League of Legends News

Riot Games bans players from its freemium action real-time strategy game for cheating.

Pro gaming league adding League of Legends to tournament slate, giving attendees a chance to try Blizzard's next sci-fi strategy game at Spring Championship in June.

Riot Games states that it stands against present form of controversial legislation; studio lawyer fields questions on Reddit.

Pro gaming organization says average reach among 18-to-24-year-old males greater than Comedy Central, MTV, TBS, FX.

Pro season concludes as Team Instinct wins $100,000 in Halo: Reach tourney, Team Quantic Vengeance leads Black Ops; FXOLeenock, Team SoloMid also victors.

Riot Games' freemium action real-time strategy game more than doubles registered user base in four months.

GDC Online 2011: Riot Games design director Tom Cadwell shares stories of bad decisions made for freemium online game and the lines of thinking that led to them.

Free-to-play online multiplayer action strategy game adds faster-paced capture-and-hold gameplay type, new map, works with existing characters and abilities.

Next cycle of Riot Games' free-to-play online title's competitive action will feature $5 million prize pool, "the biggest in eSports history."

Riot Games announces new user tally for free-to-play action RTS; 1.4 million play every day, 10 games start every second.

Internet hacking group targets CCP MMOG, Mojang indie hit, League of Legends, and The Escapist in distributed denial of service attacks.

BioWare's action RPG takes the RPG and Ultimate Game of the Year awards at London ceremony; Call of Duty series picks up Shooter and One to Watch gongs.

Riot Games wins five categories including Best New Online Game and Audience Award; Ultima Online receives first spot in the Hall of Fame; MUD creator Dr. Richard Bartle honored.

GDC 2010: Naughty Dog's acclaimed shooter nets record number of statuettes, including Game of the Year; Batman: Arkham Asylum upsets in Game Design category; Scribblenauts top handheld; Flower and Farmville also win; Deus Ex 3 trailer debuts.

Naughty Dog's acclaimed action adventure scores seven nods; fellow GOTY hopefuls include Dragon Age, Assassin's Creed II, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Demon's Souls.

Activision spins out turntable-equipped rhythm game, along with Rockstar's second 360-only add-on and Episodes From Liberty City; Namco Bandai fighter, Microsoft racer, and Sony platformer also launching.

DOTA-inspired RTS/RPG hybrid will use a microtransaction system; players can pay to cosmetically accessorize avatars but can't buy improved character performance.

Naughty Dog's PS3-exclusive sequel wins Best of Show, 5TH Cell's DS puzzler honored for Best Original Game by industry media collaboration.