TwinIon Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 To celebrate League of Legends' 10th anniversary, Riot announced a whole slew of stuff. Some of it is farther along that others, but it was quite a blowout. The one I'm personally most interested in is the new collectable card game called Legends of Runeterra. They seem to have gone the opposite direction from Artifact and made a card game that is much more instantly digestible and with a very kind free to play business model. The gameplay seems like something between Hearthstone and Magic, and from a very quick glance it seems pretty straightforward. If the execution is there, I can see it gaining a real following. There are a few ways to unlock cards, but most don't involve any kind of packs. You can earn or purchase "wildcards" that allow you to unlock whatever card you want of the appropriate rarity. This one feels pretty far along, with beta access already rolling out and a bunch of streams already on twitch. They announced Project F, a game that looks to be a dungeon crawler of sorts that was only shown very briefly. Project A is another game, early in development, which looks like a tactical shooter somewhere between Overwatch and CS. Their 2D fighter is thus far called Project L. It's been in development "for some time" but "still has a long way to go." Probably the biggest announcement for many is that League itself will be coming to mobile in a version called Wild Rift. It won't support crossplay with the desktop version, but there will be shared rewards with the desktop version. Also announced is a League of Legends anime series called Arcane. The series will be streamed on an existing service which has yet to be announced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 I still have friends that work there and they are doing a LOT of creative development with the I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Is one of the games “Fart in the face of your employees simulator”? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 I'm really surprised it took them this long to expand the LoL IP. I've haven't played League in years, but the lore is rich, and it has a huge and devoted fanbase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 21 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: Is one of the games “Fart in the face of your employees simulator”? I’m hoping one of the card mechanics allows you to sexually harass your opponent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 LoL has great lore. If they went into the MMO market with that lore they would have the best chance at becoming the next WoW. At the very least it could rise to the popularity of FFXIV. I am not too excited about titles they have shown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Riot Games is reading the “how to become Blizzard 2.0?” strategy guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 1 minute ago, ManUtdRedDevils said: Riot Games is reading the “how to become Blizzard 2.0?” strategy guide. They already got the "get owned by china" part down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkness35 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 18 minutes ago, ManUtdRedDevils said: Riot Games is reading the “how to become Blizzard 2.0?” strategy guide. Someone's gotta fill that cold void that Blizzard left after its gaping ass got penetrated by China's money dick. Riot's next into that gloryhole slot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 The only thing I'm excited to see about these is that the graphics can live up to the art style of the game. LoL looks like ass and doesn't do any of the character designs justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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