League of Legends developer Riot has considered a Counter-Strike-style competitive mode

Millions of people play League of Legends every month. Most of them are just in it for the fun, but developer Riot is considering ways to better serve the small fraction of its audience that are serious competitors.

During a panel at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last week, League of Legends lead designer Ryan Scott touched on the possibility of forking his game into two, with one version for casual fans and the other for tournament-level players. He dismissed that idea. Instead, he explained that this team had considered a competitive mode similar to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.