Riot Games company intends to plan the budget of the League of Legends championships more responsibly. This was announced by the head of the esports direction of Riot Derrick Asiedu (Derrick Asiedu) on the Reddit forum.

The Information publication told how the relationship between Tencent Corporation and the creators of the popular MOBA League of Legends from the California studio Riot Games, which the Chinese gaming giant has owned since 2011, has been changing in recent years. According to the interlocutors of the publication, Tencent is gradually shifting the focus of development from League of Legends to other projects and studios.

According to the estimates of the analytical company Newzoo, Taiwan’s gaming market ranks 15th in the world in terms of revenue. Local gamers will spend about $1.3 billion this year.

Analysts from SuperData summed up the April results of the gaming market: in a month, users spent $9.09 billion on games distributed in numbers. Console games showed the greatest dynamics due to the success of Fortnite and the new God of War.

The number of viewers watching Fortnite multiplayer action streams at the same time has been higher for several days in a row than MOBA League of Legend. Epic Games hit became the second game in the history of Twitch that managed to surpass Riot Games in the number of viewers on the platform.

MOBA League of Legends in September again took the top 20 most popular games on the Twitch streaming platform, shifting the PvP shooter Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds to second place.

The founders of Riot Games studio Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill intend to step away from managing the company and return directly to game development.

The creators of League of Legends lost the court to ex-footballer Edgar Davids (Edgar Davids) and now have to pay him compensation for using the image of an athlete without permission.

The creator of the popular MOBA League of Legends, Riot Games has accused Chinese mobile developer Shanghai Moonton Technology of copyright infringement on its main product.

Riot Games studio has announced an increase in prices in the UK for game currency in the popular MOBA League of Legends. The company explained the increase in value by the UK’s exit from the EU.

The North American esports League (LCS) MOBA League of Legends will switch to a franchise basis. The cost of a team place in the league will be $10 million.

Last year, the Chinese corporation Tencent earned $ 10.3 billion on online games, which is 25% higher than in 2015.

In September, the artbook for the League of Legends game went on sale. Editorial Office App2Top.ru I talked to a representative of Riot Games about the goals of the project and the efforts spent on it.

MMO accounts for 60% of earnings from the PC gaming market. 89% of MMO revenue comes from the shareware distribution model (free-to-play).

App2Top.ru I asked the authors of League of Legends about the reasons for launching a mobile game Blitzcrank’s Poro Roundup, as well as whether to expect new games for smartphones and tablets from Riot Games.

The authors of League of Legends made their debut on the mobile games market. The developer company has released a minimalistic pixel project Blitzcrank’s Poro Roundup.

The number of active users of the endless runner from Kiloo is a little more than two times more than that of the most profitable PC MMO of 2014.

Riot has not yet made an official statement, but it is likely that smartphone and tablet owners will be able to try out LoL on their devices.