When I asked my five-person “League of Legends” team, composed of strangers playing on PC, if anyone was trying out “Wild Rift,” one of them derisively replied, “Who would want to play ‘League’ on their phone?” The answer, it turns out, is millions. The day of release, App Annie reported 6 million downloads of “League […]
The power of data in gaming’s red-hot market Learn how to seize the power of data to attract and keep players, create personalized gaming experiences, and cash in on the industry’s seismic growth. Register Now Riot Games is making a League of Legends MMORPG. We know that because one of its developers said so on […]
Happy Valentine’s Day, DCEU fans: HBO Max dropped a new trailer for Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Disappointed DC Extended Universe fans were clamoring for a “Snyder cut” soon after the release of 2017’s Justice League, and Warner Bros. eventually obliged them, announcing it would release the full director’s cut on HBO Max. For Valentine’s Day, the […]
When Riot Forge came calling at Double Stallion Games in Montreal, they didn’t say what it was for. They asked the game studio to make one of its signature 2D action platformer games. Only later did they find out that the game would be set in the League of Legends universe. Conv/rgence: A League of […]
An early-season draft-league match comes down to the wire. Draft league is probably nothing like the Pokémon you’re familiar with. It’s not training up a team of your favorite Pokémon to beat Team Rocket. It’s not even like an official competitive tournament run by The Pokémon Company. And it all started with a bumper sticker. […]
Enlarge / From hashtag to reality: the “Snyder cut” is coming. WarnerMedia After years of fan demands—and then months of rumors and teases—the news is official: the 2017 DC Comics film Justice League is returning as a “director’s cut” in 2021, and the whole campaign will revolve around its original director, Zack Snyder, overhauling and […]
Teamfight Tactics, Riot Games’ auto-battler set in the League of Legends universe, has finally arrived on mobile devices with Android and iOS versions now available for downloads in their respective app stores. Teamfight Tactics for mobile may be linked to players’ Riot Accounts on the PC to carry over purchases, ranks, experience, and inventory between […]
Earlier Wednesday, one of the League’s teams, the Paris Eternal, announced on Twitter it had canceled a weekend of matches set for April 11 and 12 in Paris. The decision marked the first canceled matches due to the coronavirus outside of China and South Korea. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic […]
The Esports Players League announced today that it has finished a seed round worth $ 1 million. Venture capital firm 500 Startups lead the round. Esports Players League would not disclose how much 500 Startups contributed, but did not that it’s a “significant portion” of the $ 1 million total. This $ 1 million in […]
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Louis Vuitton and Riot Games announced they will collaborate on the League of Legends World Championship that kicks off on October 2 and culminates in Paris on November 10. For Riot, the partnership is a new high mark for esports sponsorships, as Louis Vuitton is a high-end luxury brand that is non-endemic for esports, meaning […]
If you’re wondering how massive esports has become, just follow the money. The livestreaming platform Twitch paid $ 90 million for the rights to the Overwatch League. Activision Blizzard, creator of Overwatch, beat its revenue forecast for Q1 2019, in part because of its esports initiatives. If you combine fan spend, media rights, and sponsorships, […]
In a surprise move, publisher Epic Games announced that it is acquiring Psyonix Inc. The San Diego-based developer is best known for creating the hugely popular multiplayer game Rocket League. The deal, the terms of which wasn’t disclosed, is expected to finalize at the end of the month or in early June. Psyonix has been […]
[embedded content] Several months ago, Sony announced the PlayStation 4 cross-play beta program, which allowed Fortnite users on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Mac, PC, and mobile devices to all play together, and the program is getting a new game. Rocket League now supports cross-platform play, as well, so you can play with all of […]