At the Xbox + Bethesda Showcase this weekend, Riot Games revealed that its lineup of releases will be coming to Xbox Game Pass. Noted, this announcement is in regards to PC & mobile players. For now, console is out of the equation. You can watch the announcement trailer in the video below:

“We’ve always respected Xbox’s relentless push to drive gaming forward, and we’re proud to add our games to the Xbox catalog through Game Pass. We’re also thrilled to welcome Xbox players into Riot’s ecosystem of diverse and passionate gamers across the world,” shares Marc Merrill, Riot Games Co-founder and President of Games. Each game features its own slew of perks for those playing through Xbox Game Pass.

League of Legends: All Champions Unlocked, League of Legends: Wild Rift: All Champions Unlocked, Legends of Runeterra: Foundations Set Unlocked, Teamfight Tactics: Select Little Legends Unlocked, and Valorant: All Agents Unlocked. “Players will also receive bonus experience across select titles,” Merrill adds in the blog post.

However, Valorant is confirmed to be on the horizon for console moving onward. In a separate announcement made last year, Riot Games did share that its plan book includes porting the title to both Xbox & PlayStation via a job listing made by the developer. You can read the full report by heading here.

What game are you most excited for to arrive to Xbox Game Pass?

Source: Xbox Wire

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Given the same amount of stage time with literally seconds of visible gameplay for anticipated fans to see, there is little to any information on where this new title will be heading. However, through the compilation of developers discussing their time with video games, some did shed light on Project F: while these team members were not referenced primarily, their statements still hold up to be legitimate.

Even though we all love League of Legends, I think we also all love to imagine the possibility of, “What would it be like to run around and explore the world of Runeterra?” How could we enable experiences for players to go explore with their friends?

Another employee at Riot that is involved with the new title gave the analogy of visiting Disneyland and “getting to actually walk around and explore a space that you know really well feels so magical.” Ultimately opening the universe of League of Legends for players to fully enwrap themselves in as they play and interact with the world around them.

Discussion on when or where Project F will be available has yet to be disclosed following its brief announcement.

Would you be interested in playing a dungeon crawler-esque League of Legends title?

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While Project L might be news to many, it is however a dated reveal as Riot has shared to have disclosed the coming project back at EVO back in August during the annual Las Vegas event. Developer Radiant Entertainment, who will be developing the coming fighter, the studio’s CEO Tom Cannon discusses what the team expects for players to see from the new title.

“What I think League of Legends players expect from this game is different, but in some ways harmonious from what I think fighting game players expect from this game,” Cannon shares when discussing Project L. “Everyone wants a great game, but what we’ve been seeing is that people are really excited to see Runterran champions in a new light, even from a new camera angle. Making fighting games is really, really tough.”

Regarding the actual game itself, Riot did showcase only a few seconds of gameplay for fans to see from the “Making Games” developer diary for the League of Legends decade anniversary. Looking from the short clip, the only confirmed characters is Darius and Ahri: but seeing that this is early development footage, expect more characters to be announced later down the line. Cannon then goes to share that the team will be “going dark” following the gamepaly teaser, so more information on the game will be disclosed to those who patiently wait for when the studio is ready to share more.

Speaking of franchised titles under the League of Legends universe, Riot games announced that strategic autobattler Teamfight Tactics will be making its way to mobile. You can read our coverage on the announcement here.

Would you play a fighter comprised of League of Legends characters?

Project L does not have any listed platforms nor a secure release date.

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Wild Rift’s Executive Producer Michael Chow shares that the new project is a challenge that Riot Games has been looking to overtake for several years and felt that the team in finally satisfied with how the new game has came out for other systems. Clarifying that this new version of League of Legends is not a simple port to console, rather a newly crafted iteration of the fan-favorite title with omens that still hold true to the experience players on PC already have.

Chow then goes into detail when referencing the game’s learning curve and amount of time the title takes for players to full enjoy the game’s universe among the cast of characters and tactical team-based gameplay: he emphasizes that Wild Rift will fancy towards newcomers of the game by hosting 15-20 minute matches and an intuitive control scheme for both controllers & touch screen interfaces.

“We spent a long time making sure this will be a true League of Legend’s experience that’s worthy of devoting your precious game time,” Chow says about Wild Rift. Adding on to how soon players can get involved, Chow announces that a slew of playtests composed of alphas and betas will go live later this year in a picked regions for the time being. Of course, more regions can expect their own respected tests down the line leading into 2020.

Speculating on the aimed launch sometime next year, the chances of seeing League of Legends debut for consoles could also seep to the next generation of hardware as well. While not specifically gone into detail, the timing seems to be fairly aligned for the chances to be plausible.

Similar to the recent mobile announcement for Teamfight Tactics, Riot Games already has pre-registration for Wild Rift available on the Google Play store, which you can visit by going here.

League of Legends: Wild Rift will be available for consoles and mobile sometime in 2020.

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And just that is now set to arrive as Riot Games announced via the League of Legends 10 year celebration that the strategy autobattler have been announced for both iOS and Android versions.

In welcoming the two new platforms to the Teamfight Tactics party, Riot announced that upon official launch of the game on both Google Play and the App Store will trigger cross play for players to initiate battles with any owner of the game. Alongside the upcoming ports for the new title, the team also revealed that seasonal sets will be put into effect in less than a month. Introducing new and familiar Champions to the already crowded list of characters and expand on different universe within League of Legends.

Alike the preseason for Teamfight Tactics, the first debuting season will be titled ‘Rise of the Elements’ and will feature new origins Desert, Inferno, and Poison along with adding both summoners & mystics classes to the title. Discussion of Season 2 also emerged sharing that the next slew of content will host a different selection of in-game characters and cosmetics.

Interested in getting your hands on Teamfight Tactics as soon as possible? You can pre-register for the Android version by going here. Riot shares that there will “have a few betas coming in December of this year:” with an aimed release for early 2020.

Teamfight Tactics is currently available for PC.

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Asian Games Esports Titles

China took home two gold medals after dominating League of Legends and Arena of Valor.  South Korea as expected reigned supreme at the Starcraft II event.  Japan also got a piece of the pie after beating Iran in Pro Evolution Soccer 18, Indonesia for Clash Royale and Hong Kong for Hearthstone.

IOC EsportsForum

Despite the success of the event, there is still a lot of skepticism about the topic of Esports as part of the Olympics, with the argument that the discipline itself is not considered as a sport. By definition, the skeptics are correct since Sports is defined as “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.”

IOC

As far as definitions are concerned, Chess which pretty much resembles Esports was already recognized by the International Olympic Committee as a proper sport. Anywho, Esports does not need to be recognition from the IOC to succeed in the competitive scene, in fact, the inclusion of Esports in the Olympic may even be more beneficial to the IOC than to the discipline itself.  The Asian Games Federation’s decision to include Esports as one of their medal events will not only entice more audience but will also provide an opportunity for those who were not blessed with physical strength/agility to represent their country in one of the biggest competitive stages on the planet.

Source: Asian Games 2018, IOC, CGTN

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February 27th: Week 7, Day 1

Starting at 3pm est, and taking only 27 minutes to complete, Team Impulse went head to head with Team Liquid, with Impulse banning Poppy, Gragas, and Lulu. Liquid went ahead to ban Graves, Braum, and Kalista. Liquid wound up pulling an 18-3 win over Impulse.

Next, Echo Fox took on Team SoloMid and banning KogMaw, Twisted Fate, and Fiora while TSM banned Kayle, Nidalee, and Lulu. TSM pushed ahead to defeat Echo Fox after 30 minutes with an 11-2 win.

In an exciting 42 minute game, Counter Logic Gaming and Immortals battled it out. Immortals went with bans against Kalista, Lulu, and Corki, while CLG took out Nidalee, KogMaw, and Twisted Fate. In a turn of events, CLG shut down Immortals win streak, and went on to beat them with 10 kills, to IMT’s 11. The perfect example of objectives winning the game, not kills.

NRG eSports and Renegades took the stage next in their 30 minute match. NRG knocked out Corki, Lulu, and Gragas while Renegades eliminated Nidalee, Gangplank, and Kindred. NRG took the win over Renegades with 7-2.

In the last match of Day One, Team Dignitas takes on Cloud 9. C9 went on to ban Lulu, Corki, and Kalista with Dignitas removing Gangplank, KogMaw, and Nidalee. Cloud 9 beat down Dignitas with 24 kills, to their 4 in just under 29 minutes.

February 28th: Week 7, Day Two

To kick off day two, Team Impulse and NRG eSports take their stage. Impulse bans Poppy, Gangplank, and Braum while NRG takes out Corki, Fiora, and Lulu. Impulse won, with 15-8 in a 39 minute game putting NRG in 5th for week 7, and Impulse in 7th.
In their second game of the weekend, Counter Logic Gaming took on Cloud 9. In this 41 minute game, CLG banned Kalista, Fiora, and Gragas while C9 chose to ban Nidalee, Twisted Fate, and KogMaw. CLG went on to win over C9 with 22 kills, to C9’s 23. Securing CLG’s number 2 spot in the standings. Cloud 9 is now 3rd.
This time, with Team Liquid taking on Team SoloMid, Liquid chose to ban Braum, Fiora, and Kalista. Team SoloMid removed Nidalee, KogMaw, and Corki. In a 29 minute game, Liquid took the win 24-4 over TSM. This tied Liquid for 5th with NRG, and SoloMid in 4th for the weekend.
In a long, close, 45 minute game between Renegades and Team Dignitas, Renegades banned Corki, Elise, and Kindred. Dignitas chose Kalista, Gangplank, and Lulu. Renegades did take the win over Dignitas, despite both teams losing two players each very early on with 13 kills, to Dignitas’ 17. Renegades remain seated 10th, with Dignitas in 9th.
The last match of Week 7 put Immortals against Echo Fox. In this short, 25 minute game, Immortals went on to ban Corki, Kayle, and Lulu with Echo Fox removing Nidalee, KogMaw, and Kalista. Immortals quickly took out Echo Fox 16-4, securing their number one spot for Week 7. Echo Fox is tied for 7th with Team Impulse.
For a full Week 7 recap and stats, check here.
Week 7 Standings
Week 8 Schedule

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