New League of Legends client coming soon, Alpha invites sent

This is undoubtedly the best news for League of Legends fans today. After years of begging Riot to include a new Client for the world’s most famous MOBA, the company is finally making its move.

Players around the world are being invited to sign for the Alpha version of the new client since yesterday’s announcement. We have been teased online since November last year, but this will be the first opportunity for many to try out the updated version.

The client will be the first new rework of the desktop version in six years. The current one has been heavily criticized by the League players for being buggy and inconsistent. Many believe that the technology the current client uses, Adobe Air, is slow and prone to crashing.

Riot has acknowledged that and decided to use an entirely different framework for the new client. It will be based on the Chromium technology which is famous for powering Google’s Chrome Web Browser.

Players are encouraged to sign up to the Alpha via the official site. However, those who are accepted shouldn’t expect stable performance. As an Alpha tester you “should prep for a rough ride,” according to the Riot client update.

Riot are initially limiting the players that are invited to the Alpha. You’ll need to have a Level 30 account with no negative behavior to be a prime candidate. And even that won’t guarantee acceptance as Riot may limit invites from players on lower-end computers.