There are many people involved in developing such a big project. As for Valorant, it was no different. We also talked to Valorant map design lead Salvatore Garozzo, game design lead Trevor Romleski, a
Today, Riot Games announced their new FPS game, “Valorant”. A couple of weeks ago, Riot had invited Inven to visit and test the game. During the visit, we had a chance to talk to the developers
Due to sickness, Doublelift will not be playing in Team Liquid's Saturday game against TSM. Tactical will take his place on stage, playing against his former org, TSM. Read more on Tactical and Team Liquid here:
In their most recent dev blog, Riot devs laid out their roadmap for 2020, including tweaks for autofill, punishments/bans, MMR transparency, etc. Read more on the story here:
After a 2-0 weekend launches FlyQuest into second place (tied with Immortals), Santorin talks to Inven Global about FlyQuest's atmosphere and how it helped them bounce back from an 0-2 week, diving into the problems FLY was facing, how they overcame them, and where he hopes to take the team. Read more here:
Tickets for the Finals in Frisco, Texas are now available, offering both single day tickets and two day passes. The Finals take place April 18 and 19, and will be the first Finals after the new playoffs format changes were announced this year. Find links here:
Wednesday morning, CLG tweeted out that former mid laner, Pobelter, would be re-joining the team as starting mid laner after a 1-7 start to the season. Pobelter replaces Crown, and will hope to help the team turn around their season. Read more here:
Closer spoke with Inven Global about his friendship with Broken Blade and how he inspired and influenced him to pursue a journey to NA. He spoke about GG's progression so far, as well as playing with support, Yuri "Keith" Jew and overall team strength. Read more here:
This week, Riot announced a leveled up TAILgate for this Saturday's games, featuring adoptable dogs brought by Wags and Walks. See photos of those pups here, as well as Rioter's dogs themselves, like Frenchie Puns and Goldie Appa.
After a strong opening of the Split, Contractz spoke with us about his career path and refocusing and reshaping himself in Academy. Contractz has found himself in a leadership role on 100A, and is utilizing his experiences to leverage himself as a leader and continue to grow in hopes of returning to LCS. Read more here:
After visa delays for both Broxah and Shernfire, MikeYeung returned to Team Liquid and has rediscovered his passion for competition. Watch our video interview on YouTube, or read the transcription here:
After going 3-0 to start off the season, Blaber spoke with Inven Global about the team's strength and his experience transitioning from a secondary jungler to playing full time. Watch the interview on YouTube or read more below:
The LCS opening day featured tents and games from all ten orgs in the league at the tailgate leading up to the games, and the following week, Riot opened their LCS Arcade. Walk through the event and see the sights of the LCS here:
Golden Guardians secured their first win this week, and Hauntzer spoke with Inven Global about his role in the team, their mentality and confidence after the rough start, and how he ranks himself individually. Watch the video interview on our YouTube, or read more here:
I'm here with Lee "Crown" Min-ho, who is back in NA on a new team ready for the new year. First, I want to ask, when did you get here and how has it been trying to fit in with the team? I came here th
Due to visa complications for original jungler and mid, Kadir and giyuu, Evil Geniuses has signed AnDa and 5fire as replacements for their LCS Academy squad. Read more on the swaps here:
Peter spoke about how the team hopes to move forward after an 0-2 start and their ultimate goal of making Worlds in the summer, not MSI in the Spring. He also shares the pressures of the TSM legacy on himself and the players, and how he is working to improve the TSM culture. Read more here:
Vulcan spoke with Inven Global about how he fits in the Cloud9 culture, as well as his goals of winning both splits and changing the NA narrative with the team. He details where he fits in the tier list of supports in NA, but notes how hard branding is for supports.
PowerOfEvil spoke about his fresh start on FlyQuest and reuniting with IgNar and addressed the frustrating notion that he plays a confined style and the funny coincidence of Crown following his footsteps two years in a row. Watch the video here:
Ahead of the opening games to start off the Spring 2020 League of Legends Championship Series, Riot announced that the Spring Finals would take place in Frisco, Texas in the Ford Center. The Finals ha
