League of Legends (LoL) esports - page 19

After the controversy that surrounded his departure from Team SoloMid, Joshua "Dardoch" Hartnett was recruited by Dignitas for the 2020 LCS Summer Split.

Just like the Spring Split finals, which were supposed to be played in Budapest, Riot Games ultimately decided that the Summer Split finals won't be organized in Malmö, Sweden as they were initially planned.

Amid the current coronavirus outbreak, Riot Games decided to give all players free access to Pro View, their tool allowing to watch competitive games through the eyes of pro players.

Starting with the Summer Split 2020, the LCS schedule will change again, with the Monday Night League being replaced by a new show, the Friday Night League.

In the absence of MSI, Riot Games decided to set up another tournament bringing together the LPL and the LCK. The event will being online on May 28.

Both organizations reportedly showed interest in joining the franchised league in 2021...

One month before competition resumes, the French organization announced its new line-up for the upcoming Summer Split 2020, only bringing some minor changes compared to the first split.

On "The Crack Down", IWillDominate and Thorin hosted G2 Esports coach Fabian "GrabbZ" Lohmann — who didn't hesitate to give his frank opinion on the controversies surrounding TSM.

In a surprising move, former Team Vitality head coach and LEC analyst Jakob "YamatoCannon" Mebdi has joined Korean LCK side SANDBOX Gaming as their head coach for the Summer 2020 split.

Although some started to believe that the 2020 League of Legends World Championship would be canceled, Vice Director of Shanghai Pudong District Propaganda Wei Huang announced yesterday that the event will happen as planned in the Shanghai Pudong district in October.

Excel Esports announced they signed Kryze while promoting Special from their Academy to their LEC roster.

Cloud9 is partnering with Kaiser Permanente to launch "Presence of Mind", an initiative that aims at raising awareness about mental health.

Following the recent controversy around Team SoloMid, the emergence of a Discord group chat on Biofrost's stream seems to suggest that Mingyi "Spica" Lu will replace Joshua "Dardoch" Hartnett for the 2020 LCS Summer Split.

Excel Esports announced that Joran "Special" Scheffer will be promoted from his current position in Academy team BT Excel to the organization's LEC roster as starting midlaner for the upcoming Summer Split 2020.

Following the recent controversy surrounding the overheard call from TSM's President, Leena, the organization's founder and CEO Reginald has apologized in a lengthy statement.

The LEC organizations are teaming up to organize the League of Legends Community Showdown, a tournament where fans will have a shot to represent their favorites teams...

While controversy continues to rage about Doublelift's move to TSM and what that means in terms of a conflict of interest, new drama has arisen after the organization's president (and the ADC's partner) Aileena "Leena" Xu was overhead on stream apparently discussing Dardoch's exit from the team.

After just one split playing alongside Team SoloMid, Kasper "Kobbe" Kobberup is back on the LEC stage for the upcoming Summer Split as Misfits' starting ADC.

Several months after successfully organizing "Nexus" in Saudi Arabia, Riot Games announced a partnership with Chinese multinational technology company Lenovo to create the Intel Arabian Cup, a tournament gathering several teams from the Middle East and North Africa region.

After a month of competition, LDLC OL overcame Polish qualifiers K1CK Neosurf in the European Masters 2020 finals.