Riot Lays Off Close to Half of the 2XKO Team as the Game’s “Overall Momentum” Falls Short

Riot Lays Off Close to Half of the 2XKO Team as the Game’s “Overall Momentum” Falls Short

Two animated characters from Riot Games are in an action pose on a dark background with the text '2XKO' prominently

Riot has announced that the 2XKO team, which just celebrated launching the new League of Legends-based 2v2 tag fighter out of early access less than a month ago on January 20, will lose 80 members of its development team in a round of layoffs. The news was confirmed in a blog post from the game’s executive producer, Tom Cannon, who cited that despite the game doing well with its “core audience,” the “overall momentum hasn’t reached the level needed to support a team of this size long term.” While the statement itself doesn’t cite the exact number of developers who […]

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