The following is a copy of the internal message from our CEO.

TLDR: Riot is downscaling. The severance package is great but it’s another round of layoffs in the industry.

This will also majorly affect Legends of Runeterra. They’re putting the game on life support it seems, and will focus on the PvE mode.

They’re also shutting down Riot Forge, their collaboration with other studios to make smaller games with their IP.

  • citrusface@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1127·
    5 months ago

    I don’t really think riot is trash. But I don’t follow the media around gaming that much. Their layoff plan seems extremely generous and caring considering other bullshit I’ve seen. It sounds like they care about people - so it’s good pr at least .

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      512·
      5 months ago

      https://kotaku.com/inside-the-culture-of-sexism-at-riot-games-1828165483

      https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/12/27/riot-discrimination-100-million-settlement/

      When your culture of sexism results in a class action lawsuit from former and current employees, and you pay out to the tune of 100 million and keep all the same executives who were accused of harassment and discrimination, and you have to have a third party watch over your company for years to make sure you’re not still doing this stuff: you’re a trash company.

      so it’s good pr at least .

      I couldn’t roll my eyes any harder. That’s literally all it is.

      • citrusface@lemmy.worldEnglish
        201·
        5 months ago

        Then I’ll amend and say yeah that’s trash - but trash or not, I’ll still say it’s a very decent severance package… But still trash company, agree.

    • Weslee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      5 months ago

      Literally the very first thing Riot did was steal and intentionally attempt to sabotage a beloved free game cause they were greedy and wanted all the money.

      It’s just a shame it worked.

      • citrusface@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        Yeah, seems fucky, like I said - having read the articles the other poster provided - I agree they are shit.

        • Weslee@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          5 months ago

          Pendragon used to maintain Dota, when he passed it over to IceFrog he (for some reason) kept control over the Dota website (you used to have to go to the website and download the Dota map everytime it updated), so it was pretty important, as well as the forum community.

          When Pendragon decided to start Riot and LoL, instead of just giving the website to IceFrog he took the site offline and replaced it with a redirect advert for LoL.

          The forums were also taken offline where he went into the data and stole a whole bunch of hero designs that were suggested and under discussion.

          Overall a dick move, and what a way to introduce your new company and game to millions of people.

          Even though I don’t play Dota anymore, I’m very pleased that both Riot and Blizzard failed to seize the copyrights to Dota from Valve.