From “Riot Game” to “Riot Games” –
Shooting, fighting, cards, an action-RPG, and an animated cartoon are in the mix.
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League of Legends: Wild Riftpromises the same basic gameplay with shortened matches and controls tailored for mobile and console gamers.
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Look at all those on-screen buttons …
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Legends of Runeterradefinitely looks like Riot’s answer toHearthstoneand its ilk.
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Flashy!
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Your first look at “Project L,” a fighting game set in theLeague of Legendsuniverse
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Very little was shown of Riot’s “Project F,” but what was shown looked a bitDiablo– esque.
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A dramatic shot fromArcane, anLeague of Legendsanimated series coming next year.
For a decade now, Riot Games has been known almost exclusively forLeague of Legends, the ultra -successful MOBA thatcan still attract 8 million simultaneous playersat its daily peak. But inan anniversary livestream tonight, the company confirmed a veritable smorgasbord of new gaming and entertainment projects for the first time, all set in the sameLeague of Legendsuniverse.
Those projects include:
- League of Legends: Wild Rift: A new version of the MOBA built from the ground up with a twin-stick control scheme designed for consoles and mobile phones and a focus on 15 to 18 – minutes games. Due on mobile phones in 2020.
- Legends of Runeterra: A competitive card game set in theLeague of Legendsuniverse. Cards will not be unlocked via randomized pack purchases, Riot said.
- “Project A “: Described as” a stylish, competitive, character-based tactical shooter for PC, “this sounds like Riot’s answer toOverwatchorTeam Fortress 2. More information expected next year.
- “Project L “:” A fighting game set in theLoLuniverse “that’s” in early stage development. ” Likely being developed by the remnants ofRising Thunderdeveloper Radiant Entertainment, which Riot (acquired in) ******************************************************************************.
- “Project F “:” A very early development project that explores the possibilities of traversing the world of Runeterra with your friends, “as Riot describes it. Brief streamed footage looked reminiscent ofDiabloand other third-person action RPGs.
- League of Legends Esports Manager: A team management game that lets players manage a team of simulated (LoL) pros that sounds similar to theFootball Managerseries. Planned to launch withLeague of LegendsPro League support next year.
- Teamfight Tactics Mobile: A smartphone port ofRiot’s recent autobattler game mode, planned for the first quarter of 2020.
- ************************ (Arcane) : An animated series set in theLeague of Legendsuniverse, planned for 2020 .
- League of Legends Origins: A “feature-length documentary” highlighting the game’s growth, available now on Netflix.
The rapid project expansion, after a full decade of existence as a de facto single-game company puts the (Tencent-owned conglomerate) and its 2, 500 employees immediately in a class with multi-franchise publishing behemoths like Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, and Ubisoft. Unlike those companies, though, Riot is currently focusing all of its efforts on games in a single shared universe, building on ten years of lore and character design as it attempts to expand expand to other popular genres.
“We have the benefit of being able to be long term, “Riot Games Co-founder Marc Merrilltold The Washington Postabout the long wait for further games from the company. “We don’t have to go push out a product to meet some quarterly deadline or revenue target or whatnot. ”
Riot’s expansion comes as the company continues to recover from (widespread accusations of sexual harassment) first published by Kotaku last September. Aa number of class-action lawsuitsthat stemmed from those allegations were settled in August, and Riotsaid in a blog post at the timethat “we can confidently state that gender discrimination (in pay or promotion), sexual harassment, and retaliation are not systemic issues at Riot.”
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