Tough Times
2024's games industry lay-offs: The stories so far - all in one place
The second half of the year is still providing tough times. Here are all the companies that have resized, restructured and shed staff so far this year
Company Profile
Riot Games
Website
www.riotgames.com
About
Riot Games was established in 2006 with the goal of bringing what's referred to as 'Gamer's Games' to players all around the globe.
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Alexey Kraynov
Managing Director, APAC
Marc Merrill
Co-founder, Co-chairman & President of Games
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Esports World Cup
Riot Games backs Esports World Cup in Riyadh with new LoL and TFT teams
But as the EWC isn't an official LoL Esports competition Riot will not involved in production or team selection
Ramadan Kareem
Ramadan festivities unfold across mobile with a host of new content and events
We've compiled a selection of the most innovative and captivating in-game events and promotions
More Job Cuts
Riot Games Trims Workforce in new layoffs, cuts 500 jobs
Those affected will receive a minimum of six months' severance pay as well as other benefits
Valorant Valiance
Riot Games’ Social Impact Fund raises $50 million in five years for charities, education and more
Almost $15 million raised in Valorant alone in three years
Studio Seed
Krafton invests $7M in former Riot and Blizzard artist’s Studio Sai
The Seed Round comes after the success of Eternights and will support development of Sai’s next game
League Of Its Own
League of Legends: Wild Rift reaches lofty $1 billion across 111 million downloads
data.ai suggests such a milestone was reached through optimisation of touch controls and quick matches
Jobs News
August's Mobile Movers and Shakers: Anna Sweet joins Super Evil Megacorp, Rohan Premnath moves to Odeeo and more
August has seen some significant moves by some of the industry's biggest company's - here's the highlights from the last week
Event Highlights
Global trends, influencers and esports: insights from GameExpo Summit
Our first live event in Dubai delivered essential facts, figures and opinions about the worldwide game development scene (part I)
Week That Was
Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days
The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news and discuss investment vs buy out, mobile's amazing next-level ads and making dance moves for money…
Leadership Changes
Riot Games gets new CEO with leadership shake-up
The new CEO will be working to smooth Riot’s rocky road
Netease Lawsuit
Pop star Jay Chou sues NetEase for copyright infringement
Chou claims that NetEase’s latest campaign for Tianxia III led fans to believe the game had a “specific connection” to his music
Riot X Netease
Netease’s Hyper Front to shut down following Riot lawsuit
The suit alleged that Hyper Front infringed on its intellectual property
Put Players First
Are in-game ads the answer for developers? We asked Marc Merrill of Riot Games
Anzu co-founder and CEO Itamar Benedy talks to Riot Games co-founder and president of games Marc Merrill about the growing value of in-game advertising to indie and AAA developers alike
Releases
Rogue Games partners with Netflix to release Dust & Neon and Highwater
Indie publisher Rogue Games will release two of their latest on multiple platforms, including Netflix Games
2022 Highlights
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2022 Highlights
BIG Stories of 2022 - The rise and fall of China’s mobile market
The world’s biggest mobile-first market saw a tumultuous year
Riot Vs Netease
Riot aims at NetEase in latest copyright infringement claim
The suit points out similarities between Valorant and NetEase title Hyper Front
Cloud Gaming
Riot Games brings PC & mobile titles to Xbox Game Pass
MOBA giant Riot Games is bringing not only it’s PC titles such as League of Legends and Valorant to Game Pass, but it’s mobile titles too
A Helping Of Hires
Supercell starts up two new studios, with four ex-Riot employees on board
Steve Desilets, Matt Mocarsk, Maya Kylmamaa, Kevin J Bray, Candace Thomas and Charles Lee all join Supercell
Esports
Riot to refocus League of Legends: Wild Rift esports plans solely to Asia
League of Legends mobile adaptation, Wild Rift, originally was given worldwide plans for esports, however Riot Games have now said they intend to focus solely on the Asian market
Online Harms
Opinion: Riot Games and Ubisoft can’t self-police online harm
Trying to show they care about online harm is good, but the fact is that the problem can’t be solved with AI
Feature
Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days
The PocketGamer.biz team give their take on toxicity, acquisitions and the four day work week
Google Vs. Epic
Lawsuit claims Google struck a $360 million deal to prevent Activision Blizzard creating its own app store
The lawsuit claims Google has struck at least 24 deals to prevent competition
Collaborations
Riot Games and Ubisoft to collaborate in preventing toxic behaviour in games
The two companies are working together on the “Zero Harm in Comms” research project to combat online toxicity in games
Asia Pacific Market
Riot Games to no longer publish major titles through Garena in SEA
Riot Games previously published its major titles League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics through Singaporean publisher Garena, but will now produce and manage online services themselves.
Mena Data
Overview: The MENA games market is expected to be worth $5 billion by 2025
The Middle East has all the ingredients for the perfect gaming boom, with esports and web3 part of the region's growth
News
League of Legends developer Riot Games acquires Wargaming Sydney
Riot have announced their acquisition of Australian developer Wargaming Sydney, which they plan to rebrand as Riot Sydney.
A League Of Its Own
Andrei Van Roon appointed head of League Studios
A new role as League of Legends: Wild Rift hits a milestone $750 million in revenue
Funding The Future
Sprocket Games raises $5 million in funding round
The investment will support development of the company’s debut title
Successful Investment Round
Stratosphere Games raises $3 million in recent investment round
1Up Ventures, Skycatcher, and developers of League of Legends, Riot Games, invested 3 million euros in the Berlin-based development studio
Best Of 2022
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2022
The movers and the shakers of the last 12 months
Diversity Is Important
Riot Games releases 2021 diversity and inclusion report
Riot Games' diversity and inclusion report reveals a decrease in newly hired underrepresented minorities but an increase in newly hired female employees
Gender Discrimination In Gaming
Riot Games set to pay $100 million in gender discrimination suit
$80 million going to the women affected and $20 million going towards court fees
Rift Up
League of Legends: Wild Rift exceeds $500 million in lifetime revenue
The company’s mobile portfolio has exceeded $828 million to date
The Future Of Esports
Riot Games and Amazon Web Services team up on esports content
Partnership will unlock data analytics integration
Mid-year Review
Gaming investment reached $2.6 billion in Q1 2022
The industry continues to be a top growth sector
Likely More Than 5v5 Lawyers
Riot Games sues Moonton over sustained Wift Rift copyright infringement
Riot Games is again suing Shanghai Moonton Technology Company (Moonton), but this time is alleging infringement on its mobile MOBA, Wild Rift
For The Finals
One Esports partners with Riot Games for Wild Rift Champions SEA promotional campaign
Articles and a video series expected
Coca-cola Cooperation
Riot Games and Coca-Cola partner for Wild Rift mobile esports
Partnership will span over 100 countries
People Power
Voting closes at midnight for the Pocket Gamer People's Choice Award 2022
Get your players to vote for your game before the deadline!
Advancing On Apac
Riot Games to expand publishing efforts in APAC
To focus in on a region with a "strong appetite" for mobile gaming
Welcome Back
Riot Games appoints co-founder Marc Merrill as president of games
Former co-CEO will oversee current and future projects, as well as R&D
Copycat Court
Riot Games sues Imba over alleged copyright infringement
Claims I Am Hero: AFK Tactical Teamfight infringes multiple League of Legends copyright
Apple Awards
League of Legends: Wild Rift voted Apple’s iPhone Game of the Year
Marvel Future Revolution wins iPad Game of the Year
Mash Up
PUBG Mobile to add Arcane characters from Riot Games
In celebration of new League of Legends animated series
Legendary
League of Legends: Wild Rift surpasses $150 million
Took just over 1 year
Moba Cash In
Mobile MOBAs generate $300 million a month
Honor of Kings leads the way
Best Of 2021
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The movers, the shakers, and all those funky moneymakers
Investigation Underway
Update: Riot Games accused of delaying sexual discrimination and harassment investigation
The company is being investigated by the Department of Fair Housing and Employment