Riot’s LoL MMO goes darkish for “a number of years”

The League of Legends-themed MMORPG that Riot has been creating for a number of years shall be “resetting” and transferring in a brand new course. Meaning, the corporate says, that we gained’t be listening to about it once more for fairly a while – probably a number of years.

Riot cofounder and chief product officer Marc Merrill made the announcement on X (previously Twitter), explaining why the League of Legends MMO recreation wanted a change after all.

“The preliminary imaginative and prescient simply wasn’t completely different sufficient from what you possibly can play at present,” Merrill explains. “We don’t imagine you all need an MMO that you simply’ve performed earlier than with a Runeterra coat of paint; to actually do justice to the potential of Runeterra and to satisfy the extremely excessive expectations of gamers all over the world, we have to do one thing that really appears like a major evolution of the style.”

Fabrice Condominas, who beforehand labored at EA and BioWare, shall be taking the reins as the brand new govt producer for the mission, whereas former govt producer Vijay Thakkar shall be taking over a brand new function as technical director.

A 12 months in the past, Merrill reassured followers that Riot’s MMO was nonetheless on observe when former Riot VP Greg Avenue introduced he was leaving the corporate. On the time, Merrill expressed confidence within the recreation’s course, whereas emphasizing that it was nonetheless very early in improvement – far too early for any speak of launch dates.

This newest announcement definitely pushes the window again considerably, however it feels like the precise transfer for Riot to make: MMOs are plentiful at present however are broadly caught in mechanical ruts, and having a Runeterra MMO observe in these well-worn footsteps would likely be a significant letdown.

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