Riot Video games has confirmed that it’s engaged on an enormous replace for League of Legends after Bloomberg printed a report saying that the corporate has plans to remake the sport. Again in November, a Chinese language esports insider additionally reported {that a} League of Legends 2 is in improvement and is coming as early because the second half of 2026. In a video announcement discussing Riot’s plans for League after 2026, government producer Paul Belleza denied that the developer is engaged on League 2 like rumors have been suggesting, however he admitted that it’s engaged on a giant replace that may arrive in 2027.
Andrei van Roon, Head of League Studio, then enumerated among the issues his crew is already engaged on, together with a model new around-game consumer that’s totally built-in with the in-game expertise, a full visible overhaul of the Summoner’s Rift, modifications to Runes and an general enchancment to the participant expertise. The replace is trying to be as large because the one from again within the mid-2010s when Riot reworked League’s graphics and is supposed to herald new gamers.
Belleza and van Roon mentioned they’ll share extra particulars between MSI in the summertime and Worlds within the fall of 2026. Whereas the timeline is fairly vaugue, the window of launch for a significant replace like that is almost definitely the tip of November till early January when aggressive league is on break.
