Ex-Riot veteran takes top storytelling role at the Russo brothers’ AGBO
Ryan Verniere, a veteran at Riot Games, has joined the Russo brothers’ AGBO as senior vice president of story. He will be part of...
G2 Esports returns to Valorant with NA Challengers team
Berlin-based G2 Esports is returning to Valorant with a North American team, but not as a partnered Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) team. The sqaud...
Riot Games, IDEO crown winners of inclusive design challenge
Riot Games has announced the 10 winners for its Designing for Digital Thriving Challenge. Designers were challenged with proposing solutions that would help make...
Diversity and inclusion are equally important for different reasons
Diversity, equity and inclusion are words that have swiftly come to mean much in the games industry. At GamesBeat Summit Next 2022, a panel...
Riot Games and Ubisoft team up on machine learning to detect harmful game chat
Ubisoft and Riot Games have teamed up to share machine learning data so they can more easily detect harmful chat in multiplayer games. The...
Riot Games hits peak esports storytelling with League of Legends Worlds Championship | The DeanBeat
Last Saturday I went to my first massive esports event: The League of Legends Worlds Championship. More than 16,000 people crowded into the Chase...
Binance to acquire FTX: implications for games and esports
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has released a letter of intent to acquire the assets of fellow exchange, FTX. While cryptocurrency, Web3 and gaming have a...
League of Legends Worlds 2022 peaks at 5.15M viewers
Over the weekend, fans watched DRX overcome the odds to win the League of Legends Worlds 2022 championship and set viewership records. The South...
Odyssey Interactive scores $19M for Omega Strikers launch
Odyssey Interactive — an indie game development studio founded by ex-Riot Games development leads — has raised $19 million in a series A round....
Riot Games acquires Wargaming Sydney for live service resources
League of Legends and Valorant developer Riot Games has acquired Wargaming’s Sydney studio. The newly rebranded Riot Sydney will leverage the development team’s expertise...