Hi-Rez has never shied away from the fact that it is based on competitive games and believes esports is an integral part of the company. And over the last five years the studio has been building its esports scene by leaps and bounds, moving from that first SMITE tourney to multiple tournaments and world championships for more of its games and paying its league members a salary. (Over 10 million has been paid out to date between prizes and salaries.) This weekend’s expo at Dreamhack Atlanta crowned two new world champions (Team Envy for Paladins and Splyce for SMITE) and two world console champions (Astral Authority for SMITE and Elevate for Paladins). Even Realm Royale crowned champions Ausrhino and Kronicx in its first founders tournament. … [Read more...] about Hi-Rez Expo: Esports adds college varsity national championships and high school leagues
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Top 5 Best New Features in League of Angels 3
3. Scratch-off and Wheel of Fortune The Scratch-off and Wheel of Fortune are two new features in League of Angels 3. Scratch-off lets you scratch a reward card daily. The scratch card usually contains a fairly nice diamond reward. On the other hand, Wheel of Fortune is an event based game in which you try to earn lucky coins to purchase power up items from the lucky shop. Both features are fairly minor but provide a nice distraction from the main gameplay loop. … [Read more...] about Top 5 Best New Features in League of Angels 3
– League of Legends studio is hiring for new “cool game”
While the joke about Riot Games actually just makes 1 game has been around for some time, rumors of a new IP has been swirling around since Greg Street joined the company from Blizzard’s World of Warcraft team. Recently, a new tweet giving the biggest hint of a new project surfaced, with Riot Games looking to fill up several art positions. The tweet came from Katie Chironis, a Senior Narrative Designer at the League of Legends developer. … [Read more...] about – League of Legends studio is hiring for new “cool game”
League of Legends Devs Detail Worlds Season 2018 Event
The League of Legends site has been updated with a first-look at the Worlds Season 2018 event details. From September 27th through November 19th, players will be able to take part in three events with "tons of rewards". The goodies train begins with an icon, four orbs and 200 tokens, with the ability to collect more tokens by winning a Worlds Pass first win of the day and for performance grades in every match. … [Read more...] about League of Legends Devs Detail Worlds Season 2018 Event
League of Legends – 8.16 Patch Notes Discussion
But what about the other champions? What are the big adjustments? I think one of my favorite nerfs belongs to Fizz. Seastone Trident saw a minor Active Damage Ratio (AP) (0.6 ability power ⇒ 0.5 ability power) and the On-Hit Damage Ratio (0.4 ability power ⇒ 0.35 ability power). This isn’t a major change, but any nerfs to Fizz are nerfs I support. What? At least I’m honest about being biased. His ultimate, Chum the Waters saw damage ratio adjustments to Guppy, Chomper, and Gigalodon (0.8, 1.0, and 1.2 ability power respectively). These again, aren’t major, but Fizz was just a little too strong post mid-season. Aatrox also saw some changes, who also might have potentially been a bit too strong. Aatrox seems to be a pretty hard one to get just right. He’s getting there, but he needed a little something to make the laning phase less insane. Umbral Dash, for example, saw his Passive Healing against non-champions reduced (33% … [Read more...] about League of Legends – 8.16 Patch Notes Discussion