Riot Games aims to expand the formula used in competition League of Legends and more recently in VALORANT on its newer IPs, such as Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, of Wild tear, the company during its League season 11 presentation today.
In addition, Riot will expand its commitment to moving its leagues to the long-term partnership model, commonly known as franchising, by adding the Brazilian CBLoL to the list.
There is no doubt that the structure of League esports is one of the best in the entire industry today. And this is something Riot wants to maintain and even improve for the second decade of League.
“We’re proud of our history, but we’re just getting started,” Riot said. ‘New meta, new stars, new attitude. The next decade of League start now. We will continue to build a thriving, multi-generational 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 League of Legends supports a consistently top choice for sports and entertainment. ”
Last year was difficult for most facets of life, including sporting events. In 2020, Riot had to cancel the Mid-Season Invitation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But Riot still managed to host the 2020 League World Championship with relative normality, including the fact that some fans can personally watch the final. Even under the challenging conditions, Worlds was ultimately a clear success, peaking at 3,882,252 simultaneous viewers.
For the next decade, Riot wants to continue to be a leading company in terms of esports, which will make them even bigger and better.
The highest level of Brazil League the competition, the CBLoL, will also move to Riot’s 2021 franchise model, the company announced today. However, this is not the first league of Riot to adopt this format. Recently, the LCK presented its new logo and franchise league for the coming year. The CBLoL will also be re-labeled, as will the LCS and the LCK.
This means that Riot has renamed three leagues over the past few months and moved two to its franchise model.
Riot also wants to expand its vision on esports by making use of its experience in terms of structure of League and VALORANT for its other new IPs.
Riot will therefore enter the competitive mobile gaming market and develop a new competitive structure for Wild tear, the company’s mobile adaptation of League. ‘As League Computer, Wild tear is very competitive, with the depth, complexity and high input moments that make for a great sport, ”said John Needham, Head of Global Sport at Riot. “Even though it’s still incredibly early, we’m excited to bring our passion and dedication to esports on mobile.”
Riot already has plans for competition Wild tear in Southeast Asia, where the season will begin with several smaller, alternating competitive events during March. In April, teams will move to eight, location-specific tournament tracks where they will compete for the title of local champion and the chance to later play against other local champions from across Southeast Asia.
With TFT and LoR, Riot has already taken some steps to create a competitive structure with tournaments such as the TFT World Cup. But this is what Riot will build on in 2021.
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