Riot Games
American video game developer
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| June 2025 | Riot Games announced the closure of Hypixel Studios and cancellation of the Hytale project after years of development. |
| 2024 | Riot Games released 'Bandle Tale', a role-playing farming simulation game by Lazy Bear Games |
| 2024 | Riot Games releases Golden Spatula, a new auto battler game for Android and iOS platforms. |
| 2024 | Collins et al. presented a workshop discussing Riot Vanguard's anti-cheat system as a potential model for balancing cheat prevention and player experience. |
| June 2024 | Console edition of Valorant released with a different version of Vanguard anti-cheat system. |
| April 11 2024 | Vanguard was introduced into League of Legends, expanding its anti-cheat coverage. |
| January 2024 | Riot Games shut down its publishing arm, Riot Forge, which had previously overseen production of League of Legends spin-off games by other developers. |
| 2023 | Riot Games published three new games: 'Convergence' (an action platformer), 'Song of Nunu' (an adventure game), and 'The Mageseeker' (a pixel art action RPG) |
| September 2023 | Dylan Jadeja became CEO of Riot Games. |
| January 2023 | Riot Games experienced a cyberattack resulting in the theft of source code for League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and an anti-cheat platform. |
| November 2022 | Following the bankruptcy of FTX, Riot Games begins seeking legal methods to terminate their contract with the cryptocurrency exchange. |
| October 2022 | Riot Games acquired Wargaming Sydney and renamed it Riot Sydney. |
| July 2022 | Settlement is approved, with Riot compensating 1,548 female employees between $2,500 and $40,000 each. |
| July 2022 | Riot Games opens its first Remote Broadcast Center in Dublin, Ireland, located in a former nightclub building with advanced IP-based infrastructure. |
| March 2022 | Riot Games donated proceeds from battle passes and in-game items to humanitarian relief organizations operating in Ukraine, with total donations reaching $5.4 million in response to the Russian invasion. |
| February 2022 | Riot Games did not withdraw from the Russian market following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, despite a request from Ukrainian politician Mykhailo Fedorov. |
| 2021 | Riot Games released two games: 'Ruined King' by Airship Syndicate (a role-playing game) and 'Hextech Mayhem' by Choice Provisions (a rhythm game) |
| 2021 | Riot Games begins building three new 'remote broadcast centers' in Asia, North America (Seattle), and Europe (Dublin) to improve esports production capabilities. |
| December 2021 | Riot agrees to a new settlement with the DEFH and employees totaling $100 million, with $80 million going to impacted employees. |
| December 2021 | Riot Vanguard released a Winter update enhancing anti-cheat capabilities, adding detection and blocking of previously undetectable cheats in Valorant. |
| November 2021 | Riot Games collaborated with Fortiche to release the animated series Arcane on Netflix. |
| August 2021 | Riot Games partners with FTX cryptocurrency exchange for a seven-year deal related to the League of Legends esports series. |
| March 2021 | Riot's board of directors concludes no evidence of harassment or discrimination by Laurent after an investigation. |
| January 2021 | Riot's CEO Nicolo Laurent is sued by his former assistant on sexual discrimination charges. |
| 2020 | Riot Games launched Tellstones: King's Gambit, a bluffing game for two or four players, under their Riot Tabletop brand. |
| 2020 | Riot Games expands its game portfolio with three new titles: League of Legends: Wild Rift (a mobile MOBA), Legends of Runeterra (a digital collectible card game), and Valorant (a first-person shooter game). |
| November 2020 | Riot Games announces the first Valorant Champions Tour, its global competitive tournament for the game Valorant. |
| July 2020 | Riot Games announced a planned sponsorship partnership with Neom, a developing city in Saudi Arabia, for the League of Legends European Championship series. The partnership was quickly criticized by fans and employees over human rights concerns and potential tribal displacement. |
| June 2020 | Ron Johnson, Riot Games' global head of consumer products, was placed on leave after sharing a controversial Facebook post about George Floyd's death, which claimed Floyd was killed 'because of his criminal lifestyle'. Johnson subsequently resigned from the company following the investigation. |
| June 2 2020 | Valorant was officially released. |
| April 7 2020 | Valorant entered closed beta. |
| April 7 2020 | Riot Vanguard initially released as the anti-cheat system for Valorant on Windows platform. |
| 2019 | Riot Games launches Teamfight Tactics, an auto battler game available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows platforms. |
| 2019 | Players discovered politically sensitive words like 'Tiananmen' and 'Uyghur' were being censored in League of Legends, with censorship varying across different game servers and languages. |
| 2019 | During the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, Riot Games implemented a policy discouraging political statements during live events, stating that sensitive political topics cannot be fairly represented in their broadcast platform. |
| October 2019 | Riot Games filed a lawsuit against Riot Squad Esports LLC, alleging intentional trademark infringement of the 'Riot' name. |
| October 2019 | Riot Games announced several new games: League of Legends: Wild Rift, Teamfight Tactics mobile, Legends of Runeterra, and teased Project A (later Valorant), Project L, and Project F. |
| May 6 2019 | Over 100 Riot employees stage a walkout demanding an end to forced arbitration for all past and current employees. |
| March 2019 | Riot Squad Esports LLC was founded as a Chicago-based esports organization. |
| February 2019 | Riot hires Angela Roseboro as the company's chief diversity officer to improve company culture and guide inclusive recruiting. |
| January 2019 | Riot updates company values on its website for the first time since 2012, addressing the 'bro culture' mentioned in the Kotaku report. |
| 2018 | Riot Games released three video games: Star Guardian: Insomnia (a shoot 'em up game), Project.execute (another shoot 'em up game), and Super Zac Ball (a sports game), all developed for Windows platform. |
| December 2018 | Riot's CEO Nicolo Laurent sends an email announcing COO Scott Gelb's two-month suspension without pay for workplace misconduct. |
| August 2018 | Riot Games reveals seven 'first steps' to change the company's internal culture, including a Culture and Diversity & Inclusion Initiative. They hire Frances X. Frei as a senior adviser for diversity, leadership, and strategy. |
| July 2018 | Tencent, on behalf of Riot Games, successfully won a lawsuit in a Chinese court against Moonton Technology Co., receiving damages for copyright infringement. |
| January 2018 | Kotaku investigates Riot Games, interviewing about 28 former and current employees about gender discrimination and sexual harassment allegations. |
| 2017 | Riot Games filed a lawsuit against Moonton Technology Co. for copyright infringement, alleging similarities between Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and League of Legends. The initial case was dismissed in California. |
| 2017 | Riot Games holds the League of Legends World Championship in China, with finals in Beijing, and announces the franchising of its ten-team North American League of Legends Championship Series. |
| October 13 2017 | Founders Beck and Merrill handed over day-to-day operations to Dylan Jadeja, Scott Gelb, and Nicolo Laurent, becoming company chairmen. |
| 2016 | Riot Games issues an open letter promising higher revenue shares and more collaboration with professional teams in response to debates about player compensation and game changes. |
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