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

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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

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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

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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

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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’

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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

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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

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While still sneaking some spring snow in (bad weather!), April also showered us with some uplifting moments and goodness. Warm fuzzies are far better...
Ahem.

Riot Games’ demand to shut down a fan-run 10 year-old League of Legends build causes a community uproar

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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...

Not So Massively roundup: PUBG Lite’s sunset, Astroneer’s compass, SMITE’s Gilgamesh

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Welcome back to our occasional roundup of what's going on in multiplayer games that aren't really MMORPGs! There's actually a ton of news this...

Alienware cut its League of Legends esports sponsorships short over ongoing Riot Games scandals

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Last month, we covered yet another sexual harassment lawsuit swirling around Riot Games, this one a wrongful termination suit from a former executive assistant...

MMO Business Roundup: Theorycraft, My.Games, the FIFA fixing lawsuit, and Roblox’s latest concert

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Theorycraft: Could you found a new games studio on $37.5M? Yeah, probably. A bunch...

SuperData says WoW’s player count is already ‘back to normal levels’ post-Shadowlands

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How fast did the gaming world get over Cyberpunk 2077? One month, according to SuperData's latest revenue rankings. While CDPR's sprawling RPG dominated the...

Riot Games starts hiring ‘a raid team’ of devs for its Runeterra MMORPG

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Riot Games put out an open call for "a lot of people" to join "a pretty big raid team" of developers working on the...

The MOP Up: Apex Legends Mobile is on the way

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The multi-platform hit Apex Legends is finally making the jump to mobile. Droid Gamers reported that Tencent and Respawn are working on a phone...

Massively Overthinking: Do MMO players secretly just want ‘another WoW’?

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Last week, there was a provocative discussion on the MMORPG subreddit about the genre. I don't want to get tangled up in the whole...

Report exposes mismanagement, bro culture, and trend-chasing at Amazon Game Studios

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We've all heard about how someone or something is "too big to fail," but in the case of Amazon Game Studios, it's been one...

SuperData December 2020: World of Warcraft is dethroned again, and people still love Among Us

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While SuperData has already put a bow on the entirety of games earnings in 2020, there's still the December 2020 breakdown to cover, which...
Theoretically there's a non-jerk version of this out there, but...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 304: League of MMORPGs

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Justin and Bree discuss Riot's new MMO, RuneScape, Neverwinter, Crowfall, and Path of Exile, with adventures in Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft, Torchlight II, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on losing hype and legal complexity in MMOs.

Riot Games outlines future plans for League of Legends, Runeterra, and more in Season 2021 broadcast

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This is the dawning of... Season 2021. Which doesn't meter out quite as well as the song I'm referencing, but for fans of Riot...
I see.

Vague Patch Notes: Yes, Virginia, that counts as an MMO

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There is a particular comment we get on a semi-regular basis, and it is always wrong. It shows up on a wide variety of...

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