The highly anticipated MMORPG for League of Legends recently lost its director. A user on Reddit is now speculating whether the entire game is being put on ice by Riot and presents his “evidence” found in a post.
In early March, Greg Street, also known as Ghostcrawler, announced on Twitter that he is resigning from his role as Senior Director for the Riot MMO. After 9 years at Riot, he is stepping down for personal reasons – both family and health issues contributed to his decision.
Regarding the Riot MMORPG, he said: “The most important of my tasks that I was allowed to complete as part of it was to build the wonderful team […] The MMO is in good hands and will soon enter the next phase.”
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Reddit user speculates about a possible end for the Riot MMO
Despite Ghostcrawler’s statements that everything is going positively with the MMORPG, a Reddit user named SiriDeCabeca seems worried. This person researched all possible LinkedIn and Twitter profiles of the team and points out issues that make them suspicious:
- The MMORPG currently has no Senior Director
- The rest of the team removed the Riot MMO from their profiles
- On the “Work With Us” page of Riot, the MMO team is greyed out
- Yekaterina Bourykina, Lead Character Artist, changed her job title on LinkedIn to “R&D”. Previously it was “MMO”.
- Chaemirix, also a designer for the MMO, announced on Twitter that he will be working again on TFT
Users debunk the “evidence”
While some fans are catching the worry of the user, many say he or she is reading too much into the issue.
The fact that the MMO is greyed out at “Work With Us” merely means that Riot is currently not hiring new employees for it. Regarding all the processes, it is normal, internal procedures, writes another user.
We summarize a few of the voices here for you:
- DatFrostyBoy: “I say: ‘Probably not.’ The Riot MMO is not something you quietly put on ice.”
- fkyn0: “You’re reading too much into it. When Ghostcrawler left Riot, he said the MMO would soon enter the next phase. That is probably just part of it.”
- New_Towel_7680: “Pure fiction.”
- Uptopdownlowguy: “If Blizzard can scrap the sci-fi MMO and integrate it into Overwatch, Riot can probably do something similar.”
- firey21: “It would be terrible if this were true. I was looking forward to the game.”
What does Riot Games say about it?
Officially, it is stated that the game is still in development. There is no statement as to why employees are adjusting their profiles.
Recent remarks from Marc Merrill, co-founder of Riot, still apply. In a tweet from March 7, he writes shortly after Ghostcrawler announced his resignation:
“We believe in this game and the team working on it. If we view development as a race, Greg has completed the first leg wonderfully. And I know exactly who will take the baton next will continue to propel success forward.”
What do you think about the topic? Do you believe the user could be right with his speculations? Or is it merely a misunderstanding of information? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO!
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