League of Legends MMO in development, says executive

League of Legends MMO in development, says executive

It looks like the next big League of Legends game will be a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game, according to a Riot Games executive. Riot's Vice President of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Greg Street just announced a new project in a tweet to "help grow the world of League." It's a new game, ``some might say massive,'' he said in a tweet. Street, known by his nickname Ghostcrawler, is a former World of Warcraft Lead Systems Designer. So, of course, a fan must have wondered: Is Riot finally making an MMO?

It's A MMODeptember 18, 2020 And good! The globally popular MOBA is finally getting another game in its universe, and it looks great. The reveal comes a week after Riot released trailers at the Game Awards showing new projects, including an animated series, that would expand the League of Legends universe. It seems that it will also include an MMO.

Expansion of the universe ... through more games

Riot spent 2020 slowly developing games in development that would bring League of Legends gameplay to other platforms, like its mobile version League of Legends: Wild Rift, which opened up early testing and alpha releases earlier. in 2020. But the company has also announced that it will be coming to consoles via a new single-player game, an RPG spin-off called Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, which was officially revealed in October. It is scheduled for release in early 2021 on all major consoles and PC.