Riot Games

Last summer, I reported on major studios’ valiant (but still lacking) efforts to combat toxic voice chat (of which women are often the target) in popular competitive games like Overwatch 2, Call of Duty, and Apex Legends. And though Riot…

Following the finale of the Teamfight Tactics Remix Rumble Championship yesterday, Riot Games unveiled the next set for the popular autobattler. Inkborn Chronicles introduces a fun new RNG-based gameplay mechanic called Encounters. At…

System: SwitchRelease date: February 21, 2024Developer: Lazy Bear GamesPublisher: Riot ForgeIn the wake of its tenth anniversary Riot Forge Games has taken League of Legends into some interesting places with a variety of single-player games…

Image: Riot GamesRiot Games’ upcoming fighting game set in the world of League of Legends finally has a proper name and it’s um…2XKO. Yeah, that clears things right up.The Week In Games: What’s Coming Out Beyond Mortal Kombat 1Formerly…

As 2024's big bad—Late Stage Capitalism—continues its grim rampage, some developers are looking to more innovative approaches to avoid the publishing industry’s self-sabotaging need for impossibly endless growth. Stormgate creator Frost…

Bandle Tale is an upcoming game made by Riot Forge that tells the stories of beloved Yordles. It’s coming out on February 21st, and there’s one question many fans are wondering: is Bandle Tale coming to Nintendo Switch? Keep reading to…

We’re not even a month through 2024 and it’s looking to be a rough year for the games industry. Massive developer and publisher Riot Games, home to League of Legends and Valorant, announced today it has laid off 530 employees or roughly…

Photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images)Activision Blizzard has been the subject of scrutiny for several years now, due to its widely criticized “Boys’ Club” corporate culture of sleazy shenanigans. And now, late on a Friday evening just before…

Epic Games sued Google over anti-competitive practices and won. A jury in the in the Epic v. Google case delivered a swift verdict, concluding that the giant tech firm was operating an illegal monopoly on Android devices in the form of the…

Image: Marvel / Capcom / Nintendo / Game Awards / KotakuAnd so the dust settles on another Game Awards. Geoff Keighley’s annual trailer-a-thon once again included some game awards shoved in between all the ads and teasers. If you want to…