Taylor Cocke of Yahoo Esports and Sean Haran of Riot Games.
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Riot Games’ next vista for League of Legends: College esports

  • Posted byby Mike Minotti
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Riot Games wants to take you to school. League of Legends school.

The developer has a program called uLoL (University League of Legends), which organizes events and tournaments for its popular multiplayer online battle arean (MOBA). League of Legends is a money-making machine. SuperData Research estimates that it pulled in more than $1.6 billion in revenue last year. At our GamesBeat 2016 conference today in Ranchos Palos Verde, California, Riot Games director of business development and publishing Sean Haran explained to Yahoo Esports’s Taylor Cocke why the uLoL program was important for the company and the game.

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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.