Last night, my Twitter channel was very baffled about Riot Games announcing a League Of Legends MMO. However, this emotion does not come from the revelation itself, but was revealed more as it was. There was no marketing strategy or an attractive trailer, no; a Riot executive published it by chance.
I bet your public relations department has a field day.
“My recent job at Riot has been to help develop the League universe, which we will need!” vice president of IP and entertainment Greg Street posted. “It simply came to our notice then. My new job is to start a great game (some might say massive) that many of you and many riot police have asked us to create. “
It was probably enough of a mockery that he said it was “massive,” which made fans jump at his mentions and ask important questions.
“Tell me now … IS IT AN MMO?” Asked “@RichelleLOL”. “Will I be able to choose my waifu’s clothes and hairstyle ?!”
It’s an MMO
– Greg Street (@Ghostcrawler) December 18, 2020
Great, great, just announce it right there.
Greg Street was the chief systems designer for World Of Warcraft at Blizzard for five years before moving to Riot, so it makes sense that he was aware of his MMO.
Riot told PCGamer that, yes, this is something they are doing: “Greg’s tweet is our only official statement at the moment. I can confirm that you will be working on a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). “
No specific details about this MMO have been shared yet, but it is understood that it will be set in the League Of Legends universe, Runeterra. Street mentions that they are hiring for the game right now, so it may be a while before we have more information.
The riots seem quite determined to destroy a game in as many genres as they can right now. For the past two years, they have launched the card game Legends Of Runeterra, the native fighter Teamfight Tactics and the first-person shooter Valorant. They’re then working on a LoL sports manager, a mysterious multiplayer game, a fighting game, the Conv / rgence monobloc platform game, and a turn-based Ruined King RPG to boot.
They also have a pretty successful virtual pop group and a cartoon series underway.