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Riot Games has shared that cheating in Valorant seems to be at the lowest point it’s ever been.As spotted by The Loadout, a new Valorant blog has updated fans on the state of cheating within the competitive shooter.Matt “K3o” Paoletti shared the report on behalf of Valorant‘s anti-cheat team and revealed that “the number of report rates for cheating are trending downward, and are at the lowest they’ve ever been”.“We’ve invested a great deal of time, both through operational and technical

Riot Games has announced today (October 12) that the /All chat function in League Of Legends is being disabled due to “verbal abuse”.The news comes from an official League Of Legends blog post, which says that patch 11.21 will bring with it the disabling of /All chat in matchmade queues.

League Of Legends player has been banned from the Worlds 2021 tournament for leaking details of his team’s strategy, allegedly “for the purposes of wagering”.While competing at Worlds – the highest-level League Of Legends competition in the world – Beyond Gaming’s mid-laner Chien “Maoan” Mao-An was handed a suspension from the tournament.

League Of Legends is currently being tested on the PBE (Public Beta Environment), revealing a lineup of Halloween skins and balance passes.Now that the PBE is hosting the changes set for the next League Of Legends patch (detailed by Surrender At 20, spotted by PCGamesN), fans can see what will change in patch 11.20.To celebrate Halloween, League Of Legends is adding six new skins in the Bewitching line for Fiora, Poppy, Yuumi, Syndra, Nami, and a prestige version of Bewitching Morgana.In terms

League Of Legends patch, 11.20, has revealed several details regarding upcoming nerfs and changes.In a tweet from a Riot dev, details about patch 11.20 were previewed, as the game reverts to a more “normal” build after the League Of Legends World Championship final on October 5. The tweet specifies this, saying that “now that Worlds is locked in, we’re back to a more normal patch.

NME, the team at Riot Games Music has shared more on how the return of League Of Legends heavy metal band Pentakill came about, as well as what fans can expect next from Riot.As Pentakill’s latest album, Lost Chapter, released earlier in the month, NME spoke to the head of Riot Games Music, Toa Dunn and Beckett Snedeker-Short, who works as producer and associate creative lead at Riot Games – Riot Music Group.Talking about the return of Pentakill, which blossomed from League Of Legends skins to

Riot Games has shared a development blog discussing how the Behavioral Systems Team is approaching the problem of AFK (away from keyboard) players in League Of Legends.Posted yesterday (September 17), a new blog titled ‘Tackling AFKs‘ explains how – and why – Riot is reworking and improving punishments for AFK players.An AFK player is someone who – either voluntarily or otherwise – leaves an ongoing League Of Legends match, leaving their team mates to fight at a 4v5 disadvantage.

League Of Legends players, as a feature of the skin actively gives away when Tryndamere’s invincibility is coming to an end.As spotted by Dexerto, League Of Legends players are questioning whether Tryndamere’s latest skin actually puts users at a disadvantage.

Valorant has announced a collaboration with EDM producer Zedd, as they will be working together on a line of skins and accompanying music.Announcing the collaboration via a keynote speech (which is embedded below), Zedd introduced SPECTRUM as “a collection of weaponised colour and sound that elevates the way you experience the game, taking you from a player to a performer”.The SPECTRUM bundle includes skins for the Phantom, Guardian, Bulldog and Classic weapons, as well as for the knife melee

Riot Games has shared the abilities and release date for Vex, who will join League Of Legends as the newest Yordle champion later this month.Designed to be played as a mage in the mid lane, Vex has a kit that heavily punishes mobile characters with extra damage whenever they use a dash.

Windows 11’s core features is its Trusted Platform Module (TPM) which will make cheating in games like Valorant that much harder, since bans can apply to the computer and just not the offending account.Released on October 5, Windows 11 (which is targeting gamers) will use a TPM to protect the data used to authenticate your PC. TPMs can also be used to store passwords, allow disk encryption and maintain platform integrity.

League Of Legends caster Clayton ‘CaptainFlowers’ Raines has announced that he has chosen not to attend Worlds 2021, explaining that he needs the time to recharge and focus on his mental health.Earlier today (September 6), Raines used Twitter to share that he has made the decision to step back from Worlds 2021 – the biggest League Of Legends tournament held every year – due to issues he has been struggling with for several years.In a longer post, Raines clarified that Riot “wanted me on the

Riot Games has shared a look at upcoming League Of Legends champion Vex, a gloomy Yordle that uses a literal shadow to take down enemiesThe trailer for Vex was released today (September 2) and shows the miserable champion using a shadowy monster – a personality called Shadow – to kill off some of the cheerier champions across the rift.From a first look, her standard abilities include a blast of shadows that splashes outward upon hitting a champion, a fear-based CC skill, and AOE based damage.

Riot Games will host a virtual concert for Pentakill – a heavy metal band made up of champions from League Of Legends – ahead of their upcoming album Lost Chapter.The concert – which Riot Games is running in partnership with Wave – will take place at 9 PM BST on September 8. Fans can attend the concert at Wave.Watch and, following the event, the upcoming Pentakill album Lost Chapter will release directly afterwards.

Valorant is getting a new map and Battlepass for Episode 3, Act 2, launching this month.The new map, titled Fracture, is due for release on September 8.

League Of Legends patch 11.18 on the Public Beta Environment (PBE), allowing fans to see what will arrive in an update referred to as “part one” of the Worlds patch.As detailed by Surrenderat20, the upcoming patch will bring an updated line of Pentakill skills to coincide with their Lost Chapter album that releases this month.This means an all-new Pentakill skin for Viego, with new Lost Chapter skins for Kayle, Mordekaiser, Olaf, Sona, Karthus and Yorick – all of whom already have older

Riot Games has shared a preview for patch 11.18 for League Of Legends, which will be the first half of an update that sets the stage for Worlds.Jeevun Sidhu, Lead Game Designer for League Of Legends, has shared a first look at what patch 11.18 will change in the game. This patch is significant to fans, as it will largely decide what sort of shape the meta of Worlds 2021 takes.11.18 Patch Preview is here!Reminder: this is effectively part 1 of our Worlds patches (11.19 will finish it off).

Players – will be set in the League Of Legends Championship Series (LCS) and created by the pair behind American Vandal.Announced on Friday (August 27), Players will be set in a fictionalised version of the LCS – North America’s League Of Legends esports scene – and will follow a fictional League team as they try and win their first LCS title after years of missing out.

Riot Games is about to launch Riot Mobile – a new Discord-like app which allows you to find and chat with all your Valorant and League of Legends pals.The new app is a replacement for League+ – the mobile companion app for League of Legends.

Riot Games has announced a release date for a new album from Pentakill, a virtual band made up of characters from League Of Legends.With the tagline “Legends have returned”, Riot Games has shared that an all-new Pentakill album called Lost Chapter will be released on November 8, 2021.

League of Legends patch 11.17 brings balance to some of your favourite legends and introduces the cool new Crime City and Phoenix skins.After extensive testing, League of Legends patch 11.16 is going live. That means Riot Games is now concentrating on patch 11.17 – and it brings a ton of balancing changes.Amumu is the big focus here – tweaking his abilities to make him more viable at higher matchmaking.

Riot Games is purposefully delaying its company’s sexual harassment investigation.In July, it was reported that California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) had spent two years investigating reports of abuse and harassment at Activision Blizzard.It was also recently confirmed that DFEH is now looking into the work culture at League Of Legends developer, Riot Games after a DFEH litigation notice was spotted regarding harassment and abuse at the company, dating back to 2018.The

League Of Legends player has been arrested in China after an off-duty policeman spotted him on the same server in an internet café.As reported by a Chinese news outlet, police officer Yihao Zhang arrested a fellow Ionia Server player at an internet café after the suspect’s League player rank was announced over the speakers in an automated announcement.When the suspect logged on to his League account it triggered an automated response from the café speakers, alerting fellow players that a

Riot Games has revealed more on what fans can expect from League Of Legends‘ Preseason 2022, with upcoming changes ranging from objective bounties to all-new Mythic items.Toward the end of every year, League Of Legends enters the Preseason – an exciting time for Riot Games to make sweeping changes to the game without any risk of disrupting the professional scene.For Preseason 2022, Riot is focusing on going back to strengthen a few of the bigger changes from previous years.

League Of Legends US Championships have been moved and fan tickets revoked due to a rise in COVID-19 cases.The event was supposed to take place in New Jersey’s Prudential Centre, but has since been moved to the LCS Arena in Los Angeles with all ticket holders being refunded.

Riot Games to discuss the title-spanning Sentinels Of Light event, touching on how the event was created and if fans can expect similar events in the future.For League Of Legends in particular, the Sentinels Of Light event added a branching visual novel, pitting players against Viego as he tries to take over the world.For fans of last year’s Spirit Blossom event – which also came in the form of an in-client visual novel – Sentinels Of Light may have looked familiar.

Riot Games is being sued by the state of California for gender discrimination, sexual harassment and pay decisions, according to a recently discovered document. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) litigation notice was spotted by a Reddit user (thanks, PC Gamer), and the class case is “not subject to arbitration.

League Of Legends community is split on the state of Akshan, the newest champion that’s already brought a bizarre “helicopter” bug onto the rift with him.After a long tease and an appearance in the latest League Of Legends event – Sentinels Of Light – Akshan is finally playable as a champion.As well as being highly mobile, Akshan’s kit includes the ability to camouflage, revive team mates, swing from terrain and deal percentage HP damage with his ult.