Legends

Every so often, a four-storeyed mansion in Mumbai’s Kharghar witnesses an all-too familiar spectacle, when adoring fans crowd the street below clamouring for a sight of their heroes. But it is not the city’s celebrated tinsel town stars they are jostling to sight but the champions of esports.As India’s favourite gamers such as Mortal, Scout, Thug and Goldy begin to clock big wins in the online arena, the crowds start building up outside the palatial building valued at over $1 million and spread across 15,000 square feet.…

Respawn has released the final installment of Kill Code, a series of animated Apex Legends shorts focusing on Loba and Revenant's respective quests for revenge. Entitled Kill Code: Part 4, the final episode has some truly wild twists and turns, including the death of Torres "Duardo" Silva, the head of the Mercenary Syndicate, CEO of Silva Pharmaceuticals, and Octane's grandfather.In the previous installment (which was a very short mini-episode called A Life For A Life), Loba and Revenant agreed to set…

Fifty-six years and 49 albums into her music career, Dolly Parton has a new milestone to celebrate. The country legend’s album Rockstar recently became the singer’s highest-charting LP ever, debuting at Number Three on the Billboard 200 chart. “Wow, this is a big thrill!” Parton said in a statement. “I owe a thank you to the fans who have always been there for me. Their support made this achievement possible.” “I’d also like to thank my producer Kent Wells, all the wonderful artists, musicians, and engineers…

League of Legends is making some major changes to its main map, Summoner's Rift, ahead of the 2024 season start next year. The changes will include both visual and gameplay updates to monsters, as well as terrain changes and other gameplay updates.The influence of the Void will create some major changes to the Rift in the new year, resulting in both aesthetic and gameplay changes to Baron, jungle camps, and the Rift Herald, as well as introducing an all new type of monster.As well as a visual update that…

Riot has revealed the next champion who will be added to League of Legends' extensive roster: Hwei, the visionary. The new champ is a mid-lane mage with a complex kit themed around painting and a brooding, emo design.In the lore, Hwei is an Ionian champion who uses art both to confront criminals and comfort their victims. He is haunted by his own overwhelming creativity and troubled past, which would explain his brooding design. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Hwei also has history with one of League of Legends'…

South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol has congratulated the SKT T1 team after their victory at League Of Legends Worlds. Over the weekend, T1 defeated Weibo Gaming at the League Of Legends Worlds Final, which was hosted at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. The event reportedly became the most-watched esports event of all time, with close to 6.5million viewers tuning in. Following the tournament, Suk Yeol shared a statement about T1’s victory (translated by Ashley Kang on X). “Dear T1, I wholeheartedly congratulate your first…

Taylor Swift dug out another pair of deep cuts at the Eras Tour’s first night in Rio De Janeiro Friday as the singer delivered the live debut of “Suburban Legends” as well as the first performance of her “Stay Beautiful” in 15 years. Prior to the “Surprise Songs” portion of the setlist, Swift told the crowd it was her goal to mine her catalog for stuff she hadn’t played yet on the Eras Tour.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilgNuEM8k-o “I wanted to play something to honor the fact that so many Brazilian…

When punk legends NOFX first revealed plans for their farewell tour in September 2022, frontman Fat Mike promised, “Los Angeles will be the last place we play. It’s where we started, it’s where we’ll end.” Over two years later, the band has announced that their five-decade run will come to an end in October 2024 with a three-night stand in their native California. Before that, however, NOFX have lined up another string of dates for their farewell tour, which was previously dubbed “40 Years, 40 Cities, 40 Songs”…

David ‘Phreak’ Turley, former League Of Legends commentator and current lead gameplay designer, has decided to quit social media following several death threats and an increase in toxicity. Phreak announced the news in a video posted on Tuesday, November 14, while he was previewing League Of Legends Patch 13.23. Phreak stated that he is “more or less going to quit social media for the immediate future”, attributing his reasoning to a rise in toxicity and explaining that it’s “not worth me seeing the occasional useful…

Dolly Parton has done it all. She has asserted her primacy over the reactionary forces of Nashville’s music industry, sold 100m records, written umpteen classic songs, broken into Hollywood, opened her own amusement park and had a species of lichen, a Soviet battle tank and a cloned sheep named in her honour. It’s a delightful, fully deserved state of affairs, but it comes with a problem attached: what do you do next?The artwork for Rockstar.Her 49th solo album attempts to answer this question. Rockstar came about when…