League of Legends is an online multiplayer session-based game. Which means that you play the online in pitched battles against another group of people who have been lured into playing the game.

Well I say lured but that sounds wrong for you see I expect many people to be interested in LoL (oh dear) as it is coming from the people behind the immensely popular Warcraft 3 mod DotA-Allstars.

LoL will combine elements of high fantasy, real-time strategy and role-playing all rolled up into a mulitplayer ball. Players will be tasked with taking control of a Summoner who, suprisingly will summon a Champion onto the field of battle. Both the persisten Summoner avatar and the Champions at its disposal will gain skills and powers over time.

Riot Games promise LoL to be an extremely team-focused game custom built multiplayer support. You can expect to see matchmaking, stat tracking and ladders. There will also be a Bot-Ai with which you can do battle with to learn the ropes of the game.

Beta begins next year so check out the website for more details.

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