Major Bug Forces League of Legends Ranked Play Offline

Riot Games has removed Ranked play from its massively popular MOBA League of Legends after the developer discovered a major bug that was "negatively impacting games."

A post on the game's support site states that the issue is related to the Recall spell.

The Recall spell in League of Legends allows players to teleport back to their base after a short timer. The bug kills that counter, in turn allowing players to transport back to their base at will.

This undermines the whole experience.

Since the Recall spell applies to all Champions, the bug is that much more difficult to fix, Riot said in a statement.

"Unfortunately, this particular issue can't be mitigated by disabling a specific champion or item so we've temporarily disabled Ranked while we develop a solution," Riot said in a post last night.

The developer promised to share a status update later today. We'll have that information for you as soon as it becomes available.

League of Legends is one of the biggest PC games out there. By Riot's latest count, the game sees around 27 million players every single day.