Sources: Riot Games is working on a major overhaul of League of Legends, internally called League Next, for 2027; Riot confirms a big update is in the works
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SAG-AFTRA asks members to stop work on League of Legends, filing an NLRB complaint against producer Formosa Interactive and others for refusing “fair AI terms”
The union charges one of the multiplayer game's producers, Formosa Interactive, with attempting to work around …
Riot Games says the company won't pay a ransom after hackers exfiltrated source code for League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and “a legacy anticheat platform”
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Riot Games agrees to pay $100M to settle a 2018 class-action gender discrimination lawsuit with current and former women employees and California state agencies
“League of Legends” publisher Riot Games announced Monday that it is settling a 2018 gender-based discrimination class-action suit …
Riot Games, maker of League of Legends, releases an album of lo-fi beats, letting gamers stream their sessions with music without fear of DMCA copyright strikes
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League of Legends teams in the US recruited 40+ superstar players from Asia since 2016, with an average salary of $460K for a player in a team's starting five
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Behind the success of Tencent's Honour of Kings, a League of Legends-like mobile title launched in 2015, which became the first game in history to hit 100M DAUs
Josh Ye / South China Morning Post : Tweets: @scmpnews , @therealjoshye , and @zhugeex Tweets: @scmpnews : Before Honour of Kings became the world's most popular game, it was a desperate experiment h...
Franchised esports leagues have allowed players to become full-time employees but critics say game publishers like Activision have too much power over players
Franchised leagues are a modern experiment in what happens when a marketing initiative becomes a billion-dollar industry. Tweets: @gadgetlab , @grady_booch , @cecianasta , @fairplayesports , @stephenj...
The debate over TikTok is a chance to come up with a thoughtful model to regulate big tech companies, whether they're based in China, Copenhagen, or California
black-box algorithm, opaque moderation, unclear data custody — are issues with Facebook, YouTube, etc. as well. @hunterwalk : @alexstamos ""This is a chance to come up with a thoughtful model of how t...