League of Legends fans in North America and Europe will now get to enjoy a new Dominion mode which was recently released by Riot Games for the title. Said to be a capture-and-hold mode, it will also add a new map – Crystal Scar into the game. Like the game itself, this new mode would also be completely free-to-play.
Dominion will involve a set of summoners who must fight their way to assume control of five strategic targets. They must then protect them from being captured by enemies. The new setting named Crystal Scar is situated in a war-torn mining village that features visuals which have apparently been designed specifically for this map.
Marc Merrill, president of Riot Games and executive producer of League of Legends, commented, “With Dominion, we wanted to answer our players’ desire for innovation with a fast-paced, complementary experience to classic League of Legends. Now that it’s available to all League of Legends players, it’s going to be amazing to watch them develop strategies and dominate on the Crystal Scar!”
Matches in this new mode will last for around 20 minutes, thus increasing the pace of battles. One-on-one as well as small team fights are possible through Dominion. Moreover, players will have the liberty to use all their existing masteries, runes, champions and skins on the new game mode.
League of Legends which was launched late last year is claimed by its developer to have been played by 15 million players till now. It can currently be downloaded from its website for free.
The Dominion game mode for League of Legends can be accessed only by players in North America and Europe. Riot Games is yet to reveal the release date of this feature in other regions.