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The Latest Breaking News from Riot

League of Legends fans baffled as Riot lays off more devs - including the $500 Ahri skin designer - only to unveil a gacha-fueled $250 Arcane skin 24 hours later

League players could spend up to 32,000 RP trying to get the Arcane Fractured Jinx skin

GamesRadar · Oct 18, 2024

Riot announces new League of Legends exalted skins tier days after more layoffs, but you can't get it the usual way—instead, you'll have to roll the dice

A new price to pay.

PC Gamer · Oct 17, 2024

Riot Games lays off more employees but says the League of Legends team will be 'even larger' in the future

Riot says the cuts are "about making sure we have the right expertise so that League continues to be great."

PC Gamer · Oct 16, 2024

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"This isn’t about reducing headcount to save money." Riot Games is laying off even more workers on the League of Legends team.

Riot Games is cutting more staff on the League of Legends team, but the company leadership insists it's not about saving money and that the teams will eventually be even bigger.

Windows Central · Oct 16, 2024

Riot announces "an update on how we're evolving" League of Legends, which is of course another layoff announcement

"It's about making sure we have the right expertise so that League continues to be great for another 15 years and beyond"

GamesRadar · Oct 16, 2024

Flashy MOBA battle royale Supervive is opening its doors during Steam Next Fest—and it's already got that Blizzard/Riot polish from its expat devs in spades

Complex, frenetic MOBA brawling for the MLG hounds.

PC Gamer · Oct 15, 2024

"We have squeezed literally every ounce of everything we could get out of UE4"; Anna Donlon announces that Valorant will move to Unreal Engine 5

Anna Donlon, SVP and head of Valorant studios for Riot Games, has announced that the popular and highly competitive first-person shooter will be ported from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5.

Windows Central · Oct 2, 2024

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As SAG-AFTRA's anti-AI voice actor strike extends to League of Legends, Riot maintains that it's been simply been caught in the crossfire

"League of Legends has only asked Formosa to engage with Union performers."

PC Gamer · Sep 25, 2024

Linkin Park delivers this year's League of Legends esports anthem, but it's no K-Pop banger

Heavy is the Crown is a little lightweight.

PC Gamer · Sep 24, 2024

Bitfarms Settles Takeover Row With Riot Platforms, Co-founder Departs

Riot Platforms and Bitfarms have reached an agreement that seems to have placed the former's hostile takeover attempts on hold for now.

International Business Times · Sep 24, 2024

Arcane season 2's official soundtrack has been revealed, and I'm already convinced it'll take the number #1 spot on my 2024 Spotify Wrapped list

Arcane season 2's original album sounds like it's going to emotionally ruin me, and I've only heard one song so far.

TechRadar · Sep 12, 2024

RIOT Blockchain On a Rampage: BitFarms Calls Out RIOTs Attempts to Centralize Bitcoin Mining

In the cut-throat arena of Bitcoin mining, Bitfarms and Riot Platforms Inc. are upping the ante. Bitfarms has sealed a $175 million deal to acquire ...

International Business Times · Sep 6, 2024

Arcane season 2's epic new trailer puts Piltover on the warpath with Zaun, but it still doesn't answer my biggest question about the Netflix show's return

The award-winning series' latest trailer teases all-out war, new characters, and Vi's showdowns with Jinx and Warwick.

TechRadar · Sep 5, 2024

Riot and Wargaming vets kick off narrative universe with turn-based sci-fi RPG with deckbuilding elements, and it's coming to Steam next month

Dark Sky has you deckbuilding to save a planet from ruin

GamesRadar · Aug 21, 2024

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Player One · Aug 12, 2024

Riot's 2XKO Alpha Lab Test Showcases New Details of Upcoming Fighting Game

Riot Games' newest title, 2XKO, is currently having its Alpha Lab test that shows a glimpse of what players can expect at launch.

GamesRadar · Aug 6, 2024

After being denied his "pretty" reward, League of Legends world champion sneaks his favorite character into his commemorative cosmetic

Keria's Bard is hiding a cute easter egg

Tom’s Guide · Aug 4, 2024

I may never play on PC again now that my favorite shooter is on PS5

We take a hands-on look at Riot Game's translation of the first-person shooter Valorant from PC to consoles

Tom’s Guide · Aug 3, 2024

Valorant is now out on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S as beta ends

Riot Games announced this week that Valorant is officially out of beta on consoles.

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Windows Central · Aug 2, 2024

VALORANT launches on Xbox straight out of beta, complete with sweet Game Pass perks and benefits

GamesRadar · Aug 2, 2024

Surprise! Valorant is out now on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 after just 1 week in open beta: "We are so excited to be welcoming this brand new audience"

It's time to dive in, console players

PC Gamer · Aug 1, 2024

Spectre Divide is Counter-Strike for the aim-down-sights generation, and it's so fun I can't stop thinking about it: 'We hope our game becomes your next 10,000-hour obsession'

A 3v3 tactical FPS where everyone controls two bodies: It's weird, but it works.

PC Gamer · Jul 22, 2024

Heads up, Arcane fans: Riot's released a new season two teaser, and preorders are up for the fancy Blu-ray of season one

50 seconds of Heimerdinger and Ekko in an air vent? I'll take it.

TechRadar · Jul 22, 2024

New Arcane season 2 clip revives beloved team-up from the hit Netflix show's first outing, and fans want them to star in a spin-off

A new teaser for Arcane season 2 shows Heimerdinger and Ekko sneaking into a lab owned by... Heimerdinger.

Windows Central · Jul 16, 2024

The newest VALORANT patch lets you bet on esports matches, fixes aim assist on console, and makes Abyss less annoying

Riot Games has released VALORANT's 9.01 patch update across Windows PC and console with plenty of fixes and new esports features.

PC Gamer · Jul 10, 2024

Riot was working on a Smash Bros-style fighting game, but MultiVersus helped convince it to pull the plug

The League of Legends-based brawler was codenamed Pool Party.

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