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League of Legends logo League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Announced in October 2008, it was released for Microsoft Windows in Europe and North America as a free-to-play title on October 27, 2009, after six months of beta testing. The game has since been ported to macOS and localized for markets worldwide; by 2012 it was the ...
The League of Legends World Championship (commonly abbreviated as Worlds) is the annual professional League of Legends world championship tournament hosted by Riot Games and is the culmination of each season. Teams compete for the champion title, the 44-pound (20-kilogram) Summoner's Cup, and a multi-million-dollar championship prize.
League of Legends was announced October 7, 2008, for Microsoft Windows. [44] [45] Closed beta-testing began in April 2009. [44] [46] Upon the launch of the beta, seventeen champions were available. [47] Riot initially aimed to ship the game with 20 champions but doubled the number before the game's full release in North America on October 27, 2009.
China first hosted the League of Legends World Championship in 2017 with Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing serving as host cities. The 2020 edition of Worlds was China's second hosting of the event, but was held under restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, prompting Riot Games to stage the event through the use of an "isolation bubble" environment in Shanghai, [2 ...
The inaugural season of the LCS commenced on February 7, 2013, coinciding with the third season of professional play in League of Legends; as such, it was designated as "Season 3". The LCS was split into two regional leagues: the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS, now the LEC ) and the North American League of Legends ...
In October 2014, plans were announced for a drastic overhaul of the league's structure. [6] League of Legends Champions was rebranded to League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), and the winter season was abolished in favor of an annual circuit consisting of the Spring Split and Summer Split. The competition's format, which consisted of a 16 ...
The inaugural season of the LCS commenced on February 7, 2013, coinciding with the third season of professional play in League of Legends. As such, it was designated as "Season 3". It was split two regional leagues: the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS) and the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS ...
Riot Games launched League of Legends in October 2009 and attracted attention from the competitive gaming community. [11] The first two seasons of competitive play consisted of a series of tournaments mostly organised by third parties, such as Intel Extreme Masters in Europe, capped by a world championship tournament hosted by Riot Games.