League of Legends

League of Legends: Dominion Review

Posted on Sep 26, 2011

Today RiotGames launched the long awaited new gameplay mode Dominion for their MOBA League of Legends. As with the other gameplay mode, Dominion pits two teams of five against each, however in this mode in order to destroy your opponents Nexus, players must conquer and hold points on the map. Hold the points longer than your opponent [...]

League of Legends Review: Why Did I wait so Long!?

Posted on Aug 25, 2011

To really understand where I’m coming from with this review of League of Legends, one has to go back to where I was first introduced to the MOBA genre, with Warcraft 3. War3 was released at a time when I was getting a little bored of RTS games so I spent a lot of my time [...]

What League of Legends taught me about MMORPGs

Posted on Jan 27, 2012

In a word, simplicity. There’s something to be said about a game where the characters have only five abilities, one being passive, yet still provide layers of complexity and strategy. The reason League of Legends is able to accomplish this is through their skill trees, rune system and item store, which allow players to completely customize each [...]

How many Champions do we need?

Posted on Nov 29, 2011

We all like having plenty of options to select from different characters and classes, but I don’t think I’ve ever played a game like League of Legends that has so many to choose from. Going back to my days in Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter II, if a game had more than 10 it was considered a [...]

League of Legends Doubles its Player-base in Four Months

Posted on Nov 18, 2011

Less than four months ago we reported that League of Legends had hit 15 million registered users and today RiotGames reports that number has more then doubled to 32 million! That is an amazing accomplishment considering the game was released 2 years ago. It seems LoL is hitting its stride now so I’m sure those numbers will [...]

League of Legends Adding Ranked Teams

Posted on Nov 08, 2011

RiotGame today announced that with start of Season 2, League of Legends will have ranked teams for 3vs3 and 5vs5. Players will be able to create permanent teams with other players to compete in ranked matches. Teams will also have their own Elo rating, separate from individual ratings. Not that I’m going to use the new team ranking [...]

League of Legends Celebrates 2 Year Anniversary

Posted on Oct 27, 2011

Today marks League of Legends two year anniversary and to celebrate this momentous occasion, RiotGames has released a new legendary skin for Fiddlesticks, which includes the following. New and sinister sound effects on all of Fiddlesticks’ abilities A shocking new model featuring party hats and balloons Frighteningly festive spell effects The skin is on sale in the RiotStore [...]

League of Legends: Dominion Review

Posted on Sep 26, 2011

Today RiotGames launched the long awaited new gameplay mode Dominion for their MOBA League of Legends. As with the other gameplay mode, Dominion pits two teams of five against each, however in this mode in order to destroy your opponents Nexus, players must conquer and hold points on the map. Hold the points longer than your opponent [...]

League of Legends: Dominion Now Live

Posted on Sep 26, 2011

The newest game mode to the smash hit League of Legends is now available to the masses. The new game mode, Dominion has players capturing and defending points on an brand new map called the Crystal Scar.  The map has 5 capture points for players to battle over, with the team holding the points for the longest [...]

League of Legends Patch Preview: 1.0.0.125

Posted on Sep 14, 2011

RiotGames released a new video preview for the upcoming 1.0.0.125 patch showcasing some of the balance changes heading towards League of Legends. Balance changes to champions Shako, Mordekaiser, Shen, Orianna, and Taric were previewed in the video and some changes coming to the LoL store are listed below. New Skins in the Store Redeemed Riven Crimson Elite [...]

League of Legends Full of Quitters

Posted on Sep 10, 2011

Since I began playing League of Legends a few weeks back when I reviewed it, I’ve noticed that a pretty high percentage of games end up where at least one person quits or goes AFK. This creates a one sided match that for the most part is unwinnable for the team who lost a player and is [...]

League of Legends Abandons Mac

Posted on Sep 06, 2011

Just another reason why Macs suck for gaming.  Today RiotGames announced that as of this afternoon, League of Legends will no longer be playable on the Mac. The reason behind the move was that RiotGames was unable to “ensure a consistent quality bar across platforms“, due to the games rapid update cycle. While Mac players are stranded [...]