Riot Games and GameOn launch Latinoamérica Esports Bot for League of Legends fans
Riot Games and GameOn launched the Riot Latinoamérica Esports Bot, the official and exclusive chat application for the League of Legends Liga Movistar Latinoamérica...
Fnatic raises $19 million to expand its global esports brand
Fnatic, the London-based global esports brand, has raised $19 million in funding to fuel its expansion. It also shuffled its executive team. Fnatic founder Sam...
Riot Games joins with Salesforce.org and F5 to diversify tech industry
Salesforce.org, Riot Games, and F5 Networks announced that they will join the Reboot Representation Tech Coalition, an initiative to double the number of black,...
Ikon lets players challenge each other in PUBG and League of Legends
Ikon is launching a competitive gaming platform that lets players challenge each other in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and League of Legends. The company plans to...
Fortnite rules Q1 streaming hours, but Apex places No. 2 and surpasses League of Legends
Fortnite players streamed more than 23.9 million hours of gameplay in the first quarter, cementing Epic Games’ position as the publisher of the world’s...
Our deep dive into how esports broadcasting differs from traditional sports
The world of sports entertainment is changing, and esports is the star player. Market researcher Newzoo forecasts that esports revenue will grow from $906...
Steven Ma interview — How Tencent is more than just a big game investor
Steven Ma joined Tencent in 2007, when most people in the world probably had not heard about the Shenzhen, China-based company. Now Tencent is...
Riot Games will host League of Legends events in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Taipei
Riot Games revealed three Asian cities as the 2019 host communities for the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational, a global League of Legends tournament...
Riot Games issues new company values in wake of ‘bro’ culture accusations
Riot Games, the maker of the enormously popular League of Legends multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) PC game, has issued a new set of...
Alienware will sponsor Riot Games’ League of Legends global esports events
Dell’s Alienware gaming hardware division has agreed to become a multi-year sponsor and partner with Riot Games and its League of Legends global esports...