Though it's only been a week since Season 11 officially started, League of Legends players were immediately shaken by the announcement that the Ruined King, Viego will be playable soon. But while everyone waits for Viego to take his place in the champion roster, there are more significant lore implications now that the legendary figure is coming to Summoner's R

Karma is an interesting case because she was able to fight off her initial possession in the cinematic only to be Ruined once more off-screen. On the other hand, Draven and Shyvana show the Black Mist reached much farther than the on-screen areas of Noxus, Ionia, and Demacia. While this opens the door elemental magic spells for many older champions to get their first skin in years , it is another way to bring those who are unrelated to the Shadow Isles conflict or had their initial stories finished back into lore relevance. With many players fearing the ultimate fate of their favorite champions, hopefully they can be freed from the Ruined King's grasp in due t

While Horizon Zero Dawn was brilliant, brutal, and beautiful in cold futuristic Colorado, Forbidden West travels to brand new locations that expand beyond anywhere the first game dared go. Everything shown is this trailer manages to capture that unexplored feeling, while offering players beautiful environments, shots of underwater exploration, and daunting new machines that capture the imagination. Simply put, the trailer is one of wonder and adventure. Aloy says herself, "there's nothing I wouldn't do to save this world, no depth that I won't explore, no secret I won't unlock, and no barrier I won't cro

For a thousand years, Viego's goal has been to resurrect Isolde no matter the cost. Unfortunately, Senna stated doing so "will destroy this world" as the Black Mist and Shadow Isles previously demonstrated. Because of this, Viego's past actions and current motives have painted him as the current big bad in League of Legends . But while there have been multiple world-ending threats throughout Runeterra's history, the Ruined King himself may succeed in uniting the various regions towards a common goal once m

The best trailers for 2020 are exceptional for various reasons. Some of them reveal a long-awaited announcement with levels of hype that darn-near make the internet explode, while many others (and some announcements too) are just so remarkably shot with gorgeous visuals and music that they create a spine chilling feeling for fans. 2020 was filled with all of this and more, making the best trailers of the year truly stand out. PLEASE NOTE : the following trailers are listed in no particular or

** Max Grossman: ** I think "frees us" is too strongly stated. But it gives us a healthy release valve because everybody at the very least has the same guns. With everyone having that shared primary mechanic of "hey, you all have guns, you all move the same," there are many shared behaviors. It gives us a lot of leeway with how our abilities can work. We never want that to be the case in Valorant. We believe in much more soft-counters when it comes to balancing different Age

Regarding how you're spending time, in League Of Legends, 80% of the time you're using different abilities that are all unique to your hero. In Valorant, 80% of your time is with your gun out, which is not unique to your character. So there's a much smaller portion of time that you're using the distinct Agent abilities. From that perspective, I think it gives us constraints, but not too m

New players tend to fall into two general behaviors: hyper-aggressive people who want to run at everything and fight everybody, [and] then more cautious players that are like, "I could die at any second. I'm not gonna take a step forward cause there's someone around that corner, and they're gonna shoot me." The latter camp tend to gravitate towards Sentinel-play patterns. That would be my theory on it, but I could see us making Sentinels that feel significantly more complicated than Cypher that newer players would never want to to

The gameplay answered some of that, but mainly it let fans know how Spider-Man: Miles Morales would play differently than 2018's Marvel's Spider-Man . Miles Morales is Spider-Man, but he is his own unique Spider-Man. He comes with his own style and flair, his own personality, his own backstory, and his own convictions. All of this was on display in the gameplay trailer for Spider-Man Miles Mora

The design team is involved in the early stages to establish rules for creating characters and making them stand out in environments. We worked with the character artists on what color values to use on the maps relative to how you do that with Agents. Small tiny details end up making a world of difference. Specific RGB color values on our characters are just not allowed to exist on our maps to prevent that "hiddenness" from happening so that the characters always pop out in the wo

At the same time, there is an interesting situation within the Shadow Isles region. Some champions such as Hecarim and Thresh have become monsters bent on killing the living and are sure to side with Viego in his crusade against life. On the other hand, some individuals like Maokai and Yorick were transformed against their will but still fight in a desperate bid to restore the Shadow Isles to the paradise it was before. Though neither individual has been mentioned yet in Season 11, it is only a matter of time until they play a key role in the st