With December comes The Game Awards, recognizing talent and greatness in a wide variety of categories, from specifics like best multiplayer game, to more overarching awards, like the best streamer/content creator. Come see the highlights of the show, and learn more about the greatness of 2020, despite a global pandemic here:
Insanity is the sole returning player for the 2021 Immortals roster, with the other four from 2020 not finding themselves on a starting LCS roster. Though Immortals had a rocky 2020, Insanity is excited and confident for the new year. Read and watch the interview here:
TSM and Biofrost announced he would be taking a break from professional League to stream. Biofrost entered the LCS on TSM in 2016, playing with the org for two and a half years throughout his career, winning four titles with the team and attending Worlds three times. read more on his break here:
Despite claiming they'd keep their roster together, Cloud9 has made a couple of changes, including promoting Fudge and Reignover. They've also been rumored to sign Perkz. Here is the current roster rumored for Cloud9:
Latin America League team, All Knights, announced they were signing Korean support, Wadid, to start for their team in 2021. Wadid is replacing former All Knights support, Newbie, who will play for the LCS team, Golden Guardians. Read more on his move here:
It's no secret that the League Championship Series production wasn't up to par this Summer Split, or really, the entirety of the 2020 season. Take a deeper look into how they failed and what they need to focus on for 2021 here:
About a month after Bjergsen announced his retirement from professional League of Legends, Doublelift announced his own retirement as well. Read more about his career and retirement here:
CLG has had a rough few years since their 2016 MSI Finals appearance. They performed well in NA in 2017, but barring a 2019 Summer Split third-place finish, they've been seventh or lower for the other five splits. In 2020, CLG finished 10th in spring and ninth in summer. With that in mind, the org is in need of some rejuvenation to find their return to glory. They've officially signed three new pl
See Immortals official roster for 2021 here:
Rell, The Iron Maiden is coming to League of Legends as the newest champion on the Rift. A heavily armored horseman, Rell is a support-type champion that is all about protecting her allies and shredding the armor of her enemies. Read her abilities here:
According to a recent report by ESPN's Jacob Wolf, 100 Thieves is in conversation with their AD Carry, Cody sun, that would have him exit the team before the 2021 season, halfway through his contract. Read more on the report here:
MAD Lions had an incredible first season in the LEC after rebranding from Splyce in 2020. They signed a roster full of rookies and made it to Worlds. Here is what our sources have confirmed for their 2021 roster:
Take a look at the first actions Riot is taking to improve Academy and Amateur - they won't be their last. Over the long term, Riot will continue listening to the community's feedback and adapting, but check out all of the upcoming plans for developing NA talent here:
Riot Games has launched their players straight into the pre-season with Patch 10.23. Not even two days have passed since the pre-season went live and Riot is already updating the game, launching a hotfix for items and champs. Read about the changes here:
“When I first started playing, I was just a depressed kid in Denmark. League of Legends was just an escape…” To many of us, video games — and League of Legends, specifically — are an escape. Whether it be simply just to unwind from work, a search for an adventure, a desire for a challenge, or to forget about the hardships and pain from everyday life. From the lowest
Cloud9 has released yet another interview with recent addition to the org, streamer IWDominate, speaking to their new LCS head coach, Reignover, and Founder and CEO, Jack Etienne. See the interview here and catch why the team made the changes they made:
Amidst the changes of the off-season, Afreeca Freecs announced a coaching change, releasing their head coach, iloveoov. He coached the team since 2017, including their Worlds run in 2018. See more about his career here:
Korean Esports org, T1, just announced a project with kpop group, BTS, on their Twitter. Sporting the hashtag #T1xRUNBTS, the team tagged the group in a short 16-second video featuring sound waves, muffled music, voices, and a heartbeat monitor that concludes with a glitch into a T1 RUN BTS graphic. Read more on their announcement here:
Monday, November 2, Cloud9 officially announced that former pro player, Reignover, would take the helm as the team's head coach going into 2021. Reignover replaces former Cloud9 head coach, Reapered. Read more on the announcement here:
They defied the odds and ruined so many Pick'Ems game after game, series after series, but Suning Gaming finally met their match with the Worlds favorites, DAMWON Gaming, falling 1-3 in the Finals. Suning spoke with the press after the series, see the conference here:
