Riot Games has confirmed plans for a big League of Legends shakeup in 2027, including a new client and a visual overhaul.

We are dismantling the barriers of women's esports in League of Legends: from toxicity to LGC 2025 budgets. Find out why Riot Games is changing its strategy and what awaits the pros in 2026!

Back in the heyday of AOL Instant Messenger, I liked to chat with this girl from my high school named Laura. Sometimes, when I made a joke, she typed “lol” in response. Now and then she’d respond with ...

Is it time to say RIP to LOL? A Facebook study, external suggests that people are choosing to use "haha" and emojis over "LOL" to express laughter. The research claims more than half (51.4%) opt for ...

Riot Games has announced a large-scale update plan to redesign the technical foundations of League of Legends (LoL) as the ...

The internet slang term "LOL" (laughing out loud) has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, to the mild dismay of language purists. But where did the term originate? And is it really a threat ...

Writer Adam Gopnik learned Internet chat from his son, Luke, and quickly caught on to such lingo as ‘brb’ and ‘gtg.’ But he didn’t get the hang of ‘LOL’—to disastrous effects. Read Adam’s funny and ...

League of Legends is not just one of the most popular games on Earth; it's also one of the longest-running. The game was originally launched in October 2009. Since then, it has only grown in ...

What are the best League of Legends champions right now? Metas change, the LoL tier list will fluctuate, and it could be that your favorite champion might not be in a great place right now. While you ...

There's a deceitful act I've been engaging in for years—lol—but it wasn't until recently, while texting a massive rant to a friend, that I became aware of just how bad it is. I'd just sent an ...

Phrases like A/S/L and TTYL may have bit the dust post-chatroom era. But there’s one term from the early days of the Internet that continues on as a major part of our lexicon: LOL. It’s an acronym, a ...