Whereas it has been well-known that League of Legends and Valorant developer Riot Video games is engaged on an MMORPG primarily based on its MOBA’s world, the studio has been extremely quiet in regards to the title’s standing. Talking with Recreation File’s Stephen Totilo, Riot Video games chief product officer and co-founder Marc Merrill indicated that growth continues to be underway, and goes nicely.
“Oh yeah,” mentioned Merrill when requested whether or not an MMORPG was nonetheless worthwhile for Riot. “And it’s in all probability the challenge I personally spend essentially the most time on as nicely.”
Merrill went on to speak in regards to the difficulties with making an MMORPG, particularly for the reason that market is essentially dominated by juggernauts like World of Warcraft and Last Fantasy 14. He describes Riot as the corporate greatest suited to tackle the difficult process.
“Riot’s precisely the kind of firm that ought to go after these forms of alternatives if we’re making an attempt to make it higher for the participant,” mentioned 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 challenge. 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 primarily based on the world of Runeterra. Dubbed 2XKO, the sport shall be free-to-play, and is in growth for PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S. The roster consists of Champions like Jinx, Braum and Illaoi.
