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Marc Merill, co-founder of Riot Games, announced today on X that the MMO project the company has been working on for a few years now has 'reset' and will be 'going dark for a long time', meaning people shouldn't be expecting any news or updates about it for several years. This doesn't mean the game is cancelled though, as Marc [...]
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The hits just keep coming as another big video game company announces its own round of layoffs. Riot Games announced earlier this week that it was cutting 11% of its workforce, affecting a whopping 530 employees, most of whom reportedly work outside of the core development teams. The growing list of affected developers on Reddit begs to differ though, showing [...]
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Riot Games is determined to keep its upcoming League of Legends MMO under wraps even when pressed for details by Necrit in a YouTube interview. While the developers were happy to answer the YouTuber’s questions, they were careful to avoid giving away any pertinent details. When asked about factions in the game, the developers expressed their desire to allow players [...]
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Riot Games is in for a changing of the guard, as Nicolo Laurent will be stepping down as CEO with A. Dylan Jadeja poised to take his place. While this may sound like a major shake-up, it’s worth noting that Jadeja is currently the studio’s global president, so it's more of a lateral move. Laurent will remain with Riot as [...]
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Riot Games’ long and arduous journey toward resolving allegations of a toxic work culture has come to a close. Following a $100 million settlement that was reached in 2021 and approved by a court in 2022, a court filing by Rust Consulting has revealed that 1,548 women and contractors will receive compensation. The company was accused of fostering a sexist [...]
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Riot Games’ untitled MMO has lost another key developer as Principal Designer Justin “Xenogenic” Hanson announces that he’s parting ways with the company. “Today is my last day at Riot,” tweeted Xenogenic last Friday. “Emotions are a hell of a thing. Very sad to be leaving, on the one hand, yet excited for a new adventure on the other. The [...]
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Last month, Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street announced that he was leaving Riot Games after nine years with the studio to spend time with his family while also teasing “something new.” That something is apparently two things: a new remote development studio and a new MMO. “These past few years made me think a lot about my future and what I want [...]
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Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street announced on Twitter earlier today that he's stepping down from his role at Riot Games. He was previous the Executive Producer on Riot's upcoming MMORPG. While no specific reason was provided for his departure, he cited both 'personal and professional' considerations. While an an executive producer quitting isn't the end of the project by any means, it [...]
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Riot Games fell victim to a social engineering attack this past weekend which led to a breach in its development systems and environment. The studio, however, was quick to assure its game community that no user data or personal information was compromised during the attack. What was affected though was Riot’s ability to release new content, and subsequently its update [...]
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Back in August, Riot Games entered into a sponsorship deal with cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX in what the League of Legends studio announced as the largest sponsorship deal that its ever secured. The deal was supposed to last for seven years with FTX branding to be prominently displayed during League of Legends Championship Series events for boatloads of cash. Back [...]
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