League of Legends is Coming to Mobiles, Consoles in 2020

Oct. 17, 2019

After a decade of being available exclusively to PC gamers, the cult multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game,League of Legends, is finally coming to smartphones and gaming consoles. At the 10th anniversary celebrations of the popular franchise, Los Angeles-based video game publisher, Riot Games, announced that a new game based on the League of Legends universe will soon hit mobile devices and game consoles.

AlongsideWild Rift, Riot also announced a slew of other games to be released next year. All of those, bar one, are based in theLeague of Legendsuniverse and, will feature the popular characters from the franchise. According to the company, the new titles will include a card game, a fighting game, multiplayer online battle arena game, open-world game and an e-sports simulator.

The only exception to the norm is an yet-untitled game codenamed ‘Project A’ that’s said to be a tactical shooter along the lines ofRainbow Six SiegeorCounter-Strike: Global Offensive.Talking to Washington Postabout Riot’s upcoming roster, the company’s co-founder, Marc Merrill, said:“We have the benefit of being able to be long term. We don’t have to go push out a product to meet some quarterly deadline or revenue target or whatnot”.

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