League of Legends maker Riot Games has said it will be banning content creators who violate its terms of service outside of its games. 

In a post on its website, the company said that from January 3rd it would be axing creators who, for example, use a slur or other offensive language towards another player while Riot's games are present. This is part of an update to its 'Off-Platform conduct' terms. 

"Our intention with this update is to help protect players from harmful behaviours they can experience across the various places that touch their gaming experience," the company wrote. 

"This update applies very specifically and only to content where Riot’s games are the background of the content produced. Though we aren’t going to proactively monitor everything that happens across social media, it is now within our rights to issue penalties in-game when that content is brought to our attention. As an example, if a creator uses hateful slurs about an opposing player or teammate on their stream, but not in game over chat or voice comms, we can still issue a penalty as if that behaviour occurred in-game."