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League of Legends out now on Mac in open beta ... finally

by Mike Schramm (Mar 1st, 2013)

League of Legends has finally released that Mac open beta that we heard was coming just a little while ago. Back in 2010, Riot Games had a ported Mac version all ready to go, but eventually determined that it just wasn't good enough, and not compatible with, the way they wanted to run their ...

Riot: League of Legends Mac client ready 'within a month,' and why it's so late

by Mike Schramm (Jan 28th, 2013)

As promised, I went by Riot Games today in Los Angeles, and got the lowdown on the long-awaited (but soon-to-be-released) Mac client for the company's popular game League of Legends from PR manager Chris Heintz. Heintz told me that the Mac version of the game is already up and running on the ...

Riot Games shutting down League of Legends for Mac

by Mike Schramm (Sep 4th, 2011)

Bad news for League of Legends gamers on the Mac -- after years of teasing about a Mac client for the popular free-to-play title (I even saw it running way back when), Riot has decided to pull the plug on plans to make the game Mac compatible. There has been a beta client floating around for ...

Hands-on: League of Legends for the Mac

by Mike Schramm (Jun 4th, 2010)

Defense of the Ancients is one of the most interesting stories in all of gaming -- it was originally a player-created mod for the Warcraft III real-time strategy game, and it completely revamped the RTS game into a RPG/hack-and-slash mashup, where the player controlled a champion character that ...