Riot's League of Legends is set for its biggest overhaul yet, with the League Next update planned for 2027, reworking visuals, tech, and new-player onboarding.
I’ve never played League (not my thing) but I feel like Riot has squandered a few opportunities along the way.
Arcane was more of a back story, but I think they should have released some kind of Jinx-centric game, or some kind of Jinx package to celebrate the anime. As I understand it, there are a few dozen Legends and Jinx is just one of them, and her play style may not match up with every fan of Arcane, so maybe some kind of spinoff game instead?
Also, My Hero Academia threw a shout out to League a couple years ago when two of the villains talked about playing League together (Spinner, the ninja turtle looking dude; and Shigaraki, the main villain). (The manga only said they play games; I don’t think it name dropped League, but the fans kind of assumed it and the anime rolled with that.) So, a crossover event would have brought in some new players.
Though, I’m sure their numbers are good enough, they don’t need to appeal to anime fans, but anime has reached out to them a couple times and it just seems like money left on the table. I know my wife would have gotten into League if she could play as Shigaraki.
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I’ve never played League (not my thing) but I feel like Riot has squandered a few opportunities along the way.
Arcane was more of a back story, but I think they should have released some kind of Jinx-centric game, or some kind of Jinx package to celebrate the anime. As I understand it, there are a few dozen Legends and Jinx is just one of them, and her play style may not match up with every fan of Arcane, so maybe some kind of spinoff game instead?
Also, My Hero Academia threw a shout out to League a couple years ago when two of the villains talked about playing League together (Spinner, the ninja turtle looking dude; and Shigaraki, the main villain). (The manga only said they play games; I don’t think it name dropped League, but the fans kind of assumed it and the anime rolled with that.) So, a crossover event would have brought in some new players.
Though, I’m sure their numbers are good enough, they don’t need to appeal to anime fans, but anime has reached out to them a couple times and it just seems like money left on the table. I know my wife would have gotten into League if she could play as Shigaraki.
They’ve been doing plenty of League side games.
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?category1=998&supportedlang=english&publisher=Riot+Forge
Looks like they are all from different developers though, so they must be licencing out their IP. I had only heard of 2 of them. Huh there’s even an Ekko game, I had no idea.
Riot really should promote these League games better.