Riot Games aims to expand the formula used in the competition League of Legends and more recently in VALORANT for your most recent IPs, such as Team fighting tactics, Legends of Runeterra, or Wild Rift, the company revealed during its turns on presentation of the 11th season today.
In addition, Riot will expand its commitment to move its alloys to the long-term partnership model, commonly known as the franchise, by adding the Brazilian CBLoL to the list.
There is no doubt that the structure of the turns on esports is one of the best in the entire industry today. And this is something that Riot wants to maintain and even improve during the second decade of turns on.
“We are proud of our history, but we have just started,” said Riot. “New goal, new stars, new attitude. The next decade of turns on start now. We will continue to build a thriving and multigenerational global sport, bringing joy to billions of fans around the world. Our innovation and creativity have led to moments of competition and pop culture that resonate with a growing global audience, making League of Legends esports a continuously superior choice for sports and entertainment. “
The past year has been difficult in many facets of life, including electronic sports events. In 2020, Riot had to cancel the Mid-Season Invitational due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But Riot still managed to host 2020 turns on World Championship with relative normality, including the possibility for some fans to personally attend the finals. Despite the challenging circumstances, the World Cup ended up being a clear success, with a peak of 3,882,252 simultaneous spectators.
For the next decade, Riot wants to remain a leader in terms of electronic sports, making them even bigger and better.
The highest level of Brazilian turns on The competition, CBLoL, will also transition to Riot’s 2021 franchise model, the company announced today. However, this is not the first Riot league to adopt this format. More recently, LCK introduced its new logo and franchised league for next year. CBLoL will also receive a rebranding, as will LCS and LCK.
This means that, in recent months, Riot will have renamed three leagues and moved two to its franchise model.
Riot is also looking to expand its e-sports vision, using its experience in terms of turns on and VALORANT for your other new IPs.
Riot will therefore enter the competitive mobile gaming market, developing a new competitive structure for Wild Rift, the mobile adaptation of the turns on. “To like turns on PRAÇA, Wild Rift it is extremely competitive, with the depth, complexity and high-risk moments that make it a great sport, ”said John Needham, head of global electronic sports at Riot. “Although it is still incredibly early, we are excited to bring our passion and dedication to e-sports to the cell phone.”
Riot already has plans to compete Wild Rift in Southeast Asia, where the season will begin with several smaller and intermittent competitive events throughout March. In April, the teams will transition to eight location-specific tournament circuits, where they will compete for the title of local champion and then have the chance to play against other local champions from across Southeast Asia.
With TFT and LoR, Riot has already taken some steps to achieve a competitive structure with tournaments such as TFT World Championship. But this is something that Riot will continue to build in 2021.
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