TSM has announced that long-time mid laner Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg will be retiring from competitive League of Legends — as a player. Bjergsen, who is a part-owner of TSM, will be the Head
For the first time in three years, the South Korean region will be making it to Worlds finals.
Worlds always brings the best of the best players to one stage for the sake of entertaining the masses and crowning a king, and 2020 is no different, but SofM was far and away the most influential for a few reasons. Read about his importance here:
Let's break down Karsa's amazing performance in Top Esports' victory over Fnatic in the quarterfinals of Worlds 2020.
100 Thieves, the premium lifestyle brand and gaming organization, will host an L.A. County voting center for the Presidential General Election in the parking lot of the 100 Thieves Cash App Compound. Read here for more details:
Back in June we announced the return of Honda Scouting Grounds, North America's flagship League of Legends amateur competition. There are no changes to the event schedule -- but there are some format changes, including having the entire event remote. Read more here:
Verizon will showcase power of mobile gaming on iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro with a League of Legends: Wild Rift event on October 22. Read more about the event and the players here:
LoLVVV has been able to provide data on which players at on China's super server leading up to and during Worlds 2020, so let's take a look at which players still competing in the tournament are currently in Challenger before the start of the semifinals.
UPDATE 10/20: Mark "RiotScruffy" Yetter has Tweeted changes coming to League of Legends in Patch 10.22 that he claims are 'not 100% locked but pretty close. In addition, it was confirmed in another Tweet that a bug affecting Kindred's Mark of the Kindred passive would be fixed in 10.22.
Nike has announced the official release date of its newest Air Jordan design. The design was created to pay tribute to the biggest online gaming community in the world - hint, they are looking at League of Legends.
Caps was rightfully awarded Player of the Series, so let's break down his dominance against Gen.G and how he created the most influence of any individual on G2 Esports.
After dominating performances over the past several international events, G2 Esports remains consistent, taking down Gen.G in a 3-0 sweep in the 2020 League of Legends World Championship quarterfinals. Here's what they have to say about the series and theiur next match against DAMWON:
To wrap up the 2020 League of Legends World Championship quarterfinals, G2 Esports swept Gen.G 3-0, advancing to the semis. After their series, Gen.G spoke with the press about their games and overall Worlds run. See the press conference here:
The “Best in the West” will move on to face the LCK Summer Split champions DAMWON Gaming for a chance to reach the finals.
The organization is one of many to tap into the electric energy of tyler1's personality, but the first team to pen an official signing of the North American streamer.
Top Esports came into the tournament as favorites alongside DAMWON Gaming but almost made an early exit in the quarterfinals when Fnatic got a 2-0 lead over them. TES turned it around though and later spoke with the press about how they won the series and what they expect for the rest of their Worlds run. See their press conference here:
Fnatic came within one game of taking down the LPL first seed and Worlds favorites, Top Esports, in a clean 3-0 sweep but were unable to close out the series
Let's take a look at Fnatic and Top Esports' performances at Worlds 2020 thus far and break down the key factors in the upcoming quarterfinals match between the two teams.
In what was considered an upset by many, Suning Gaming took down JD Gaming in the League World Championship quarterfinals. This was Suning's first series victory against JDG in almost 800 days: See the press conference here:
In the second quarterfinals of the 2020 League World Championship, Suning wiped out JDG in a dominant 3-1 series. Off the backs of some incredible Jhin play from huanfeng and a bunch of Bin's GP barrels, Suning advances to the semifinals. Read about the series here: