPG fans

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So you've heard about MOBAs by now, right? Maybe you tried League of Legends, or the idea behind DOTA 2 was too confusing to inspire a...

Not So Massively: Heroes of the Storm’s launch; Need for Speed’s online DRM

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Nintendo's quriky new online paint-battle game Splatoon officially launched this week to very positive reviews. Monster-battling game Moonrise entered early access and promises Pokémon-like...

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