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Riot Games is an American video game, founded by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill in 2006. It is a publisher, developer and esports tournament organizer, best known for its popular game “League Of Legends.” Riot Games is trying to be the best game in the gaming world , building a strong presence in the market through various updates, engagement and continuous finding innovation projects.
Recent Cancellations
According to the recent update, Riot Games has canceled an unannounced project code-named Pool Party, a fighting game that comes under “League Of Legends.”
That decision also matches that of the League of Legends spinoff 2XKO, known as project L. But the two are unrelated. It is believed that 2XKO is still in active development, a 2vs2 tag-team fighting game. while Pool Party was seen as a fighter game in the vein of Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. series.
A Bigger Picture
The game was canceled in late May 2024, though it is still vague in which phase of development the game was at the time of cancellation, but it was in active development. While it feels normal that the game is canceled. But these cancellations reveal a bigger picture, almost affecting 11% of Riot’s workforce; approximately 70-80 employees were working on this project.
According to Joe Hixson, a senior comms director at Riot Games, “ We always have a number of projects in various phases of R&D, spinning projects up and down multiple times a year.”
According to a source, almost half of the team had received a resignation, While others are finding new positions through the company’s internal job boards. Still 10 workers didn’t receive any offer, were in a process of applying internally, it is said that those workers either laid off or had left the company.
MultiVersus Contribution in Cancellation
With Riot’s cancellation, According to the reports, Klimentov started suspecting that there may not be enough consumer interest in the project. This View may have come from Warner Bros’ MultiVersus beta came to an end in 2023, which the company assumed as failure and perceived that its own project may not be as viable as the original.
Conclusion
Riot’s cancellation in May, has mostly affected its workforce; almost 70-80 employees were working on that project. These cancellations may even affect the company’s functioning, but they feel that these ups and downs are trivial and common.
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