Garena’s history in League of Legends is, to put it mildly, uneven, and its departure as the SEA region’s distributor confirms its position as an example of bad behavior.
Garena is the corporation that has distributed League of Legends to the South East Asia area for the whole of its history. It has been marred by controversy, unscrupulous business tactics, gaming misconduct, and other issues during that period. Its final month has been no less contentious than the previous one.
Garena players are irritated by League of Legends’ departing behavior
Earlier this year, it was stated that SEA will no longer rely on Garena to offer League of Legends. Riot Games will instead step in to directly supply League of Legends to players. The most significant change as a result of this is the demise of the client, a distinct gaming client for players that accessed League of Legends via the firm and the account migration of SEA players.
The client has raised skin costs, restricted skins behind loot boxes, limited purchase periods for cosmetics that are available in other countries, and other exploitative buying methods. The most recent event, dubbed “GGamble,” is pretty explicit about the nature of these enhancements.
At the same time, the Garena client has heavily reduced the majority of its skins, hoping to make as much money as possible before withdrawing from the world’s largest video game. Despite the title and the reaction on social media platforms like as Reddit, the event appears to be one of Garena’s most fan-friendly promotions, un-vaulting lots of restricted skins to make them accessible for purchase.
In any case, with the planned transfer to Riot Games in January 2023, League of Legends fans will have heard the last of the provider’s actions.