League of Legends is going through a momentous change to its calendar starting in 2025, with the 15-year-old MOBA now hosting three seasons through every twelve-month cycle.

These three League seasons will each have their own “distinct” themes designed to expand Runeterra’s narrative, build competitive progression, and dictate update plans from the Riot Games development team. There will also be a new League champion released each and every season that ties directly into those themes and updates, with the three seasons across any given year then closely connecting through champs and lore.

More than one League of Legends team from the LCS or LEC competitions making it into the 2024 World Championship playoffs was always going to be a surprise, but fans will be dismayed to see just how long the odds on Western teams are this year.

The numbers, crunched by a League tech whizz on their Worlds Simulator app, are rough reading for European and North American fans alike: If every Worlds team plays to their betting odds—in this case, Bet365 was used—then there’s a 65.44 percent chance a single Western team qualifies for the eight-team quarterfinals. Chances then plummet to as low as 1.21 percent regarding two teams from the competitions surviving groups.

IShowSpeed has inked his name into the internet history books as he tours around Asia, with many now dubbing him the “greatest of all time” after the 19-year-old blitzed several long-standing records to become the world’s number one English-speaking streamer.

Speed’s latest grand stop across South East Asia came in Indonesia, where the ever-watchable YouTube personality racked up more than 14 million views across an IRL stream in the city to bust several personal records—a milestone that saw him burst into tears with happiness. The magnitude of the broadcast even knocked down the huge haul he’d scored in Thailand days earlier and, more importantly, confirmed his status as the world’s biggest star.

The streaming world’s erupted in confusion after Kai Cenat suggested he may actually walk away from streaming to pursue a career in professional basketball—a claim he made a long 46 hours into his huge Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice marathon stream.

Now, wilder things have happened in the world of streaming entertainment, but it’s rare to see any superstar streamer at the height of their powers pack it in for a huge career change, let alone trying to make it in a hyper-competitive sporting league. There are plenty, however, who believe Kai’s shocking claim may well carry a kernel of truth.

Less than five months after the modern update went live, League of Legends players are turning on the game’s new Mastery system and its “grindy” cosmetics rewards in droves.

The huge Mastery overhaul, which Riot Games introduced in May, has gone down like a lead balloon across the League fandom. Many players admit they’ve “not even bothered playing” since the changes went live. The wider sentiment has been that League’s developers have been trying to make everything more gritty—and everyone hates it.

Fortnite always has something going on, with the staying power of the Epic Games battle royale (and its ever-growing roster of spinoffs) mainly based around its bumper content updates and themed chapters and seasons. These seem to fly past day after day, leaving many Fortnite players wondering where exactly the game’s up to right now.

Here’s where Fortnite‘s up to in its seemingly never-ending seasonal story.

The Magic The Gathering player base has today voiced fears that Hasbro-helmed price hikes will eventually lead to fans being unable to afford products outside the United States.

The concerns were sparked after an Italian MTG player crunched the numbers on recent expansion releases, revealing European collectors are having to pay more every set despite their average income failing to keep pace. For many, limited and sealed events have quickly become “a treat” they cannot afford every set, while booster boxes, Commander decks, and even single packets have all become “luxury buys for the vast majority of the world.”

An animated Magic: The Gathering show is indeed still happening at Netflix, with a new series showrunner preparing to bring the long-shelved fantasy epic to the small screen. He’s already got grand plans too, selling the surprise revival as a “sprawling saga.”

This surprise MTG news was confirmed by Netflix today, just days after widespread speculation the television series had actually been canned. Originally teed up by Wizards of the Coast and Netflix back in 2019, the speculative show plan spent three years under Anthony and Joseph Russo—who helmed several Avengers movies—before seeing to simply disappear. Terry Matalas has now been tasked with reviving the ambitious project in its entirety.

Video games have been well and truly usurped as the Pokémon cash cow, with trading cards and merchandise easily raking in billions more than the franchise’s clockwork gaming releases.

This status quo reshuffle has firmly placed Pokémon games like Scarlet and Violet and the approaching Pokémon Legends: Z-A release into a new category: Franchise fluffers. While mainline games and their spinoffs were once the be-all and end-all of the series, they’ve evolved into a simple vehicle to introduce new Pokémon that can then be turned into cards, dolls, stickers, and anything that can be dreamed up for merchandise.

The 2024 League of Legends World Championship patch is now behind us, which means we can focus on all the huge Season 15 preseason changes coming in League Patch 14.19—and let us tell you what, there’s some whoppers this time around.

This chunky League update is focusing around a “Champion Emphasis” theme, as explained by Riot Games heading into the 14.19 testing run, with all 119 Legendary and endgame items being impacted by the sweeping changes. There are a few champions also being tweaked, including K’Sante (who’s getting yet another mega rework), Elise, and Varus, but overall the patch is all centred around these items and how heavily they’ll be nerfed.