League of Legends
Multiplayer video game developed by Riot Games
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| January 2025 | Game director Andrei van Room acknowledged mistakes in the reward system, explaining a design oversight that affected player progression calculations. |
| 2024 | Riot Games announced a new 'luxury' tier of skins that can only be obtained through a unique in-game slot machine mechanic using Riot Points. |
| November 2024 | Riot Games announced plans to streamline player rewards, causing widespread player outrage over the complexity of progression tracks and currencies. |
| November 2024 | Premiered Arcane season 2, which won 7 Annie Awards in all nominated categories. |
| November 2024 | Released second and final season of Arcane on Netflix. |
| September 2024 | Screen Actors Guild placed League of Legends on a list barring union members from working on the game due to disputes with Formosa Interactive, a third-party audio provider. |
| July 7 2024 | T1 wins the Esports World Cup League of Legends tournament, defeating Top Esports 3-1 in the final match. |
| July 4 2024 | League of Legends tournament begins at the 2024 Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with eight teams participating from the four major competitive regions (LCS, LEC, LCK, and LPL). |
| May 24 2024 | The eight teams for the 2024 Esports World Cup League of Legends tournament were officially announced, featuring top teams from the LCS, LEC, LCK, and LPL regions who had competed in the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational. |
| 2023 | Play-in groups transitioned to a GSL-style double-elimination format. |
| 2023 | League of Legends World Championship tournament format significantly changed. Teams from LCL (CIS), TCL (Turkey), and LCO (Oceania) regions lost direct qualification due to league cancellations and downgrades, primarily influenced by the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| 2023 | A 'Worlds Qualifying Series' match was played between fourth-seeded teams from LEC and LCS to determine the final play-in stage team. |
| 2023 | Tournament reduced from 24 to 22 teams, with seeding adjustments: first-seeded teams from PCS and VCS were relegated to play-in stage, while fourth-seeded teams from LCK, LPL and third-seeded teams from LEC and LCS were promoted to the main event. |
| 2023 | Tournament format modifications included changing play-in groups to a GSL-style double-elimination format and transforming the main event's first stage from a double round-robin group stage to a Swiss format. |
| 2023 | LoL Park continued its legacy as a Worlds tournament venue, having previously hosted the Play-in Stage during the 2018 League of Legends World Championship. |
| November 19 2023 | T1 defeated Weibo Gaming 3-0 in the final at Gocheok Sky Dome, winning their record-extending fourth World Championship and setting a peak concurrent viewership of 6.4 million viewers. |
| November 1 2023 | Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story was released on Windows and Nintendo Switch. |
| October 2023 | Released debut single 'Paranoia' by the virtual boy band Heartsteel. |
| October 10 2023 | The 13th League of Legends World Championship tournament begins in South Korea, featuring 22 teams from nine regions competing for the championship. |
| 2022 | Due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, CIS (LCL) was not allowed to send a representative to the World Championship. As a result, Europe (LEC) was given an additional spot, increasing their representatives to four teams. |
| 2022 | Top 4 regions in the 2022 Mid-Season Invitational (LPL, LCK, LEC, LCS) were seeded to pool 1 in the main event's group stage for the summer champion. |
| 2022 | The 12th League of Legends World Championship was held, with teams from multiple regions participating, including an expanded representation for LPL (China), LCK (South Korea), and LEC (Europe). |
| November 5 2022 | DRX won the tournament by defeating T1 3-2 in the finals, marking their first international title and becoming the first play-in team to win the World Championship |
| August 29 2022 | Riot Games announced and revealed the new Summoner's Cup to be awarded to the tournament winner, and unveiled 'Star Walkin'' by Lil Nas X as the official tournament theme song. |
| 2021 | Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, a single-player RPG, was released for multiple gaming platforms. |
| 2021 | The tournament is held without a live audience, continuing the format from the 2020 event due to pandemic restrictions. |
| 2021 | Due to COVID-19 travel complications, Riot Games changed the tournament location from mainland China to Reykjavík, Iceland, the same venue as the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational. |
| 2021 | Due to Vietnam (VCS) being unable to field teams, the third seed from Europe (LEC) received direct entry into the group stage. |
| 2021 | 11th League of Legends World Championship competition was held, featuring top teams from different regional leagues including LCK, LPL, LEC, PCS, LCS, and other international regions. |
| 2021 | Won Best Esports Game and Best Esports Event for World Championships at The Game Awards. |
| November 6 2021 | Edward Gaming (China's LPL) defeated defending world champions DWG KIA (Korea's LCK) to win their first World Championship title in the tournament's finale. |
| November 6 2021 | Premiered Arcane animated series on Netflix after the League of Legends World Championship. |
| April 2021 | Launched Legends of Runeterra, a free-to-play digital collectible card game featuring League of Legends characters. |
| 2020 | During the World Championship Group Draw Show, PSG Talon's players 'River' and 'Tank' are unable to attend the play-in stage due to visa and quarantine issues, with replacement players from ahq eSports Club |
| 2020 | PSG Talon player 'Unified' unable to participate in the first half of the play-in stage, replaced by Chen 'Dee' Chun-dee from Machi Esports |
| 2020 | Tournament theme song 'Take Over' was created by a collaboration of Henry Lau, Max Schneider, and Jeremy McKinnon (lead vocalist of A Day to Remember). |
| 2020 | The game's revenue increased to $1.75 billion, further solidifying its economic success. |
| 2020 | Won Best Esports Game and Best Esports Event for World Championships at The Game Awards. |
| 2020 | Riot Games announced the 'sunsetting' of the Rift Rivals tournament series, effectively ending the competitive event. |
| November 2020 | K/DA released their debut EP 'All Out' after a two-year hiatus. |
| October 31 2020 | Conclusion of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship after hosting 22 teams from eleven different regions across global esports circuits. |
| September 2020 | Riot Games announces that two teams from Vietnam's VCS will not participate in the tournament due to travel restrictions |
| September 25 2020 | Start of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship in Shanghai, China, marking the tenth iteration of the annual international esports tournament organized by Riot Games. |
| August 1 2020 | Riot Games officially announces the 2020 World Championship dates and location, confirming all stages will be held in Shanghai using an 'isolation bubble' environment due to pandemic restrictions. |
| July 2020 | Rift Rivals was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the originally scheduled July tournament timeslot replaced by a delayed Mid-Season Invitational (MSI). |
| April 2020 | Launched Legends of Runeterra, a free-to-play digital collectible card game for Windows. |
| March 2020 | Released mobile version of Teamfight Tactics for iOS and Android in March. |
| January 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic initially confined to China, beginning to impact League of Legends World Championship planning |
| 2019 | Won Best Esports Game at The Game Awards. Announced multiple spin-off games for the 10th anniversary of League of Legends. |
| 2019 | Riot Games announced several new games for League of Legends' 10th anniversary, including Teamfight Tactics and Legends of Runeterra. |
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