League of Legends Features

Why These Players Are Making it Their Mission to Succeed Outside the All-Powerful Metagame

Inside the draw of the off-meta mindset.

9 June 2020 3

What Next-Gen Features Do Gamers Actually Want?

THIS WEEK IN BUSINESS | Microsoft and Sony have already revealed some of their new consoles' key features, but which actually matter to the target audience?

24 January 2020 14

Four Months Later, Auto Chess' Successors Are Rewriting the Genre

Teamfight Tactics and Dota Underlords are trying to ensure auto chess isn't a flash in the pan.

25 October 2019

Out of the Wild West: Inside the Evolution of Games Writing

INSIDE THE WRITING IN GAMES | From League of Legends to Tomb Raider, we dive into how games writing has evolved in the modern age and the people behind it.

24 July 2018

The Most Pop Games

These games are bright, bubbly, and totally get stuck in your head, just like pop music.

21 July 2017

Smashin' Squids: Is Nintendo Planning to Give eSports a Sporting Chance on the Switch?

Nintendo might be getting serious about eSports with the Switch, but it has to go all-in to make it work.

27 February 2017

Spring League of Legends North American LCS Finals Preview: What to Know and How to Watch

Old rivals meet as the Spring split of the North American LCS comes to a close.

14 April 2016

Note Block Beat Box: Listening to Warriors from League of Legends

When a very big band makes a song for a very big game, you get something that's a little weird, a little over-earnest, and thoroughly enjoyable.

2 March 2016

The Race to Become the Next Big eSport

COVER STORY: From Halo to Rocket League, seemingly every developer wants their game to be a big-time eSport, and the stakes are even higher than you realize.

13 February 2016

League of Legends' Fiora Redesign Tests the Limits of "Creative Freedom"

Riot alters the design of a League of Legends character, only to cause the ire of fans.

1 January 2016

The 15 Best Games Since 2000: The Complete List

What are the fifteen best games from the past fifteen years? Here's our complete list.

28 December 2015

The 2015 League of Legends World Championship Was a Great Underdog Story Until SK Telecom Remembered Who They Were

The Tigers were the Mighty Ducks to SK Telecom's Hawks, but there was no happy ending for the underdogs of the 2015 World Championship.

2 November 2015

eSports Are Growing Up

Change and growth isn't a smooth, orderly process. Competitive gaming is starting to expand and see some pushback from traditional sports.

28 April 2015

Giving Life to a League of Legends Champion: Inside Riot Games' Animation Process

Mike talks to Riot Games senior animator Rory Alderton about animating League of Legends' host of champions.

2 October 2014

Dispatches from PAX Prime 2014: In the Audience at the League of Legends Semi-Finals

Kat attended her first League of Legends event at PAX, and she was surprised by what she found.

31 August 2014