The second season of Arcane, the series based on League of Legends, is already in the works at Riot Games. Soon you will be able to stream it on Netflix. We will show you everything we know so far about the new episodes.
In November 2021, Arcane, the animated Netflix series based on the popular MOBA “League of Legends”, celebrated its grand debut on Netflix. A hype quickly emerged. New episodes were gradually released, which were vigorously discussed in the community of viewers and gamers.
After 9 episodes, the first season ended, leaving many questions unanswered. Questions that might be addressed in season 2. In this article, we present an overview of what we know about Season 2 of Arcane on Netflix.
When is the release of Arcane Season 2 on Netflix?
Start of Season 2 – When is the release?
- Latest info: The release of Season 2 of Arcane will take place in November 2024. Riot Games confirmed this with a teaser video. Thus, the new season starts 3 years after the premiere of the series on Netflix. You can see the teaser here:
- During the Tencent Video V Vision, it was announced that the second season of Arcane is expected to be released in the fourth quarter of 2024. Fans suspect that the release of Season 2 will be in November 2024.
- There is currently no official release date for the start of the second season of Arcane. However, the CEO of Riot Games, Nicolo Laurent, commented on November 21, 2021, on Twitter: “The good news is: You won’t have to wait 6 years for it (it took us that long for Season 1). The bad news: It is not coming in 2022 :'(“
- However, Nicolo Laurent mentioned in April 2023 during an interview about the release date of Season 2, that it will not start in 2023.
With the following clip, Riot Games announced in November 2021 that they had begun production for Season 2 of Arcane:
What does the trailer reveal?
LoL players might hear a familiar sound in the trailer that you know from the character Warwick and his ability Blood Hunt. This might be a teaser for one of the characters from Season 2.
Where can you watch Season 2? You will be able to watch Season 2 of Arcane on Netflix. Perhaps one of the episodes will also be shown again on Twitch, but that is unclear.
How often do new episodes come out? That is unclear. For Season 1, three batches of three episodes were released on weekends. It’s possible that Season 2 will follow a similar pattern.
What characters are there in Season 2 of Arcane?
Minor story spoilers from Season 1 ahead:
What we estimate: It can be assumed that the important characters from Season 1 will also appear in Season 2. Without spoiling too much, it can be said that the end of Season 1 leaves a lot of room and possibilities for new faces that we have not yet seen in the series.
It is likely that the story will continue to revolve around Vi, Jinx, Jayce, Caitlyn, Viktor, Mel, Ekko, and Heimerdinger.
Whether Singed, who was mentioned in Season 1, will find his way into the series is unclear. Due to the teaser for Season 2, fans also speculate that Warwick could become part of the story.
How good was Season 1? IMDB rating and conclusion
You can see our conclusion on Season 1 of Arcane here:
These are the ratings: Season 1 of Arcane, which you can still watch on Netflix, is very well received by audiences. On the major film and series platform IMDB ranks the first season of Arcane with 9.1 out of 10 points based on over 180,000 ratings (as of June 15, 2022).
This makes Arcane rated similarly well on IMDB as
- One Earth – Many Worlds from 2016 with a rating of 9.5
- Planet Earth from 2006 with a rating of 9.4
- Breaking Bad from 2008 with a rating of 9.4
- Band of Brothers: We Were Like Brothers from 2001 with a rating of 9.4
- Chernobyl from 2019 with a rating of 9.3
- Rick and Morty from 2013 with a rating of 9.1
- Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire from 2011 with a rating of 9.2
