North American League of Legends Introduces Monday Night Games

Riot Games has published new changes to its top League of Legends competition in North America, the LCS, as well the tier-two LCS Academy. Most notably, regular season broadcasts will extend to three days a week, with four games on Saturday and Sunday (followed by an in-studio Academy game) and a new “Monday Night League” broadcast that will feature two “marquee match-ups” of the week.

Three academy games will also be broadcasted live from the LCS studios on Mondays. Five remote games will be played on Fridays, however, these will be featured in a new “Academy Rush” show, in which shoutcasters [commentators] and analysts will move between different games and their various highlight moments. The last of these Friday games will be shown in full.

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