League of Legends Esports News

The Hall of Legends 2026 Event Pass launches September 10, celebrating Caps’ legendary League of Legends career.

The LCK 2026 Season Playoffs are here as the top teams battle through the Play-Ins and the Playoffs for a chance to qualify for LoL Worlds.

MKOI are out of contention for the Top 4 from the 2026 LEC Summer Split Playoffs following GIANTX’s victory over Team Heretics, ruling them out of the Madrid roadshow.

AG.AL has won the 2026 Esports World Cup Club Championship, finishing the 25-tournament season on 5,300 CC Points and claiming the $7,000,000 top prize. The Esports World Cup confirmed the result on social media, congratulating "@AGGlobalEsports on securing the Club Championship". The win denies Team Falcons a third consecutive title.

Riot Games has officially announced that active development for 2XKO, its free-to-play 2v2 tag fighting game set in the League of Legends universe, will conclude in December 2026. The decision was shared on August 20, 2026, and comes just months after the game’s highly anticipated console launch on January 20, 2026.

The prodigal son returns! After more than a month away from the team, star top laner Chen "Bin" Zebin is returning to the starting lineup of Bilibili Gaming (BLG) once more.

Patch 26.17 is coming to League of Legends on Wednesday, August 26, bringing another wave of changes.

Before the start of the tournament, no one would have imagined them lifting the trophy. And yet, after a remarkable run of form this past month, DN SOOPers can be proud to call themselves champions of the 2026 KeSPA Cup.

The Esports Foundation has officially announced the postponement of the highly anticipated, inaugural Esports Nations Cup. Originally slated to debut in November 2026 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the event has now been pushed back a full year to November 2027. This massive international tournament, which plans to host representatives from over 100 countries and territories, has paused its launch to ensure a stable environment for its players, partners, and fans.

Fnatic swept G2 Esports for the first time in eight years on the very day Caps was inducted as the next Hall of Legends icon.

As if there was ever any doubt about it, Magnus Carlsen came into the Chess tournament at the Esports World Cup 2026 after nearly two months away from official competition and simply tore through the opposition. With back-to-back EWC titles under his belt, the Norwegian star continues to stack his claim as the greatest Chess player of all time.

The newest inductee into the Hall of Legends has been officially announced, and it's none other than Europe's own Rasmus "Caps" Winther. Long-recognized as the best Western player in League of Legends history, this latest honor also serves to elevate Caps to heights shared only by the likes of Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok and Jian "Uzi" Zihao. After nearly a decade of making the West proud on the international stage, Caps' induction sees the G2 Esports mid laner become the first Western player to date to make it into the Hall of Legends.

The Grand Finals of the 2026 Esports World Cup's PUBG Mobile bracket had to be pushed back after a suspected outbreak of severe food poisoning swept through the competing rosters in Paris.

The Esports World Cup is auctioning a one-of-a-kind handmade chessboard played on and signed by Faker and Chovy, with proceeds going toward player wellbeing initiatives.

Heartsong Seraphine, along with Ocean Song Jinx and Soraka, will arrive in League of Legends with Patch 26.17. Proceeds from Heartsong Seraphine will support the Riot Games Social Impact Fund.

Li “Flandre” Xuan-Jun has been announced as the new top laner for Bilibili Gaming. His addition to the League of Legends roster follows the announcement last month that Chen “Bin” Zen-bin would be taking a leave of absence from competing temporarily.

T1 Academy jungler Painter will step in for Oner ahead of the 2026 T1 Home Ground. He made his Tier 1 debut against Hanwha Life Esports.

It’s been just over a week since League Classic officially launched as a game mode for Summoners around the globe and we are getting our first massive patch delivered by Phreak. New champions abound, tweaks to the gameplay and system, and champion buffs and nerfs. Let’s get into it.

League of Legends Patch 26.16 is set to shake up the current meta with a fresh batch of changes, including increased Magic Resist for ADCs and nerfs to Camille that could hit her support presence.

Life is set to become much easier for tournament organizers looking to host League of Legends competitions, as Riot Games has updated its Community Competition Guidelines. The changes remove several outdated restrictions.