Riot Games has formally announced that it has acquired the Wargaming Sydney studio. Riot Sydney will help with the development of League of Legends, Valorant, and other innovative products.
As of October 17, 2022, Riot Games has officially announced the name of its new studio, Riot Sydney, which will replace Wargaming Sydney.
Before changing its name to Riot Sydney, Wargaming Sydney was one of Australia’s biggest development studios and was in charge of creating games like World of Tanks and World of Warships. They will now be utilizing their MMO expertise to improve massively popular games like League of Legends.
Riot Sydney will have more fresh dev helping with LoL and Valorant
Riot Sydney will collaborate closely with Riot Games on well-known Riot games like League of Legends and Valorant and be heavily involved in the tech development side of the successful company.
“The newly founded Riot Sydney will employ their enormous skills to further complement the League of Legends, VALORANT, and tech teams at Riot,” Riot Games said in a statement announcing the choice. implying that more creators will be engaged with the well-known and beloved games.
After the deal was sealed, Riot Sydney’s head of development said he was thrilled to join Riot Games and that the team was looking forward to “bringing our knowledge in global development to the respective teams.”
The crew is thrilled to be joining Riot, the business went on to say, and they are all committed to “helping provide incredible experiences to players.”
This transaction, which occurs only a few days before the release of Valorant episode 5, act 3, and a big patch for League of Legends in November, is expected to have an impact on the games’ upcoming patches and updates.