In yet another devastating blow to video game employees and the game industry, Riot Games has announced that it will lay off 27 staff members from its League of Legends PC development team and a further five workers from its publishing sector, making it the second round of layoffs by the company this year. Founded in 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, Riot Games is the force behind the popular titles League of Legends and Valorant.
In January 2024, Riot Games announced that it was conducting staff layoffs, resulting in a cutback of 11% of its workers. The unfortunate reduction resulted in 530 employees being dismissed, as well as the closure of its publishing label, Riot Forge, which was behind games such as Ruined King and Song of Nunu. CEO of Riot Games, A. Dylan Jadeja, who has been a member of the senior executive team for more than a decade, said at the time that Riot had become unsustainable due to a number of "big bets" that did not pay off.
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