Tag: riot
Riot Games Will Get A New CEO Later This Year
Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent will be stepping down this year after 6 years in the position, Riot has announced. He will be succeeded by the company’s current global president, A. Dylan Jadeja.
Laurent, who has spent 14 years in leadership positions at Riot, including six as CEO, told employees he’s stepping down to spend more time with his family. He will remain with Riot in an advisory role once the handover is complete.
Incoming CEO Dylan Jadeja has been with Riot since 2011, and was named president in 2017. Since then Riot says he “has been one of the key leaders in crafting Riot’s strategy and driving our culture forward,” which suggests his move to CEO won’t change too much about the company’s overall strategy. The leadership transition will take place over the coming months, with the process expected to be fully complete by the end of the year.
Riot Games leadership shake up, Dylan Jadeja named CEO
League of Legends Mythic items are changing as Riot tries to save them
The League of Legends midseason update aims to find a new direction for some of the most powerful items in the MOBA. Speaking in a developer update, Riot Games devs explain that they’re unhappy with the state of League of Legends Mythic items in their current form, and lay out a first big wave of changes. There’s also news on the incoming ranked reset, bot ban waves, and new champions.
MORE FROM PCGAMESN: How much have I spent on League of Legends?, League of Legends patch 13.6, League of Legends tier list
Riot Platforms stock surged, Progressive retreated: weekly financials roundup
Riot will let you pay to turn your Valorant guns into Counter-Strike guns
Riot police storm The Bodyguard musical as ‘disgusting’ audience ‘tried to sing over cast’
Riot made its esports arena transform for new Valorant league
This weekend is an important one for Valorant esports, with the launch of a new professional league for teams across North America, Latin America, and Brazil. The debut of the VCT Americas league, as it’s known, will also mark the first time Valorant games have taken place live and in person in North America. That meant that Riot had to redesign its Los Angeles studio to be much more high tech and flexible to accommodate the league, which shares the space with League of Legends — the new esports arena can even transform.
The space is formerly known as the LCS Arena, and for years has been home to the top League of Legends league in North America (the LCS). As part of the redesign, the studio space has been christened Riot Games Arena. In…