League of Legends Esports News

The 2025 season is coming to a close in the EMEA Tier-2 scene, and Los Ratones have a chance to do the unthinkable. After winning every single tournament in the year, the team will now try to come away with the last (and most important) event of the season: EMEA Masters 2025 Summer. Let's take a look at everything you need to know about the tournament as Los Ratones gun for the Golden Road. Format and Teams The Swiss Stage of the EMEA Masters 2025 Summer will kick off on Monday, September 29th, pitting the best Tier-2 teams in the regionmore

After sweeping the LTA North 2025 Split 3 Awards, FlyQuest have proved they are the best American team heading to China by dominating the LTA Championship 2025. Utter Dominance Despite stumbling at the start of the year, FlyQuest dominated LTA North Split 2 and 3, entering the LTA Championship as the first seed and favorites. As the top seed, they faced Vivo Keyd Stars for a spot in the LTA Championship 2025 Grand Finals. In the match, FlyQuest swept theirmore

Earlier today, Sunday, September 29th, Karmine Corp announced the suspension of an employee on their X. While the organization did not disclose the offender, it is the League team’s assistant coach Žiga "Apples" Jereb who was accused of misusing his status in the team. The flurry of accusations started pouring in after a KC fan shared her side of the story regarding Apples’ inappropriate behavior and how he used his position as assistant coach to “seduce” them. He made severalmore

It wouldn't be a year in the LEC without G2 Esports hoisting a trophy. Despite all of their struggles early on in the season, the team stampeded through the competition at the 2025 LEC Summer Season, ultimately sweeping Movistar KOI in the finals to return to the throne once more. G2: The Rightful Kings With brand new players in the Jungle and Support roles, G2 knew success would not come straight away in 2025. Despite losing the first two splitsmore

Towards the tail end of 2024, Riot Games announced a major change for League of Legends in the Americas region, specifically a gathering of three longstanding brands at the time – the LCS, CBLOL and LLA – into a new League of Americas (or LTA). The League was then separated into two parts – North and South, with North American teams competing in the former and Brazilian and Latin American teams competing in the South. Less than a year intomore

One of the game's biggest off-season events is back! Red Bull League of Its Own returns for 2025, heading to Munich to kick off the third edition of the tournament on November 29th. Featuring some of the biggest names in the scene, Munich's SAP Garden will play host to this year's all-action event. Red Bull League of Its Own Returns! For the third year running, Red Bull League of Its Own will bring top-tier League of Legends action to ourmore

Gen.G are the best LCK team of the year, and there's little doubt about it. To add to an already remarkable year, Gen.G took down Hanwha Life Esports in the LCK 2025 Season Grand Finals, collecting yet another trophy. Gen.G Dominate 2025: Three Trophies... So Far For all of the star power on the squad after the return of Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk, the year got off to a rough start for Gen.G. The team looked poised to run the LCKmore

Powered by the return of the two veteran stars that put the team on the map all the way back in 2018, Invictus Gaming have become the last team to qualify for Worlds 2025. The squad's last minute heroics will see Invictus Gaming attend Worlds for the first time in six years, where they will have Faker and T1 waiting to take them on. The First Chinese World Champions Return Back in 2018, Invictus Gaming made Worlds history. Largely thanksmore

Karmine Corp's season has come to an end. Despite showing much promise at the start of the year, KC failed to show up when it mattered as Fnatic eliminate them from the 2025 LEC Summer Playoffs. With Karmine Corp out of contention for Worlds 2025, it will be Fnatic who join G2 Esports and Movistar KOI in representing the LEC at the biggest League of Legends tournament of the year. Downfall: Karmine Corp Miss Their Shot Karmine Corp were feeling on top of the world to start the year. After winning their first-ever LEC title back in Winter, KC continuedmore

We are just one patch away from Worlds 2025. While League of Legends Patch 25.19 may have been aimed at shaping the Worlds meta, it still had strong effects on Solo Queue all the same. With champions rising and falling in strength, it's time to take a look at the biggest winners and losers of LoL Patch 25.19.   Biggest Winners of the Patch Mel League of Legends' latest trouble child is back at it. After receiving large buffs tomore

After powering FlyQuest to their second LTA North title in three splits, Kacper "Inspired" Słoma has been named Player of the Year for the LTA's inaugural season. The Polish star has met no match in the jungle all year long, with FLY winning Split 3 of the LTA North after losing just two games throughout the entire tournament. Inspired has spent years commanding the Western scene, as this marks his fourth MVP award (the first three came in 2021 LEC Summer, 2022 LCSmore

Fnatic and Karmine Corp are about to put on a show in Madrid as they clash in the Lower Bracket of the 2025 LEC Summer Playoffs. Despite their countless encounters, though, this is no ordinary match. For one of these two teams, this will be their final match of the season. The other team, meanwhile, will earn the chance to make their region proud at Worlds 2025. With so much at stake, this promises to be an explosive series as Fnatic and Karmine Corp look to leave it all on the line this Friday, September 26th, at 5 pm CET. Inmore

Though Riot is yet to offer an official announcement, it seems all but confirmed that the next League of Legends champion will be Zaahen. Though not much was known about the powerful Darkin, SkinSpotlights has just released a first look at The Truth Motion Comic, shedding light into Zaahen's backstory. Who Is Zaahen? Zaahen was a powerful Darkin. Unlike other members of his kind, though, Zaahen's heart was not bent on destruction. Fifteen centuries into the past, the Darkin invadedmore

There's no debating the fact that League of Legends is one of the most popular esports on the planet. Now, the game's reach is about to extend just a little further, as the 2025 LCK Finals appear ready to be broadcast live on South Korean television. LCK for Everyone: Esports Expand A year of top-flight League of Legends action is reaching its end in South Korea as we reach the last set of games for the 2025 season. With this year's LCK trophy and a first seed at Worlds on the line, the high-stakes LCK Finals will deliver a truemore

It's been several weeks since the 2XKO Closed Beta began, and the response has been nothing short of positive so far. Now, Riot Games will be opening the game up to everyone. If you're eager to try out Riot's new fighting game but haven't had the chance to do so yet, then you'll be glad to know that 2XKO will soon be entering into Early Access – no invite required. This, however, is only the beginning. With the game heading into Early Access, Riot also announced the launch of First Impact, a new competitive play program that will sponsor 2XKO tournaments allmore

Alistar is one of the oldest champions in League of Legends, known for his role as a frontline tank and crowd control specialist. His lore paints him as a once-enslaved gladiator seeking justice for his fallen clan. In the game, he uses his strength, horns, and resilience to protect allies and disrupt enemies. This article explains each of Alistar’s abilities and how they shape his role on the Rift. Alistar’s Lore and Identity Alistar comes from a proud clan destroyedmore

This has been far from a successful year for Team Liquid over in the LTA. Going from better to worse, the team that won the very first LTA trophy back in February began to collapse as the season progressed, ultimately missing out on Worlds 2025 altogether. Now, it's time for Team Liquid to begin a rebuild, and the first player to depart is none other than veteran Top Laner and former World Champion Jeong "Impact" Eon-young. A Liquid Legend Exitsmore

Riot Games’ latest fighting game, 2XKO, has made waves during its closed beta since September 9, 2025. Drawing both from genre classics and Riot’s pedigree, 2XKO’s first impression is a combination of polished technical execution, strategic depth, and unique takes on fan-favorite mechanics. 2XKO enters a crowded genre traditionally dominated by titles like Street Fighter, Tekken, Mortal Kombat and even Super Smash Bros. While Riot promises a familiar product with League of Legends flair, the closed beta reveals a truemore

In a hard-fought battle that went the distance, Bilibili Gaming (BLG) took down Top Esports (TES) to become the 2025 LPL Split 3 Champions. With the win, BLG were able to lift their first trophy of the year as they secure themselves China's #1 seed at Worlds 2025. Over in the mid lane, meanwhile, Ding "knight" Zhuo continues to make a claim for the title of 'best LPL player ever' as he becomes the league's most decorated player of allmore

The final LTA slot at Worlds 2025 is on the line. 100 Thieves and RED Canids will battle at the 2025 LTA Championship to decide which of the two conferences will have the privilege of sending two teams to the biggest League of Legends tournament of the year. For 100 Thieves, this is about leaving the LTA with a bang while keeping North America's pride intact. For RED Canids, it's about putting Brazilian League of Legends on the map andmore