Whereas it has been well-known that League of Legends and Valorant developer Riot Video games is engaged on an MMORPG based mostly on its MOBA’s world, the studio has been extremely quiet in regards to the title’s standing. Talking with Sport File’s Stephen Totilo, Riot Video games chief product officer and co-founder Marc Merrill indicated that improvement continues to be underway, and goes properly.
“Oh yeah,” stated Merrill when requested whether or not an MMORPG was nonetheless worthwhile for Riot. “And it’s most likely the venture I personally spend essentially the most time on as properly.”
Merrill went on to speak in regards to the difficulties with making an MMORPG, particularly for the reason that market is basically dominated by juggernauts like World of Warcraft and Ultimate Fantasy 14. He describes Riot as the corporate finest suited to tackle the difficult job.
“Riot’s precisely the kind of firm that ought to go after these sorts of alternatives if we’re attempting to make it higher for the participant,” stated Merrill, mentioning that the world of Runeterra as envisioned within the a number of League of Legends spin-off titles, in addition to hit Netflix collection Arcane, was nonetheless a fan-favourite.
The final time we heard about Riot Video games’ MMORPG was again in 2021 when the corporate had confirmed that it was recruiting extra builders for the venture. The corporate has maintained radio silence on the topic since then.
Within the meantime, Riot Video games is getting ready to launch its preventing sport based mostly on the world of Runeterra. Dubbed 2XKO, the sport can be free-to-play, and is in improvement for PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S. The roster consists of Champions like Jinx, Braum and Illaoi.
