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Shortly after Bandai Namco announced layoffs, League of Legends developer, Riot Games, decided to follow suit. Riot’s co-founder, Marc Merrill, broke the news on X (formerly Twitter). In the statement, Merrill states the League of Legends team is looking at the franchise’s long-term potential.  “As part of these changes, we’ve made the tough decision to eliminate some roles. This isn’t about reducing headcount to save money—it’s about making sur…

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Riot Games has announced it will be laying off an unknown number of developers from the League of Legends PC development team, while simultaneously pledging to increase the size of the League of Legends team.In a post to X/Twitter today, Riot Games co-founder Marc Merrill shared "An Update on How We're Evolving League" in which he announced the layoffs, explaining that this "isn't about reducing headcount to save money." Instead, the layoffs are…

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Riot Lays off More League of Legends Developers While Promising to Increase Team Size

In an unsurprising turn of events, Riot Games has announced yet more layoffs. The layoffs directly affected those working on the League of Legends team, and they were reportedly done to help "evolve League," as Marc Merrill, Co-Founder of Riot Games, stated. According to the update, these layoffs weren't done in an effort to save money, but instead, "it's about making sure we have the right expertise so that League continues to be great for anot…

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Riot Games Lays Off More Staff, Making It The Second Round of Layoffs This Year

Riot Games co-founder Marc Merrill has announced that an unknown number of League of Legends team members will be laid off. Read more...

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Riot Games announces layoffs to its League of Legends development team

The company strives to constantly improve the gameplay so that League of Legends remains in demand for at least another decade and a half. Riot Games has made layoffs from the League of Legends team, according to Mark Merrill, one of the studio's founders. According to Merrill, these staffing changes will allow Riot Games to improve the quality of League of Legends gameplay in the long run. He's... The post “Efficiency is more important than siz…

Компания стремится постоянно совершенствовать геймплей, чтобы League of Legends оставалась востребованной еще как минимум полтора десятилетия. Riot Games провела сокращения в составе команды League of Legends, как сообщил один из основателей студии, Марк Меррилл. По мнению Меррилла, эти кадровые изменения позволят Riot Games улучшить качество игрового процесса в League of Legends в долгосрочной перспективе. Он... The post «Эффективность важнее р…

«Эффективность важнее размера»: Riot Games провели сокращение команды разработчиков League of Legends не с целью экономии средств

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“Efficiency is more important than size”: Riot Games reduced the League of Legends development team not to save money

The developer is conducting layoffs across its League of Legends team in preparation for the 'next phase' of the (almost) 15-year-old MOBA.

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Riot Games lays off staff to 'solve challenges and build for the future'

UPDATE 11.01pm: A Riot Games spokesperson has confirmed to Eurogamer that today's layoffs will impact 32 employees. 27 roles have been cut on the League of Legends team, plus a further five roles in publishing. "Rioters who were laid off will have the ability to use our internal job board to apply for any open roles across the company," the spokesperson added.

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League of Legends developer Riot Games announces second round of layoffs this year

Marc “Tryndamere” Merrill, one of Riot Games’s co-founders, announced today that the company is about to lay off some workers directly connected to the League of Legends universe. On X, Tryndamere assured that this is “about changing some roles” and not because of financial problems. Read on for everything you need to know about the Riot Games layoffs. Riot Games logo (Image via Riot Games) League of Legends is a game that is 15 years old, which…

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Riot Games will advance with layoffs in the League of Legends team

Riot Games co-founder and chief product officer Marc Merrill has posted an update about how the studio is “evolving” League of Legends and making it a futureproof experience - and it involves laying off dozens of the MOBA’s developers. 
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Dozens of League of Legends developers laid off as Riot Games looks ahead to MOBA’s  “next phase”

It has been a tough year for gaming jobs, as was the year before, but it seems some companies still aren't quite ready to put the axe down. Namely, Riot Games' co-founder and chief product officer Marc Merrill shared an 'update' on the future of League of Legends. 
This update was a thinly veiled announcement of more layoffs. In the post, Merrill writes that Riot has "made the tough decision to eliminate some roles. This isn't about reducing hea…

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