Riot Games’ senior director of esports operations Raul Fernandez spoke about those challenges during the League Championship Series Summer finals last weekend stating that Riot Games were “trying to find their footing” and “a way to refresh our league” in light of declining viewership numbers, according to Axios.

“It’s been an interesting year for esports across the globe, but despite the hardships at Riot, we’re very much excited for the future and potential of esports, especially for the LCS,” Fernandez said, per Dot Esports.

“I just wanted to make it very loud and clear that the LCS is in a very healthy position financially because of this sustained and continued support from both external partners, the team side, from sponsors, as well as internally.”

The rise of live-streaming and an esports streaming platform hasn’t turned the tide as the LCS Summer finals saw a 21.8% drop in peak viewership compared to the LCS Spring finals, according to Esports Charts.

The troubling trends have been a focus for esports journalists covering the industry and Fernandez said one of the biggest challenges is the “complexity” of League of Legends. The report goes on to note that continuous updates and an expanded roster of characters “has made it hard for Riot games to sell in-game items themed to top players or teams” pointing to the choice for fans of the competition.

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“Needless to say, we won’t pay,” Riot said in the statement.  “While this attack disrupted our build environment and could cause issues in the future, most importantly we remain confident that no player data or player personal information was compromised.”

Riot Games continued by saying that it’s been working to assess the leak’s impact on anticheat as “any exposure of source code can increase the likelihood of new cheats emerging.” The company added that “experimental features” were also exposed, saying that “most of this content is in prototype and there’s no guarantee it will ever be released.”

Riot Games first announced the hack back on January 20th, saying it was a “social engineering attack.”

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According to researcher Molly White via Twitter, the company attributed the decision to FTX’s filing for bankruptcy.

“There is simply no way for FTX to cure the reputational harm already caused to Riot as a result of the highly public disrepute wrought by the debacle preceding FTX’s bankruptcy filing. FTX cannot turn back the clock and undo the damage inflicted on Riot in the wake of its collapse,” Riot Games said, reportedly.

The two sides initially partnered up via an advertising deal in 2021 which would see Riot Games promote FTX’s brand in connection with its esports circuit, the League of Legends Championship series.

FTX owed Riot $12.5 million but so far has only covered $6.2 million of that balance during 2022, and in 2023 FTX would need to pay $12,875,000, with payments continuing to grow until the year 2028.

Riot Games also noted their criticism of the fall of FTX and arrest of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried as among the reasons that they decided to end the deal.

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Additionally, Wargaming will still own and develop the BigWorld server technology.

Molly Mason-Boule, Riot’s head of development studios, will oversee the newly renamed developer.

“We are really excited to bring these talented developers and teams to Riot,” said co-founder and president of games Marc Merrill.

“The Rioters that have had the opportunity to work with members of the Sydney team are confident not only in the tech they’ve built over the years but, more importantly, in the people who’ve built it.”

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Since then, we found out that the first was ‘Valorant’, and the second, which is “a project that explores the possibilities of traversing the world of Runeterra with your friends,” has yet to be formally unveiled.

Lastly is the fighting game that is set in the League of Legends universe, and was showed off this past weekend.

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The deal expands on the existing partnership with Riot Games, and is aimed at enhancing the broadcasts of the CBLOL and CBLOL Academy, using real-time statistics to ‘positively impact viewers who enjoy the games week by week’.

“2020 was a year where we were able to expand our technology to every corner of the planet, and many broadcast teams were able to recognize the value and quality of our services for the development of their professional competitions” Pablo Diaz-Muñoz, CEO of Barracks said in an official press release.

“This alliance with CBLOL only reaffirms our commitment to the professionalisation of esports in the region, and why not, worldwide”

“The partnership with Barracks allows CBLOL to bring more statistics and content produce possibilities for the audience” Fernando Svevo, Broadcast Manager at Riot Games in Brazil added. “It’s the next step in the CBLOL evolution.”

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While the new mode does not currently have a title, it is designed  “for when you absolutely need to get a game in 20 minutes or less”.

TJ Bourus, product lead for Teamfight Tactics laid out the laid out the details for the new mode in a Riot livestream saying that it is still “TFT, but a bit simpler and much faster”.

For those looking for something more immediate, Teamfight Tactics is getting the Fates mid-set later month, which adds a new ranked stage, champions (Aurelion Sol and Swain return), traits and little legends.

You can check out the TFT video below:

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Here is the list –

1. TenZ
2. DOINKMACHINE97
3. Cryocells
4. BcJ
5. ELV Exalt
6. 100T Asuna
7. SEN Sick
8. ELV Bankroft
9. BBG Will
10. GenG Shawn

The last ranked leaderboard of the year is here. Are you on it? pic.twitter.com/XSB4CvwuHp

— VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) December 22, 2020

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Ninja posted the following on his official Twitter page:

Valorant currently unplayable. nothing but DC’s in Ranked and Customs, not to mention cheaters in high elo matches constantly. Sova silent ULT glitch, Cypher ult breaks ur ear drums. Really hoping for some hot fixes ASAP

— NinjaInnit (@Ninja) October 1, 2020

Ninja’s tweet brought on a variety of comments, with many agreeing with him while pointing out that they have had similar experiences, and others claiming that the issues aren’t that bad.

Riot Games has been working hard at policing cheating in VALORANT, and have promised a new patch that will be rolling out to address some of the problems players have been experiencing with the game.

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The deal marks Doc’s first partnership since his departure from Twitch, due to being banned, and his arrival on YouTube last week.

Rogue Company appears to be setup to compete with Riot Games’ popular tactical shooter Valorant, which has seen incredible success, particularly on streaming platforms such as Twitch.

Rogue Company, which is still in closed beta, is also partnered with Twitch, and is dropping beta codes for viewers who watch content creators playing the game.

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With the deal, Buffalo Wild Wings will bring live-streamed esports events to their sports-restaurant chain.

“As esports viewership and participation continues to grow, aligning with the most watched esport in North America is an important step toward giving our guests the best gameday experience possible – across all sports” Brandon Gill, Director of Experience and Gaming at Buffalo Wild Wings said in a statement.

“Whether joining us on location or enjoying wings at home, League of Legends and LCS fans now have a go-to sports bar for match day.”

“We are always looking to extend our sport, competitive events and athletes in unique ways and to new audiences” Matthew Archambault, Head of NA Partnerships & Business Development at Riot Games stated. “Buffalo Wild Wings continues to bring fans closer to the excitement and atmosphere of live sports. And, we’re eager to deliver the first sports bar partnership in esports to our fans, especially as things really start to heat up within the LCS.”

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Per the report, the global deals council will come with a new internal deal tracker that will provide company-wide transparency for all business development and sponsorship deals occurring in Riot’s global operation, and will feature representatives from the Global Esports team, Riot’s social impact division Karma, and its legal and diversity and inclusion teams.

The council will ultimately answer to Riot Games’ senior Vice President Mark Sottosanti and head of corporate and business development Brian Cho.

“The intent is for all of us to have a voice to raise a flag and for that to be followed through on,” Riot president Dylan Jadeja told employees on a company-wide call Thursday last week. “That team, that department, will also be responsible for formalizing and reinforcing the deal evaluation framework.”

“We’re not going to comment on specifics of an internal conversation,” Riot spokesperson Joe Hixson said in a statement issued on the same day. “We’re in the process of reevaluating our internal processes to make sure nothing like this happens again.”

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Both are expected to arrive on the Summoner’s Rift in Patch 10.14 which is due out later this week.

Lillia will be League of Legends 149th champion, while the “masked assassin” is rumored to be Yasuo’s brother Yone and will arrive alongside Lillia.

“Our upcoming dreamy jungler and masked assassin are both likely to appeal to players looking for more novel experiences, and will require a pretty heavy investment to get over the initial learning curve,” Riot Games stated (h/t Dexerto).

“While we’re confident that mastering these two new champions [expected to arrive together later this week] will be worth the effort, there will likely be some bonus ‘feels bad’ feels too, especially in comparison to simpler future champion releases.”

“We don’t want players to worry about us releasing new/updated champs that consistently dominate like they have in the recent past,” they said. The ability to take a longer-term approach should mitigate this, they added.

“Without a pressure to make these champs win at the same rate as the rest of the champion pool at release, we can better ensure they’re not running away with games as players become more experienced on them.”

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