League of Legends Weekly News Update

18th July

This Week’s Hottest League of Legends News

League of Legends is leading the Revenue Race

According to Super Data Research, League of Legends is making roughly $150 million a month in worldwide revenue. DOTA2 is under the $45 million point in the same interval, and the total contribution by Heroes of the Storm and Smite are not even worth mentioning

eSports Twitch Rankings

Market intelligence firm Newzoo is launching new monthly rankings for the Most Watched Games on Twitch by Esports and Total Hours. Investors that had no connections to the gaming scene are quickly educating themselves in a market that had one of the most expanding profit margins in the last decade.

Forg1ven Returns

Greek player Forg1ven will replace Ales ‘Freeze’ Kezinek’s after the latter suffered a hand injury.

H2K reported over on their facebook page: “In the pursuit to continue building a truly world-class team, today we welcome back arguably one of the finest ADC’s in the western world, FORG1VEN, as our substitute ADC.”

KiKis Transfers to Fnatic

And Fnatic drops Gamsu for his sake. Kikis transferred to Fnatic after his resignation from leading G2 eSports. Kikis is known for his proud demeanor and a starting position had to be a prerequisite. Fnatic aims to improve coordination between its players, since Gamsu had the second-lowest kill-participation rate among all players in the EU LCS thus far while Kikis, in contrast, had the highest.