League of Legends studio is now completely owned by China’s Tencent
Riot Games, the maker of the enormously popular League of Legends multiplayer online arena battler (MOBA), is now 100 percent-owned by China’s Tencent. Los Angeles-based...
League of Legends studio is only game developer on Glassdoor’s ‘Best Places to Work’ list
Employer-review website Glassdoor released its choices for the “50 Best Places to Work” earlier today, and game development only has one representative on the...
Esports is already worth $748M, but it’ll reach $1.9B by 2018
Competitive gaming is growing into a lucrative industry at a rapid rate as Americans and Europeans turn more of their attention to it. Esports...
5 keys to the future of esports, according to Newzoo research firm
Correction: We originally said that each esports fan is worth $2.40 per month — that is actually the amount they are worth annually. The...
How to pick the right hero in Heroes of the Storm, Dota 2, and League of Legends
When it comes to MOBAs, which hero does what? Here are the most important roles in Heroes of the Storm, League of Legends, and Dota 2 -- and how they work.
Only 2 of the top 200 highest-grossing e-sports stars are women
While 13 percent of viewers are female, most competitive teams are men-only.
E-sports makes $612M from its 134M viewers worldwide, SuperData finds
Affluent young men have turned e-sports into a real market worth a lot of money, but most publishers and even the pro players treat it as marketing.
The house that League of Legends built: a look inside Riot Games’ new campus
Riot Games has shared some images of its new West L.A. campus. You'll wish you worked there.
AlphaDraft — gaming’s DraftKings — is hosting its own $12.5k League of Legends tournament
AlphaDraft wants the biggest e-sports audience in the world to pay attention.
League of Legends, Dota 2 will lead PC gaming’s fastest-growing sector to $500M this year in North America
The fastest-growing genre on PC is about to turn into the biggest.