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The epicentre of the video game at Lucca Comics & Games 2023 will be the RiotStadium (PalaTagliate), an area in which RiotGames will concentrate the final stages of the most important competitions of the year. Here they are in detail:

• VALORANT for women: an academy dedicated to training professional female VALORANT players will be presented, the 'Radiant Roses Academy', managed and organised by King Esport. The first step will be a showmatch/triangular between professional female players and female creators.
• It's Tormenta time: the Tormenta Circuit, a competition dedicated to Italian amateur teams of League of Legends, VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics and Wild Rift, is back with some novelties. The ideal tournament for those who simply want to have fun, or aspire to become professionals. The upcoming season offers the opportunity to participate in free tournaments open to all with the chance to ascend to the Blooming Talents League. The best will interface with the teams already present in BTL, a league that acts as a trait d'union between the national amateur scene and the competitive scene. The final round will be played live during the Festival.
• Baolo Championship Series (BCS): BCS is the most famous League of Legends tournament/event in Italy. Italian content creators compete against each other, turning it into an event that goes beyond mere competition. Teams in the first phase face each other online in the Summoner’s Rift to determine who will qualify for the next phase under the watchful eyes of commentators, event hosts and their own communities. Only two will remain, who will face each other in the live final on the wonderful stage of Lucca Comics & Games.
• Riot Games Cosplay Contest: to celebrate the 10^th Anniversary of League of Legends and the VALORANT community, Lucca Comics & Games will host the final of the cosplay contest dedicated to the two titles. Judges of the event will be some of the best known national cosplayers, and personalities linked to the world of gaming by Riot Games. Icon Stitch will conduct the event. Present for the occasion will be the two winners of the previous stages.
• Red Bull Campus Clutch: Lucca will host the finals of the Red Bull Campus Clutch, with the finals of VALORANT. The tournament, open to university students only, will give the winners the chance to represent Italy in the next international stage.
• LOL Off-Season: another unmissable event will be the PG Nationals 2023 finals, where the best Italian teams of League of Legends will face each other in a last, epic challenge before the end of the season.
• VAL Off-Season: after an absolutely thrilling first year, VALORANT's top national competition will see the final Off-Season event on stage at Riot Stadium, an event that will introduce the 2024 season with the two finalist teams from the online selections.
• WORLDS Quarterfinals Official Italian Broadcast: thanks to the simultaneous hosting of the 2023 League of Legends World Cup, scheduled from 11 October to 19 November in South Korea, it will be possible to watch two of the four scheduled matches live from Riot Stadium, with the commentary of the official Italian broadcast present in Lucca.