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Riot Games. Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in September 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill to develop League of Legends and went on to develop several spin-off games and the unrelated first-person shooter game Valorant.
The League Championship Series ( LCS) is the top level of professional League of Legends in the United States and Canada. The esports league is run by Riot Games and has eight franchise teams. Each annual season of competition is divided into two splits, spring and summer, which conclude with a double-elimination tournament between the top teams.
On 18 February 2011, Tencent acquired a majority of equity interest (92.78%) [47] in Riot Games, developer of League of Legends, for about US$230 million. Tencent had already held 22.34% of the equity interest out of a previous investment in 2008. On 16 December 2015, Riot Games sold its remaining equity to Tencent.
Valorant is a free-to-play first-person tactical hero shooter developed and published by Riot Games. [ 3] The game's development started in 2014 and was teased under the codename Project A in October 2019. A closed beta period began with limited access on April 7, 2020, followed by a release on June 2, 2020.
Riot Games (2013–present) Sam Hartman-Kenzler, better known by his in-game ID Kobe, is an American League of Legends sports commentator for Riot Games. He has also spent several years playing for the professional team Counter Logic Gaming. He has had one of the longest careers of a sports commentator in the North American League of Legends ...
2XKO is a 2v2 tag-team fighting game where players select two champions from the League of Legends universe. The game emphasizes strategic team play, allowing players to switch between their Point (primary) and Assist (secondary) characters using a unique tag system. [ 3] Players can move their characters using standard directional inputs.
March 1, 2013. Genre (s) MOBA. Mode (s) Multiplayer. League of Legends ( LoL ), commonly referred to as League, is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by Defense of the Ancients, a custom map for Warcraft III, Riot's founders sought to develop a stand-alone game in the same genre.
Esports. Employer. Riot Games. David Turley, better known as Phreak, is an American former League of Legends esports commentator for Riot Games. He has one of the longest careers of an esports commentator in the North American League of Legends Championship Series and has cast in several of the largest major international tournaments.