Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Esports fans from around the world gather in Seoul for GES 2024

The Grand Peace Hall at Kyung Hee University in eastern Seoul was filled with excited fans wearing team jerseys and waving banners of the countries they were rooting for as they attended Game Esports Seoul (GES) 2024 on Sunday.

2024-09-09

T1 win League of Legends title at Esports World Cup

It was the second straight match where T1 battled back from a one-game deficit for an eventual win.

2024-07-08

Gen.G 3-1 Bilibili Gaming to win MSI and League of Legends Worlds spot

Korean League of Legends (LoL) team Gen.G defeated Chinese team Bilibili Gaming 3-1 to win the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) in Chengdu, China on Sunday, taking home a grand prize of $50,000.

2024-05-20

Faker's T1 beat G2 3-2 to reach League of Legends MSI top eight

It was a grueling four-hour affair at the Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center, pushed to a make-or-break Game 5 after T1 held off a G2 victory with a saving Game 4 win.

2024-05-10

T1 to meet Estral Esports as Mid-Season Invitational begins in China

The first international League of Legends tournament of the year kicks off Wednesday in Chengdu, China as eight teams, including Korea’s T1, begin their bids to advance past the first stage of the Mid-Season Invitational.

2024-05-01

Gen.G take down T1 3-2 to win fourth straight LCK championship

Spring season winners Gen.G denied T1 a chance to take their first LCK championship since the 2022 spring season, knocking them into the runner-up spot, again.

2024-04-15

Faker's League of Legends team the latest victim of DDoS attack

A recent spate of cyber attacks has affected League of Legends Champions Korea, resulting in restrictions on audiences and streaming availability.

2024-03-13

Korean League of Legends streams remain halted in China after Taiwan comment

Chinese streaming platform Huya halted broadcasts of Korea’s League of Legends (LoL) professional tournaments, weeks after a top Korean Esports team referred to Taiwan as a sovereign country.

2024-01-30

Money muttering resumes as 2024 LCK season starts

The opening day of the League of Legends Champions Korea season was colored by the release of a "joint statement" expressing concerns about teams' financial sustainability within the league.

2024-01-18

T1 wins League of Legends World Championship in Seoul [REWIND 2023]

Korea's T1 took down China's Weibo Gaming 3-0 in the best-of-five final at the LoL World Championship as the hometown team were crowned champions for the fourth time. Tens of thousands of fans flocked to Korea for the six-week tournament.

2023-12-28