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League of Legends Wild Rift: 5 Reasons We're Excited (& 5 We're Scared)

League of Legends Wild Rift: 5 Reasons We're Excited (& 5 We're Scared)

Giant Steampunk Spider Machine Walks Through a 19th Century City!Mobile MOBA fans who loved Wild Rift might worry about two things: microtransactions and hacks. The first one seems inevitable, especially since OG League and most MOBAs have microtransactions. In the case of Wild Rift , microtransactions come in the form of purchasable heroes and sk

With Marvel's cinematic universe proving so lucrative, it was only natural to explore the possibility of something similar with DC's comic canon. Warner Bros. had all the same tools at their disposal and had just come off the back of their incredibly successful The Dark Knight trilogy when the MCU was evolving into a box office juggernaut. At this point Zack Snyder 's Man of Steel was already in production, and it made sense to use this Superman reboot starring Henry Cavill as the starting point for a full DC Universe encompassing all of the publisher's biggest heroes and villains in one timel

The Lego Batman Movie came next, taking one of the most memorable characters from the original and going 'full DC' with a whole cast of superheroes. Despite lacking the same box office clout as its predecessor, Lego Batman earned much praise from audiences, and comic book fans were especially impressed by the lighter, heartfelt take on the Caped Crusader. Unfortunately, that waning box office was a sign of things to come for Warner Bros.' Lego Cinematic Universe . The Lego Ninjago Movie followed shortly after Will Arnett's Dark (Yellow) Knight spin-off, but to much less fanfare and considerably lower revenue, perhaps paying the price for a more niche Lego concept. A direct sequel to the original, 2019's The Second Part , failed to reverse those fortunes and other planned projects were swiftly axed. More recently, the Lego company have shifted focus back to toys after their own dip in revenue and Warner Bros. lost the movie rights to Universal earlier this year. Turns out everything isn't awesome after

One strange effect of the Coronavirus lately, has had more to do with gamers directly as opposed to the industry behind selling and developing games. Some titles with surface level similarities to the virus have been skyrocketing as fears of the Wuhan Coronavirus have swept across the world. In fact, popular mobile title Plague Inc. has excelled in China since worries of the virus started spreading throughout the coun

Ucal and Smeb previously won the LCK title with KT Rolster back in Summer 2018. The two will look to do the same again, as they compete against T1, Gen.G, DragonX, DAMWON, and more for that heavily contested right to call themselves Top Lane champions of Ko

The off season has matched the regular season in the lunacy department thus far. With the disappointing news of the Mid-Season Invitational's cancellation , fans will have to wait until the Summer Split to see their favorite teams play again, and until Worlds to see any international competition. So how exactly have teams been shaping up to prepare for the next half of the season? Here's a breakdown of the biggest roster moves to happen so

The 2020 League of Legends Spring Split has come and gone. Cloud9 won North America, G2 Esports won Europe's title, T1 took home the LCK Championship and JD Gaming won the honors in China's LPL. The split was a wild ride for fans and teams across the globe, from Konstantinos-Napoleon "FORG1VEN" Tzortziou controversially stepping down from FC Schalke 04 to Team Liquid benching Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng , to COVID-19 throwing a giant wrench into it

Man of Steel proved a divisive first chapter to the DCEU, but that polarizing response would be a mere taster compared to the reaction Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice would attract in 2016. With a critically-panned Suicide Squad and a Justice League team-up movie that people disliked so intensely they (successfully!) campaigned for the release of a director's cut, the DCEU certainly didn't get off to the start Warner Bros. would've liked. Nevertheless, the franchise must still be considered a success. Outside of the releases mentioned above, Wonder Woman , Aquaman and Shazam all found varying levels of joy by adhering less strictly to the shared universe format. Having settled into its own grove, more DCEU releases are now on the way, extending the franchise into 2022 and likely beyond. The confirmed release of the Justice League Snyder cut will ensure the DCEU remains of cultural significance for the next 12 mon

Not to be confused with Universal's Dark Universe (which failed, incidentally), the MonsterVerse is essentially a modern interpretation of the aforementioned Toho franchise that saw Godzilla and an array of other monsters do battle, usually in a surprisingly flimsy urban landscape. The franchise began with 2014's Godzilla reboot, and by purchasing the rights to various other Toho beasts, Warner Bros. signaled their intention to develop the lore of their MUTO world . However, the MonsterVerse only kicked off proper with Warner Bros.' involvement in Kong: Skull Island , a reboot of the titular gorilla's big screen st

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