Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. As the dust settles from Riot Games’ layoffs earlier this week, the cuts paint a worrying picture for the company’s esports ambitions. While the League of Legends and Valorant publisher committed to […]
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Riot to cross-promote Arcane S2 in League of Legends thru 2024
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Riot Games unveiled its 2024 roadmap for League of Legends, spotlighting in-game crossovers leading into Arcane’s second season debut in November. To celebrate the release, Riot will add Arcane-inspired gameplay and characters […]
Read MoreKaiCenat, LoL, Diablo IV top Twitch 2023 charts | StreamElements
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Twitch is ending things on a high note according to StreamElements’ latest State of the Stream report. According to data partner Rainmaker.gg, viewers watched 1.727 billion hours in November. Excluding the first […]
Read MoreRiot Games partners and invests in esports data platform Grid
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the brightest minds of the gaming industry? Consider getting a custom GamesBeat sponsorship. Learn more. Riot Games and real-time esports data platform Grid have formed a long-term strategic partnership. In this multi-year deal, Riot named Grid the worldwide official esports data partner for League of […]
Read MoreRiot Games cofounder Marc Merrill named Chief Product Officer
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the brightest minds of the gaming industry? Consider getting a custom GamesBeat sponsorship. Learn more. Riot Games cofounder and former co-CEO Marc Merrill is stepping into the newly established role of Riot’s Chief Product Officer. As CPO, Merrill will oversee and lead the visions for […]
Read MoreLeague of Legends world champ gets his very own skin as a reward—but can’t choose his favourite champion because he didn’t get a chance to play her: ‘they said they can make Bard pretty too’
League of Legends Worlds is a prestigious yearly tournament that wrapped up its 2023 run recently. The victors, T1 from Korea, took home $445,000 along with the gold. In a sad twist of fate—one that belongs in some Greek tragedy—a member of the winning team still didn’t get what he wanted. See, Worlds winners get […]
Read MoreWill NewJeans Perform For The ‘League Of Legends’ World Championship 2023?
Riot Games, creator of the popular game League Of Legends, has had incredible success partnering with music acts over the past few years. In 2019, Riot was early to the K-pop train with the inclusion of (G)I-dle member Soyeon in the game’s virtual rap group, True Damage, and in 2021, Riot paired Imagine Dragons with […]
Read MoreK-pop act NewJeans to headline League of Legends Worlds 2023
GamesBeat Next unites gaming industry leaders for exceptional content, networking, and deal-making opportunities. Join us on Oct 23-24 in San Francisco. Register Now Riot Games announced that K-pop group NewJeans will perform the 2023 League of Legends World Championship anthem, “GODS.” The tournament is set to kick off with play-ins on October 10 in Seoul, […]
Read MoreEsports Pro ‘Doublelift’ Isn’t Done Yet
Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng doesn’t know what a profile is, the 30-year-old admits to me on a rare break from the constant grind of esports competition and Twitch live streaming. He once shot a video with VICE where he went to the park, does that count? If not, then this is his first profile interview, which […]
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