Tag Archives: Riot Games

August 20, 2026

League of Legends

LoL Patch 26.17 Nerfs Vayne Top and Xerath — Why Pro Markets Should Wait Out the August 26 Reset

All News, League of Legends Mark Terrence

Riot Games has laid out the balance package for Patch 26.17, and it goes live on August 26, 2026. On paper it is a tuning patch rather than a system overhaul, but two of the nerfs land on champions that have quietly been shaping competitive drafts, which makes the fortnight... read more

August 17, 2026

League of Legends

Caps Becomes the First Western Hall of Legends Inductee — What It Signals for LEC Betting

All News, League of Legends Mark Terrence

Riot Games has confirmed Rasmus "Caps" Winther as the third inductee into the League of Legends Hall of Legends, following Faker in 2024 and Uzi in 2025. The G2 Esports mid laner is the first Western player to receive the honour, and the timing was not entirely of Riot's choosing:... read more

August 9, 2026

League of Legends

LoL Patch 26.16 Ends the Mage Bot Lane Era: What Changes for Pro Play and the Odds

All News, League of Legends Mark Terrence

Riot Games is about to redraw the most closely watched patch of turf in competitive League of Legends: the bot lane. Patch 26.16, due on August 12, 2026, ships a package of marksman buffs and support-economy nerfs built to send the mage bot lane experiment back toward mid. How mages... read more

August 5, 2026

League of Legends

Riot Reins In LoL’s Mage Bot Meta: Patch 26.16 Buffs ADCs and Punishes Support Roaming

All News, League of Legends Mark Terrence

Riot Games is stepping into one of the most disruptive strategic shifts League of Legends has seen this season. After months of AP mages pushing traditional marksmen out of the bot lane, the balance team has confirmed that Patch 26.16 will hand ADCs a package of buffs while making support... read more

June 15, 2022

Valorant

Riot Games chooses partners for new Valorant leagues

All News, Valorant Mathias

It is known that Riot Games wants to completely reorganize the Valorant League system for 2023. Currently, the application phase is underway. The game developer is collecting potential partners for the 2023 leagues in the first round. According to our experience, almost all of the major eSports clans want to... read more

May 20, 2022

Valorant

Riot Games announces Masters venues for the VCT

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Where and when will the second and third Masters of the Valorant Champions Tour 2022 take place? In the past weeks there was a lot of speculation in the scene. Riot Games has now let the cat out of the bag. It was already clear that both tournaments will be... read more

May 2, 2022

Tournaments & Events

Riot Games plans weekly Valorant tournaments in 2023

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Valorant is probably the strongest growing eSport discipline at the moment. A look at the bookmakers' betting offers alone shows that Valorant can now keep up with all known eSports disciplines. The numbers of the bookmakers also prove that Valorant is also very popular with the betting community, not only... read more

April 25, 2022

League of Legends

New sponsorship deals in South America

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Looking at the global eSports scene, it quickly becomes clear that Brazil is one of the most important eSports destinations. In the past few days, this has once again become clear through two high sponsorship deals. We have summarized the information about the partnerships in the news. FURIA cooperates with... read more

April 18, 2022

League of Legends

Nimo TV with surprising global withdrawal

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#NimoTV has earned a very good reputation in the #eSports scene over the past few years. Numerous important games were streamed via Nimo TV. But this is now probably finally over. Completely surprisingly, it was announced that Nimo TV will cease its global activities. The news was a shock not... read more

March 7, 2022

Ignite Tournaments on the verge of a breakthrough?

All News Mathias

Ignite Tournaments is probably one of the most ambitious e-sports companies on the market. The company is dedicated to mobile e-gaming to take tournaments to a new level. Company with new capital of 10 million US dollars The eSports organizer has just closed two rounds of funding. A total of... read more

February 22, 2022

Valorant

IEM Katowice 2022 – G2 Grabs The Last Playoff Spot

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One of the biggest CS: GO events, #IEMKatowice, started on February 15th and will end on the 27th of the same month. On that night, the two best teams in the tournament will clash against each other in the grand finals in pursuit of adding the prestigious “IEM Katowice Champions”... read more

February 21, 2022

Valorant

Valorant Champions Tour back in Iceland

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There's no question that a lot will depend on Rio Games in the coming months in terms of audience development in eSports. So far, the eSports provider has been somewhat restrained with its announcements of dates. There has been a lot of speculation in the scene. Now the cat is... read more

February 21, 2022

Valorant

VeraEsports and Valorant Champions Tour APAC Challengers join forces

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VeraEsports and Valorant - The Big Partnership VeraEsports, a well-known platform for video live streaming and esports, has announced their deal with company Riot Games – they partnered up for the upcoming VALORANT Champions Tour 2022 – Asia-Pacific Challengers. The deal involves VeraEsports getting the rights to present exclusive content... read more

February 2, 2022

Valorant

VALORANT PLAYER CHEATING RESULTS IN A 1-YEAR BAN

All News, Valorant Mathias

Leagues and organizations have been attempting for years to obtain acceptance and recognition as serious competitors in the gaming and sports marketplaces. Keeping up with conventional sports that have been around for decades is not easy, especially when certain individuals and their irresponsible behaviour degrade the name of the entire... read more

January 21, 2022

Valorant

Valorant: Ninjas in Pyjamas move to Brazil

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However, betting fans who are not yet very familiar with eSports might have at least one player clan in mind, if only because of the name - the Ninjas in Pyjamas. The Swedish team first caused a stir in this country a few years ago with its major sponsorship deal... read more