Earlier this week, League of Legends developer Riot Games announced a wave of layoffs, notably impacting skin designers including the person behind the controversial near-$500 Ahri, and it's now confirmed that the studio is introducing a whole new gacha system to sell even more expensive skins.
Although the number of affected developers wasn't initially confirmed, Riot later revealed in a statement to Eurogamer that 27 people on the League of Legends team have been affected, as well as five people in publishing roles. As previously mentioned, these include Ben Rosado, who designed the Ahri skin that was part of the Signature Immortalized Legend Collection bundle to celebrate four-time world champion player, Faker. This bundle set purchasers back a whopping $450 in RP (in-game currency), and while the exact number of sales isn't known, despite the fact that some planned to boycott the character, plenty ended up buying it.
