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Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street Steps Down From Executive Producer Role at Riot Games MMO Project

March 8, 2023 Omer Altay Comments

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 [...]

Riot Games Source Codes Compromised In A Social Engineering Attack

January 27, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

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 [...]

Riot Games Files Motion To Scrap Sponsorship Deal With Failed Crypt Company FTX

December 19, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

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 [...]

Riot Games Snaps Up Wargaming Sydney To Help With Its Live-Service Games

October 19, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Riot Games is the proud owner of a brand new studio as it buys out Wargaming Sydney which had previously been helping its parent company with development on World of Tanks and World of Warships. The studio also happens to be one of Australia’s oldest and largest video game developers and has been in operation for the past 25 years. [...]

Riot Games Promises $50K And Support For Winners Of Its Online Inclusivity Design Challenge

October 7, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

Riot Games isn’t exactly the first video game company that comes to mind when you think about inclusivity. In fact, it’s even come under fire several times over the past few years for its toxic office culture including a bombshell of an expose that exposed rampant sexual harassment and discrimination within its walls. The company, however, is looking to show [...]

Riot Games Confirms 2D Tag Team Fighter Project L Will Be Free-To-Play

August 3, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Before Valorant became popular, Riot Games was known for one game and one game only – League of Legends. Over the past few years, the studio has been taking advantage of the MOBA’s immense popularity and milking the IP for all it’s worth with several spinoffs, such as Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and League of Legends Wild Rift, and [...]

Riot Games Kicks Off A 10-Week Event In All League Of Legend Games Tomorrow

July 13, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Riot Games is running a 10-week event in all three of its League of Legends games featuring skins and other in-game goodies based on the IP’s Star Guardian parallel universe. The Star Guardians are a group of high school girls tasked with protecting the universe from cosmic threats and enemies. The event kicks off tomorrow, July 14th in the original [...]

Riot Games’ Greg Street Says That Unannounced MMO ‘Will Be A Good Final Act’

April 12, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Riot Games’ unannounced MMORPG will probably be the last major franchise that Executive Producer Greg Street will be working on as he revealed on his personal Twitter page. In his tweet, Street admits that there’s no guarantee that the MMORPG will come out since it’s still in the early stages of development, but if it does, he says that it [...]

Hytale

February 21, 2022 E Tay Comments

Hytale is a sandbox fantasy game where players can shape the world block by block. Create custom minigames, go on adventures with friends, and create the world of your dreams! [singlepic id=80150 w=428 h=240 float=none] Publisher: Riot Games Playerbase: TBD Type: Sandbox MMO Release Date: 2023 (planned) Pros: +Shape the world around you. +Powerful creator tools. +Competitive and cooperative gameplay. [...]

Valorant Game Director Leaves Position To Work On A New Unannounced Title

January 4, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

Valorant Game Director Joe Ziegler has left the dev team for Riot Games’ popular online tactical shooter to work on a different unnamed project for the studio. According to Ziegler’s farewell message, he will be replaced by Senior Director Andy Ho who has been working with Riot for more than a decade. “After eight years of working on Valorant, building [...]

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