Everyone has a fighting chance
Riot Games has released an amazing new League of Legends cinematic trailer called “Awaken” (featuring Valerie Broussard) that showcases a number of the game’s heroes as “a deadly masterpiece unfolds”. “A lone resistance made whole. A chance to come alive.” For fans of the game, this is a must-watch — heck, even folks who’ve never played will appreciate how well the trailer is made.
League of Legends players will have a brand new PvE mode to try out when Odyssey launches on September 12th with the v8.18 patch. From what we know, five players will work together to find and rescue Ziggs after a crash landing on an alien world and can do so in any one of five difficulty levels. The patch also features Odyssey skins for Kayn, Jinx, Yasuo, Malphite, Sona, and Ziggs.
The League of Legends team has posted a new video to show off the reworked gameplay for Akali, a rogue assassin. In addition, the game’s official site has been updated with all of the details on the changes.
Riot Games revealed its next hero, Pyke, the Ripper, with a cinematic video. This week, League of Legends fans and players get a new video that showcases his gameplay and abilities.
League of Legends is getting a new champion named Pyke, the Bloodharbor Ripper. In the new video put out by Riot, viewers learn about his story as he walks through Bilgewater looking for revenge against his former companions who betrayed him.
Riot Games developers have taken to the airwaves to show off a complete redesign of Irelia the Defiant Blade, one of the game’s earlier heroes. It goes over her artistic redesign as well as how her gameplay has been changed to make her more interesting to players.
Riot Games has released a brand new cinematic trailer to usher in the start of a new ranked season. In it, we see several of the champions as they battle their way through ever-increasing numbers of enemies. You’ll get a look at Thresh, Lucian, Taliya and Yasuo as well as well-known locations including Weaver’s Wall and Zaun.
League of Legends’ Varus is the star of the newest music video that shines a light on how he came to be through the sacrifice of Valmar & Kai. The music video offers an explanation of how their souls were forged with Varus’s to become what he is today. In addition, Riot has a released a comic called “Heartlight” and a “behind-the-scenes” dev interview to provide insight into the story.
Riot has posted a great new League of Legends commercial literally called “Go Noobs” that talks about how being a noob can sometimes suck but that, in the end, it’s all worth it. It’s a poignant, and very funny, reminder that even the best players in the world were once noobs too.