Riot Games secures ex-Blizzard staff

News Portal · **Posted:** 26 Jun 09, 8:53 am

About this time last year, a relatively new development studio named Riot Games that hardly anyone had heard of managed to snaffle about US $7 million in funding. The gaming world looked on with interest, mainly to see if the CEO's would do a midnight flit, and then promptly forgot all about it (as is our wont) until the announcement of the upcoming League of Legends. Since about a hundred games are announced each week, we didn't pay much attention then, either - but the news that a couple of ex-Blizzard employees have joined the flock is pricking my interest.

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Shaolin$alesman · **Posted:** 26 Jun 09, 9:37 am

wow

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Hmm, it sounds like we ought to be paying more attention to Riot Games, then! Other members of the team include veterans of varied projects like RPGs Ultima Online, Dungeon Siege, Heroes of Might & Magic, and Neverwinter Nights 2, as well as action platformers Jak & Daxter and Sly Cooper, and even Total Annihilation.

Sums up a few of my fav games ever. Might have to keep a close eye on this one

soni · **Posted:** 26 Jun 09, 1:08 pm

Been waiting on League of Legends, good to see some positive news.

zeegermans · **Joined:** 7 May 06, 7:55 am **Posts:** 127

For anyone whose a bit slow, league of legends is based of the gameplay of DOTa in warcraft 3. AFAIK theres a little collboration with one of the creators of DOTA. love the gameplay and will have more scale then demigod (more heroes).

Pigfat · **Joined:** 14 May 08, 12:27 pm **Posts:** 2566

So the game would basically be what demigod did

>XaartaX< · **Posted:** 26 Jun 09, 3:21 pm

And what Heroes of Newerth will be.

Minkelz · **Joined:** 26 Sep 07, 11:28 am **Posts:** 991

This game should be much more like dota than demigod I think.

XViper · **Posted:** 27 Jun 09, 1:33 am

I don't like the look.
Too cartoony/kiddy for me.

SlazzaAU · **Posted:** 27 Jun 09, 4:23 am

Looks too much like Warcraft 3... Will be giving it a miss.

Markamus · **Posted:** 27 Jun 09, 1:37 pm

wow! what a clear variation from W3 this is!!

Syncourt · **Posted:** 28 Jun 09, 8:38 pm

Looks like WC3, Plays like WC3 Dota... why not just get WC3 and enjoy the hundreds of already made custom maps plus many more game types?

Maybe if the models didn't look 7 years old it could have stood a chance.

Bronze_D · **Posted:** 30 Jun 09, 1:30 pm

it would seem that the DoTA maker somewhat like the look of war3 engine rendering and replicate it, well if you think about it though part of DoTA success is because most PC can run it quite easily and the transition from DoTA to League will probably be easier for old DoTA fans.

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