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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
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Riot Games
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www.riotgames.com
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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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Marc Merrill
Co-founder, Co-chairman & President of Games
Alexey Kraynov
Managing Director, APAC
Accolades
Articles featuring Riot Games
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
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021
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
Hiring Now
10 games industry jobs to apply for this week
Job vacancies from Epic Games, Respawn Entertainment, Alpha Dog Games and Riot Games
Seeking Head Of Studio
Riot Games set to open new studio in China
The League of Legends creator plans to expand its reach
Led By League
League of Legends: Wild Rift pushes Riot Games to $100 million revenue on mobile
The developer currently only has three live mobile games
One-year Anniversary
Riot Games is bringing hero shooter Valorant to mobile
14 million active players
Krongregational
Double Loop raises $8 million for its first game for unconsidered gamers
Takes total funding to $10.5 million
More Cinematic
League of Legends animated series Arcane streaming on Netflix this fall
Prepare for a visually spectacular thrill ride
New Market
Carry1st secures $6 million in Series A funding to scale mobile games in Africa
Konvoy Ventures led the investment round
You're A Winner
Legends of Runeterra picks up Mobile Game of the Year at the DICE Awards
Animal Crossing: New Horizons won Family Game of the Year
Born To Be Wild
League of Legends: Wild Rift does 3 million installs on Americas debut
It generated $285,000 that day
New Horizons
Former EA Mobile director, Forza exec and Destiny 2 project lead Carlos Sanchez joins Riot Games
Sanchez will act as senior director of game operations
Be Legendary
League of Legends: Wild Rift coming to the Americas later this month
It is already available in Asia and Europe
See You In Court
Former assistant to Riot Games CEO suing company over alleged harassment
O'Donnell claims that she was wrongfully terminated from her role for refusing to sleep with chief exec Laurent
Thank You, Next
China approves League of Legends: Wild Rift, Super Mario Party, Diablo Immortal and 30 other games
Pokémon Quest and Rayman Legends also all make the cut
Greatness Recognised
Legends of Runeterra up for Mobile Game of the Year at the DICE Awards
Animal Crossing: New Horizons recieved multiple monimations
An Imposter!
Among Us reigns supreme as the most downloaded game for December 2020
Call of Duty: Mobile saw its most installs since November 2019
Cod Tops Lot
The Game Awards 2020 mobile nominees revenue and downloads revealed
How do the top games stack up against one another?
Welcome Aboard
Riot Games welcomes Jason Bunge as its first-ever CMO
"I'm thrilled to join Riot, a company with an unwavering commitment to players and one of the leaders in gaming and entertainment"
Born To Be Wild
Riot Games is launching a regional open beta for League of Legends: Wild Rift
In Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand on October 27th
It's Getting Wild
League of Legends: Wild Rift is coming to iOS
No release date has been given
Under Investigation
Report: US government is investigating Tencent's games investments
Trump administration asking Epic and Riot about how their user data security
"positive Cultural Impact"
Former Riot and Netflix employees set up new studio Odyssey Interactive, raise $6 million
Canadian studio will aim to ship first title by end of 2021
Take Some Time
Riot is giving its employees a week off to "disconnect, recharge, and reboot"
It is putting the health of its staff first to avoid toxic crunch culture
Welcome Aboard
Improbable welcomes Chris Enock as its new head of publishing
He was the vice president of publishing at Riot
Oh Dear
Riot ends partnership with Saudi Arabia's Neom
"As a company and as a league, we know that it’s important to recognise when we make mistakes and quickly work to correct them"
Moving On
Jason Killingsworth leaves Riot Games
Has decided to focus on his publishing company, Tune and Fairweather
#blacklivesmatter
Riot executive on leave after George Floyd remarks
Consumer products boss Johnson under investigation for saying Floyd's "criminal lifestyle" played a role in his death
Minority Support
Riot is putting $10m behind minority-led studios
Firm also puts $1m behind social justice causes
Stay Healthy
Riot Games forms partnership with Crisis Text Line to battle mental health
"Suicide is a leading cause of death for people under 35 around the world"
Wild Alpha
League of Legends: Wild Rift enters alpha testing next month
Specs to run the game have increased
A Good Deed
Riot Games has raised $10 million for its Social Impact Fund so far
"This is a unique philanthropic venture fund"
Setting Up Shop
Riot Games opens new studio in Singapore
Headed up by Nathan Beemer, who also established the company's Hong Kong outfit
Checkmate
Teamfight Tactics has been downloaded 4.5 million times since launch
3.6 million came in the first seven days
A Legendary Deed
Riot Games gives $1.5 million to help coronavirus relief efforts
$400,000 will go to the Los Angeles food bank
Crossplay Enabled
Riot launches first-ever mobile game Teamfight Tactics on March 19th
80 million downloads since debuting on PC
Using Unity
Riot Games will use Unity for two upcoming projects
Legends of Runeterra and League of Legends: Wild Rift built using the engine
Courtroom Drama
Riot Games claims $10 million settlement for gender discrimination lawsuit is "fair and adequate"
Follows former employees pulling out of agreement
Courtroom Drama
Riot Games slates the $400 million figure California state claims it own its employees
The lawsuit is for alleged gender discimination
Unique Identities
Riot Forge on how to find your own unique identity as a studio
Head of studio Leanne Loombe talks finding your own path in the development world
Fan Outrage
Riot Games reveals how it "avoided backlash" when announcing mobile titles
Staff were concerned after Diablo Immortal reveal
Running Riot
Riot Games launches Riot Forge so devs can use League of Legends IP
Our characters, your game
From Devs For Devs
Social video app for gaming Bunch raises $3.85 million from Supercell, Miniclip, Riot
Industry funding for synergetic NYC startup
Mobile Moba
Riot Games goes mobile with official League of Legends game and autobattler Teamfight Tactics
Not porting League of Legends but a new game