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There's a good chance we're getting more K/DA soon, as the League of Legends superstars register a new song

We haven't had a new K/DA song, or, in fact, heard anything from the elite League of Legends girl group for years - hopefully that's going to change, and soon. There is a new registration with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) by a band called K/DA for a track named 'Watch [...]

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2XKO's shutdown has me feeling glum about Riot's future MMOβ€”because I don't think the genre can survive corporate cut-and-run tactics

I find myself pretty gloomy about the shutdown of 2XKOβ€”but not because I'll miss it on a personal level. I don't have the mental bandwidth to training-montage myself into a serious fighting game player other than a few stints with Guilty Gear: Strive, but I did have a reasonable time messing around with 2XKO during its...

1 week ago πŸ‘ 31
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Daredevil Mains Are Officially The Most Toxic Players In Marvel Rivals

Marvel Rivals has a reputation for a few things, one of which being a fairly toxic community. It's not League of Legends levels just yet, but I myself run into a game that has someone rage baiting or slinging slurs in the chat on a semi-regular basis. A lot of that is down to NetEase's lackluster moderation, though it...

1 week ago πŸ‘ 40
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League of Legends Classic patch 2 has no new champions, but adding more is Riot's top priority

It's almost time for League of Legends Classic patch 2, and who better to walk us through it than Game Designer David 'Phreak' Turley, who's been with Riot Games basically since day one of the MOBA, all the way back in 2009. The next League Classic update will not have any new champions in it, [...]

1 week ago πŸ‘ 39
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Riot Games to end LoL fighting game 2XK0's development and issue refunds, less than a year since launch

Active development on 2XKO - the free-to-play fighting game from Riot Games - will end in December. This comes not even a year after the game's full release in January, as the company doesn't see "a path toward sustainability". Read more

1 week ago πŸ‘ 32
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Riot Game Development Permanently Shutting Down in December 2026

Riot Games has confirmed the end of active development for one of its games in December 2026, although it is not all bad news. In short, the company has revealed that the League of Legends fighting game 2XKO has not retained enough players to keep the game profitable, and so it's closing the door on this chapter. As of...

1 week ago πŸ‘ 30
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Riot is ending development of its 2XKO fighting game

Six months after laying off approximately 80 developers because "overall momentum hasn't reached the level needed to support a team of this size long term," Riot Games has announced that it is ending development of its fighting game 2XKO. Servers for online play will remain available and the game is also playable offli...

1 week ago πŸ‘ 30
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Active development on League of Legends fighting game spinoff 2XKO will be coming to an end at the end of the year

Riot Games' fighting game take on the world of League of Legends, 2XKO, is winding down development. The developer shared word today that active development on the game is ending December this year, citing a lack of a strong enough adoption and retention rate for the fighting game. Read more

1 week ago πŸ‘ 23
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League of Legends ranked guide - LoL ranks in order, distribution, and MMR

There's only one real way to challenge yourself in League of Legends: ranked. If you want to become the next Unkillable Demon a la King Lee 'Faker' Sang-hyeok, you'll want to know everything about MMR, how rank decays at high level, and the general rank distribution - yes, it's okay if you're sitting in either [...]

1 week ago πŸ‘ 29
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League of Legends YouTuber unearths the original investor pitch from when the game was called Onslaught: War of the Immortals

"Built like a brick wall on roids." That's the passive ability Lee Sinβ€”err, Xizun, the blind monk, used to have in League of Legends, which itself used to be a very different-looking game called Onslaught: War of the Immortals. It certainly looks like a game that was pitched the same year Finger Eleven's "Paralyzer" wa...

2 weeks ago πŸ‘ 31
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Caps becomes League of Legends' next Hall of Legends entry, and it's about time

It's that time of year again, folks: Riot is officially adding another League of Legends pro to the illustrious Hall of Legends (think hall of fame in sports). First it was T1's Lee 'Faker' Sang-hyeok, in a shock to absolutely no one. Then, it was former EDward Gaming ADC, Jian 'Uzi' Zi-Hao. There was a [...]

2 weeks ago πŸ‘ 31
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Legends never die: League of Legends in 2026

If League of Legends and I were in a relationship on Facebook, it'd be labeled 'it's complicated.' It's been seven years of turmoil: of falling out, then back in again; of frustration and passion; of love and hate. To quote the immortal words of Katy Perry: "we're hot and we're cold." At least she's been [...]

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