League of Legends, the team-vs-team title that was inspired by the Warcraft III Defense of the Ancients mod, was released last week and the good folks at Riot Games provided us with a package of goodies to give away to one lucky Co-Optimus reader.  Want to know what you can win and how to enter? Click the link for all the details.

Steven Snow from Riot Games when asked "why co-op":

"Because playing with your friends is awesome.  You know it seems kind of obvious in one sense, but I don’t think a lot of people realize it.  Look at all the MMOs that are radically popular.  Granted there are some that are totally PvP centric, but ultimately it’s about people playing with their friends.  I don’t wake up in the morning and say, 'hey I want to go beat up my buddy'… I say 'hey, let’s go play some games.'  And when we go to play games it’s not like 'hey, let me shoot you in the head a bunch of times,' it’s 'hey, let’s shoot these other guys in the head a bunch of times.' " - Steven Snow, Vice President of Productions for Riot Games, League of Legends

Game Name: League of Legends: Clash of Fates
Co-Op: Yes
Co-Op Type/Multiplayer Type: Competitive co-op in the vein of DotA
Publisher/Developer: Riot Games
Release Date: Oct. 6, 2009

We sat down yesterday with Steven Snow, Vice President of Productions for Riot Games, to talk about their free upcoming release, League of Legends: Clash of Fates.  Gamers who are familiar with the Warcraft 3 mod Defense of the Ancients: Allstars (or DotA: Allstars as it’s also known) are likely to feel right at home with Legends as it uses the same style of play.  What’s more, the designer for DotA: Allstars, Steve “Guinsoo” Feak, and the creator of the fansite that was the official support base for it, Steve “Pendragon” Mescon, are both involved with the making of this game and it definitely shows.

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