Official Site:Â League of Legends
Studio:Â Riot Games
Launch Date:Â October 27, 2009
Genre:Â MOBA
Business Model:Â F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, Mac
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Corepunk shows off 15 minutes of PvE gameplay
When I saw that Corepunk's Artificial Core had put up a 15-minute video of the game's PvE experience, my immediate reaction was, "About dang...
Not So Massively Roundup: LoL’s chat test, Overwatch Halloween, and Fortnite acknowledges Among Us
Our not-particularly-massively-multiplayer news has started to pile up, which means it's time for a quick run-down of games in the MMORPG genre's orbit. We've...
League of Legends’ animated series gets a November 6 release date on Netflix and a new trailer
At the beginning of May, League of Legends unveiled a teaser trailer for an animated series known as Arcane, which provided just a few...
Massively Overthinking: Would you play your favorite MMO without its IP?
Nonameplease recently posed us an interesting topic, inspired by a thread on the Star Trek Online subreddit. "It seems most people don't think the...
Riot hires Witcher 3’s lead quest designer for its MMO, imposes stiffer AFK penalties in League of Legends
This news post is basically a grab bag of tidbits from Riot Games' projects. That's the lede. That's all the lede you're getting. I'm...
Massively on the Go: How to actually have fun in Pokemon Unite as a new player
The mobile version of Pokemon Unite has landed as of today, and those of you who do not have a Nintendo Switch but wish to...
Massively Overthinking: Overcoming barriers-to-exit in MMOs
About a thousand years ago, I wrote an article on Old Massively called "but I already have that game" about barriers-to-exit: the difficulty of...
MMO Business Roundup: Clockwork Labs’ sandbox startup, NPIXEL, LOTRO’s community, and more
Welcome back to another quickie roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Clockwork Labs: Brand-new indie game studio Clockwork Labs has raised...
League of Legends announces a virtual concert for the band Pentakill and previews its newest hero Vex
Care for a bit of heavy metal with your MOBA? Then you probably enjoy Pentakill, the virtual heavy metal band from the League of...
California DFEH moves to protect Riot workers from retaliation for cooperating in state investigation
Blizzard isn't the only gaming studio under fire by regulators in California: We've been covering a similar situation within League of Legends company Riot...
Brazilian police have arrested a suspect in the murder of an Overwatch voice actress
PC Gamer is reporting the shocking news that Brazilian voice actress Christiane Louise has been murdered and that police have now arrested the suspected...
Vague Patch Notes: Hating an MMO isn’t the same as having a personality
There was a friend I had at one point who had a particularly annoying habit. Whenever I would bring up something obnoxious that was...
The MOP Up: Pokémon Go’s astounding multi-billion dollar haul
It is wild to think that it was just five years ago that Pokemon Go became the summer gaming phenomenon, sending waves of gamers...
Riot runs a huge multi-game summer event called Sentinels of Light
When you have a growing roster of games under your umbrella, why not take advantage of this fact to throw an ambitious multi-title event...
Guild Wars 2 brings back the Twisted Marionette next week, teases End of Dragons voice actor
Way back in April, ArenaNet dropped its summer 2021 roadmap for Guild Wars 2, and among the planned updates was the return of the...
Eight major unannounced MMO projects that are in the works
There's nothing more tantalizing nor frustrating than knowing that an MMO or MMORPG is in the works but hasn't been formally announced yet. We...
Riot’s League of Legends MMO: ‘We’re going to make some choices that you may not agree with’
Let this post be your intermittent reminder that, yes, Riot Games is working on an unnamed and not-quite-officially-announced MMORPG. Of some kind. The project...
League of Legends is getting its own animated series on Netflix this fall
If you're the sort of League of Legends fan who enjoys the game's animated cutscenes and promotional videos, then you'll likely love the news...
Massively Uplifting: Gaming charity endeavors support vets, autism, and AbleGamers
While still sneaking some spring snow in (bad weather!), April also showered us with some uplifting moments and goodness. Warm fuzzies are far better...
Riot Games’ demand to shut down a fan-run 10 year-old League of Legends build causes a community uproar
Riot Games is back in the news for yet another unsavory reason as the League of Legends developer has acted against a fan-made emulator...
