{"id":28145,"date":"2025-10-11T01:32:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T01:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28145"},"modified":"2025-10-13T10:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:19:10","slug":"sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentinels to join League Championship Series in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">Sentinels to join League Championship Series in 2026<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Project-Akali-League-of-Legends.png\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"Sentinels to join League Championship Series in 2026\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) 565px, (min-width: 1280px) calc(25vw + 172px), (min-width: 900px) 800px, (min-width: 380px) 91.8vw, calc(40vw + 178px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=412,height=275,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Project-Akali-League-of-Legends.png 412w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=768,height=512,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Project-Akali-League-of-Legends.png 768w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=792,height=528,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Project-Akali-League-of-Legends.png 792w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Project-Akali-League-of-Legends.png 1280w\" \/><figcaption>Project Akali League of Legends. Source: Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__audio\">\t\t<span class=\"bg\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"custom-audio\">\n\t\t<div class=\"audio green-audio-player\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"play-pause-btn\" id=\"playPause\">\n\t\t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"controls\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"name-and-time\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-audio\">Listen to this article<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"total-time\">1:22<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider\" data-direction=\"horizontal\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"progress\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pin\" id=\"progress-pin\" data-method=\"rewind\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"volume\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"volume-btn\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#F2F2F1\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M14.667 0v2.747c3.853 1.146 6.666 4.72 6.666 8.946 0 4.227-2.813 7.787-6.666 8.934v2.76C20 22.173 24 17.4 24 11.693 24 5.987 20 1.213 14.667 0zM18 11.693c0-2.36-1.333-4.386-3.333-5.373v10.707c2-.947 3.333-2.987 3.333-5.334zm-18-4v8h5.333L12 22.36V1.027L5.333 7.693H0z\" id=\"speaker\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"volume-controls hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider\" data-direction=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"progress\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pin\" id=\"volume-pin\" data-method=\"changeVolume\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__meta\">\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__article__meta__block spgn__article__author\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/authors\/terry-oh\/\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t<img alt='Terry Oh' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/89ab6c35f5ff37dab13a8b49534a5f064983daf9fb84293ab2ff2ae68086b361?s=68&#038;d=retro&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-68 photo spgn__article__author__avatar__image' height='68' width='68' \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__name\">\n                \t\t\t\tBy\n                \t\t\t\t<span itemProp=\"author\" itemScope itemType=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemProp=\"name\" title=\"Display name in user profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTerry Oh\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__position\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Contributing editor\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t            <ul class=\"spgn__article__author__data js-article-data\" data-timestamp=\"1760146361\">\n                <li class=\"spgn__icon__separator js-local-date\"><time itemProp=\"datePublished\"\n                datetime=\"2025-10-11T01:32:41+00:00\">October 11, 2025<\/time><\/li>\n                <li class=\"spgn__icon__separator --lowercase js-local-time\">1:32 am<\/li>\n                <li>3&nbsp;min read<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__meta__block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social\" data-testid=\"hero-social\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social__title\" data-testid=\"hero-social-title\">More content<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social__links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"hero-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on YouTube<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/cJYbGCNs\" data-testid=\"hero-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on Discord<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"hero-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on X<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gn_gamingnews\" data-testid=\"hero-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on Instagram<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"hero-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on TikTok<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__key-points\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__key-points__title\"><h2>Key points<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t<ol class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>League of Legends Esports announced that Sentinels will join the League Championship Series (LCS).<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Sentinels will take over the Provisional Guest Team slot.\u00a0<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>The LCS is slated to return to an independent league model in 2026.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>On Oct. 10,<strong class=\"game\"> League of Legends<\/strong> Esports announced that Sentinels will be officially <a href=\"https:\/\/lolesports.com\/en-US\/news\/sentinels-to-join-lcs-in-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">joining<\/a> the League Championship Series (LCS) as a permanent team. This begins in the 2026 season, during which Sentinels will take over the Provisional Guest Team slot. Sentinels\u2019 joining the league is going to usher in a new era of competition in North America for the LCS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to the League of Sentinels <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QO5iTM0auL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/QO5iTM0auL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sHaOSW8dZF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/sHaOSW8dZF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sentinels LoL (@Sentinels_LoL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sentinels_LoL\/status\/1976698350276952458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 10, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The LCS is returning to an independent league <a href=\"https:\/\/lolesports.com\/en-US\/news\/lcs-and-cblol-return\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">model<\/a> in 2026, meaning it will no longer be unified under the LTA structure. Each league will operate a distinct season, crown its champion and have its own distinct path for international competition. In 2025, the League of the Americas (LTA) was implemented to raise competitiveness across the region; it was part of a broader revision of the global business model of LoL Esports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The independent league model confirms the LCS\u2019s participation in next year\u2019s Worlds. As for the upcoming League of Legends Worlds, play-in stages are just around the corner on Oct. 14. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riot Games delayed the release of the upcoming League of Legends Worlds music video to edit out professional player Gabri\u00ebl \u201cBwipo\u201d Rau, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-09-11\/league-of-legends-pro-bwipo-suspended-for-sexist-comments-on-stream\/\">under fire for making sexist comments<\/a> during a livestream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The entire international event concludes on Nov. 9.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social_share\" data-testid=\"social-share\">\n\t<button class=\"spgn__social_share__toggle active spgn__social_share__link --open-button\" aria-label=\"Share Article\" data-testid=\"social-share-toggle\">\n\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share options<\/span>\n\t<\/button>\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__social_share__overlay\" data-testid=\"social-share-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__social_share__icons\" data-testid=\"social-share-icons\">\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social_share__link\" data-testid=\"social-share-x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgaming.news%2Fnews%2F2025-10-11%2Fsentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026%2F&#038;text=Sentinels+to+join+League+Championship+Series+in+2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on X<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social_share__link\" data-testid=\"social-share-telegram\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/share\/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgaming.news%2Fnews%2F2025-10-11%2Fsentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026%2F&#038;text=Sentinels+to+join+League+Championship+Series+in+2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on Telegram<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social_share__link\" data-testid=\"social-share-reddit\" href=\"https:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgaming.news%2Fnews%2F2025-10-11%2Fsentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026%2F&#038;title=Sentinels+to+join+League+Championship+Series+in+2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on Reddit<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social_share__link\" data-testid=\"social-share-whatsapp\" href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?text=Sentinels+to+join+League+Championship+Series+in+2026%20https%3A%2F%2Fgaming.news%2Fnews%2F2025-10-11%2Fsentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on WhatsApp<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social_share__link\" data-testid=\"social-share-facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgaming.news%2Fnews%2F2025-10-11%2Fsentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<button class=\"spgn__social_share__link --copy js-copy-link\" data-testid=\"social-share-copy\" data-url=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-spgn-article-content-sidebar-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__meta\">\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__article__meta__block spgn__article__author\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/authors\/terry-oh\/\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t<img alt='Terry Oh' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/89ab6c35f5ff37dab13a8b49534a5f064983daf9fb84293ab2ff2ae68086b361?s=68&#038;d=retro&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-68 photo spgn__article__author__avatar__image' height='68' width='68' \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__name\">\n                \t\t\t\t<span itemProp=\"author\" itemScope itemType=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemProp=\"name\" title=\"Display name in user profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTerry Oh\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__position\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Contributing editor\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__intro\">\n\t\t\t<p>Recovering League of Legends addict who relapses when new skin goes brr<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__meta__block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social__title\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-title\">More content<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social__links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on YouTube<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/cJYbGCNs\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on Discord<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on X<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gn_gamingnews\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on Instagram<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on TikTok<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":28147,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"time_to_read":"3","thumbnail_color":"","pinnedToFront":"-1","pinnedToFrontHero":"-1","footnotes":""},"games":[],"hardware":[],"esports":[64],"mobile-games":[],"related-games":[1218],"class_list":["post-28145","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","esports-league-of-legends"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sentinels to join League Championship Series in 2026 - Gaming News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sentinels will be officially joining the League Championship Series (LCS) as a permanent team.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sentinels to join League Championship Series in 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sentinels will be officially joining the League Championship Series (LCS) as a permanent team.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gaming News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-13T10:19:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Project-Akali-League-of-Legends.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"854\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Terry Oh\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/person\/47f544edced59a436bc1d1f780ac89d3\"},\"headline\":\"Sentinels to join League Championship Series in 2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-11T01:32:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-13T10:19:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/\"},\"wordCount\":213,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Project-Akali-League-of-Legends.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/\",\"name\":\"Sentinels to join League Championship Series in 2026 - Gaming News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Project-Akali-League-of-Legends.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-11T01:32:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-13T10:19:10+00:00\",\"description\":\"Sentinels will be officially joining the League Championship Series (LCS) as a permanent team.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Project-Akali-League-of-Legends.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Project-Akali-League-of-Legends.png\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":854,\"caption\":\"Project Akali League of Legends. Source: Riot Games\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sentinels to join League Championship Series in 2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/\",\"name\":\"Gaming News\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Gaming.News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Gaming News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gaming-news-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gaming-news-logo.svg\",\"width\":238,\"height\":24,\"caption\":\"Gaming News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/person\/47f544edced59a436bc1d1f780ac89d3\",\"name\":\"Terry Oh\",\"description\":\"Terry is an American living in California. He loves covering Pok\u00e9mon, Fortnite, Marvel Rivals, Overwatch, and League of Legends. On his free time, Terry plays Fortnite and Wild Rift, which is League of Legends mobile. Terry used to coach and advise professional Wild Rift teams while creating both written and video content for the title.\u00a0 He also competed competitively in Pokemon Unite. He loves to dance, work out, climb, and create all forms of content.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/authors\/terry-oh\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sentinels to join League Championship Series in 2026 - Gaming News","description":"Sentinels will be officially joining the League Championship Series (LCS) as a permanent team.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sentinels to join League Championship Series in 2026","og_description":"Sentinels will be officially joining the League Championship Series (LCS) as a permanent team.","og_url":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/","og_site_name":"Gaming News","article_modified_time":"2025-10-13T10:19:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":854,"url":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Project-Akali-League-of-Legends.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/"},"author":{"name":"Terry Oh","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/person\/47f544edced59a436bc1d1f780ac89d3"},"headline":"Sentinels to join League Championship Series in 2026","datePublished":"2025-10-11T01:32:41+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-13T10:19:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/"},"wordCount":213,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Project-Akali-League-of-Legends.png","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/","url":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/","name":"Sentinels to join League Championship Series in 2026 - Gaming News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Project-Akali-League-of-Legends.png","datePublished":"2025-10-11T01:32:41+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-13T10:19:10+00:00","description":"Sentinels will be officially joining the League Championship Series (LCS) as a permanent team.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Project-Akali-League-of-Legends.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Project-Akali-League-of-Legends.png","width":1280,"height":854,"caption":"Project Akali League of Legends. Source: Riot Games"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-11\/sentinels-to-join-league-championship-series-in-2026\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sentinels to join League Championship Series in 2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/","name":"Gaming News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Gaming.News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization","name":"Gaming News","url":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gaming-news-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gaming-news-logo.svg","width":238,"height":24,"caption":"Gaming News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/person\/47f544edced59a436bc1d1f780ac89d3","name":"Terry Oh","description":"Terry is an American living in California. He loves covering Pok\u00e9mon, Fortnite, Marvel Rivals, Overwatch, and League of Legends. On his free time, Terry plays Fortnite and Wild Rift, which is League of Legends mobile. Terry used to coach and advise professional Wild Rift teams while creating both written and video content for the title.\u00a0 He also competed competitively in Pokemon Unite. He loves to dance, work out, climb, and create all forms of content.","url":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/authors\/terry-oh\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28241,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28145\/revisions\/28241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"games","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/games?post=28145"},{"taxonomy":"hardware","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hardware?post=28145"},{"taxonomy":"esports","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/esports?post=28145"},{"taxonomy":"mobile-games","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mobile-games?post=28145"},{"taxonomy":"related-games","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related-games?post=28145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}