The dismissal mainly targets outside the core development groups of Riot Games. The two groups of heavily affected are the game card game of Runeterra and Riot Forge, a branch cooperating with independent developers to create smaller games in the League of Legends.
Riot revealed that the cost of development and support of Lor “is significantly higher than the cost it creates”. Meanwhile, Riot Forge is experiencing a worse situation when being completely closed after the Bandle Tale is about to release. However, Riot will now focus on internal projects at the studio and there will be no games produced under the Riot Forge banners.
“Nowadays, we are the company that does not have a sharp enough concentration. And simply speaking, we have too many things that are being conducted. Some of the important investments we have done without the results we expect.
Riot Games's largest dismissal causes many long -term employees to lose their jobs. Based on the list, other fields seem to be seriously affected as electronic sports, Riot Music and many artists. In the announcement, Riot also talks about how to recreate the direct service games and upcoming projects such as Project L, the game set in League of Legends.
