Airbus Appears To Enter Esports Arena With 'Out Of The Blue' LoL Team

A new League of Legends team "appears to be taking off" after European plane manufacturing firm Airbus announced it will sponsor a League of Legends team called "Out Of The Blue," according to Jack Stewart of the London DAILY MAIL. No details about the LoL esports team have been announced, "leaving many to wonder if the announcement was accidental" -- especially as it came through the Airbus careers Twitter account, not its main or press accounts. It is not known what league the team will play in but with Airbus' European routes, "it will most likely be the EU LCS or EU Challenger Series" (DAILY MAIL, 10/28). ESPORTS INSIDER's Jay Massaad reported whether the message was accidentally shared early or via the wrong account remains uncertain, but there had been "no further official announcement from the company" -- until a video surfaced titled "Airbus Enters the Game." The video, posted by French film production company Master Films, opens with the words "Airbus is ready to catch the future," and depicts a flight with an interior "aglow with the light" of LoL matches emanating from the back of plane seats. The video’s caption reads, “Master Films plays the game for AIRBUS entering League of Legends (LCS EU) sponsoring.” If the caption is accurate, and Airbus has entered the EU LCS with a new team called Out of the Blue, it would mean that the company purchased an existing team’s spot -- or, as some have suggested, "it could be a hint that the European LCS will be expanding, although if that is the case Riot Games will definitely be expected to announce it sooner rather than later" (ESPORTS INSIDER, 10/29).