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Lessons learned guiding Riot Games through a cultural crisis

At a time of cultural crisis for many companies, CEO Nicolo Laurent shares his experiences from the ongoing evolution of Riot Games

July 27, 2020 Nicolo Laurent

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Riot Games creative director leaves to focus on indie book publishing

Jason Killingsworth will now focus on growing the company behind Dark Souls book You Died

July 21, 2020 James Batchelor

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Riot Games exec Ron Johnson resigns following inflammatory George Floyd Facebook post

Johnson exercised "really poor judgement" says Riot CEO Nicolo Laurent

June 12, 2020 Ivy Taylor

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Riot Games exec placed on leave for Facebook post blaming George Floyd's death on "criminal lifestyle"

Riot: "The sentiment in that image is directly counter to our belief that addressing systemic racism requires immediate societal change"

June 10, 2020 Rebekah Valentine

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League of Legends putting ads on the playfield

Viewers of official esports matches will see Mastercard, Alienware, other brands featured on in-game banners

May 26, 2020 Brendan Sinclair

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Riot Games' Social Impact Fund has raised $10m so far

So far, the fund has provided $8 million in grands and funding to over 50 nonprofits

May 12, 2020 Rebekah Valentine

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A year of Riot's diversity and inclusivity efforts mean it now employs 1% more women

And US operations have 1% more underrepresented minorities

May 7, 2020 James Batchelor

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Riot "can't solve society" but commits to combatting player abuse in Valorant

"Harassment and bullying in games is not a status quo I'm comfortable accepting," says executive producer

May 7, 2020 James Batchelor

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Riot "looking into long-term solutions" to fight toxicity in Valorant

Both the game's executive director and a UX designer say they've been harassed in game's solo queue mode

April 28, 2020 Rebekah Valentine

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Riot Games cancels League of Legends MSI

Previously delayed by two months, the 2020 Mid-Seasonal Invitational has now been cancelled

April 24, 2020 Press Release

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Riot Games to open new studio in Singapore

Company's second Asia branch will also be headed up by Nathan Beemer

April 23, 2020 Rebekah Valentine

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Riot Games offering up to $100,000 for Valorant exploits and security concerns

League of Legends publisher increases rewards in its Bug Bounty program, which has paid out $2 million to date

April 20, 2020 James Batchelor

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Riot acquires Hypixel

League of Legends maker was already an early investor in the developer of upcoming sandbox game Hytale

April 16, 2020 Brendan Sinclair

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Riot Games lays out prize pools, no blood rule for Valorant esports

New shooter will cap prize pools at $10k for small tournaments, and $50k at medium tournaments

April 16, 2020 Matthew Handrahan

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League of Legends players raised $6m for charities they'll pick

Players will vote to determine which nonprofits the money raised in their region will support

April 10, 2020 Rebekah Valentine

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Valorant breaks Twitch single-day viewership records

It also ties League of Legends, Fortnite for concurrent viewership record

April 8, 2020 Rebekah Valentine

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League of Legends: The art of balance

Summoner's Rift team manager John Frank discusses the intricacies of balancing one of the world's most successful competitive titles

March 26, 2020 Ivy Taylor

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Microsoft Build conference, DOTA and League of Legends esports among latest events to be cancelled

UPDATE: Dota Pro Circuit major and minor tournaments cancelled, GWENT World Masters and PUBG Mobile Leagues postponed

March 16, 2020 James Batchelor

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Riot takes its licensing game up a league

Hire of Disney and Nickelodeon vet Ron Johnson coincides with increased focus on external partners for consumer products

Jan. 29, 2020 Brendan Sinclair

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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: The (Doom) Eternal cycle of crunch

Latest episode also discusses allegations against Riot in class-action lawsuit, Paradox's subscription experiment, and tossing coins to Witchers

Jan. 27, 2020 GamesIndustry.biz Staff

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Women suing Riot Games may be entitled to $400m not $10m

Two state regulators attempt to intervene with gender discrimination class action lawsuit in plaintiffs' favour

Jan. 22, 2020 Ivy Taylor

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Why the traditional product lifecycle “maybe doesn't apply” to League of Legends

After ten years, League of Legends is still one of the most popular games on earth and Riot Games is riding that wave into new spaces

Jan. 17, 2020 Ivy Taylor

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Riot Games' publishing label expands LoL universe with two new games

Riot Forge is working with third-party studios on a turn-based RPG and an action platformer

Dec. 13, 2019 Matthew Handrahan

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Riot Games reveals new publishing label, Riot Forge

Riot Forge to work with outside studios to create new games in the League of Legends universe

Dec. 5, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Riot Games to pay out $10m to former employees in gender discrimination settlement

Total will be spread across up to around 1,000 former women employees

Dec. 2, 2019 Rebekah Valentine