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League of Legends was announced October 7, 2008, for Microsoft Windows. [44] [45] Closed beta-testing began in April 2009. [44] [46] Upon the launch of the beta, seventeen champions were available. [47] Riot initially aimed to ship the game with 20 champions but doubled the number before the game's full release in North America on October 27, 2009.
League of Legends logo League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Announced in October 2008, it was released for Microsoft Windows in Europe and North America as a free-to-play title on October 27, 2009, after six months of beta testing. The game has since been ported to macOS and localized for markets worldwide; by 2012 it was the ...
The AL East Division champions and overall #1 seed, the New York Yankees, defeated the AL West Division champions, the second-seeded Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, four games to two, to advance to the 2009 World Series, their first since 2003. [1] This was the third time that these two teams faced each other in the playoffs.
The League of Legends: Season 1 World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends, held from June 18 to 20, 2011, in Jönköping, Sweden. It was the first iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer ...
June 3 – David Carradine, 72, actor who played Clockwork in Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy and William Sharp in Saints Row. [26]June 25 – Michael Jackson, 50, musician who (in addition to various cameos) was the subject of 1990's Moonwalker, the composer of Sonic 3's soundtrack, and the namesake of the Just Dance spinoff: The Experience.
The Philadelphia Phillies were NL champions in back-to-back seasons in 2008 and 2009, becoming the first NL team to do so since the Braves in 1995 and 1996. [14] The Dodgers were also league champions in back-to-back seasons in 2017 and 2018.
The 2009 American League Division Series (ALDS) consisted of two concurrent best-of-five game series in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2009 postseason that determined the participating teams in the 2009 American League Championship Series. Three divisional winners and a "wild card" team played in the two series. The ALDS began on Wednesday ...
The 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season was the franchise's 49th season. The Angels began the season as the two-time defending American League West champions.. Perhaps the most notable player to depart in the offseason due to free agency was longtime closing pitcher Francisco Rodríguez, who signed with the New York Mets.