Riot Games has been making a concerted effort in recent years to expand the reach of theLeague of Legendsuniverse. Between the company’s own first party titles likeLegends of Runeterraand the creation of Riot Forge for third-party developers to createoriginal games based onLeague, Riot has brought several new ways to experience its flagship series over the past two years. One of the most highly-anticipated of these additions to the franchise has been the fighting gameProject L, recently receiving a new trailer re-introducing the game to fans.
Project L was one of several new entries in theLeague of Legendsfranchise announced during the game’s tenth anniversary celebration in 2019. AlongsideProject L, Riot announced theLeague-themed card gameLegends of Runeterra, the tactical shooterValorant, and a fully animatedLeague of Legendsseries in Arcane which recently concluded its first season. After being announced during the presentation, however,Project Lhad mostly gone silent without many details on the fighting game released over the next two years.
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Coinciding withthe celebration surroundingArcane’s finale, Riot Games released a new video re-introducing fans toProject Land taking a deep dive into the design process of the game’s development team. Executive producer Tom Cannon and technical lead Tony Cannon use a similar mantra with regards toProject Las Riot has often used withLeague of Legends, describing the fighting game as “easy to learn, but hard to master.” While the trailer showed off some of the game’s flashy assist-based fighting combat, Riot did confirm thatProject L’s release was still a distant way off.
Cannon stressed during the trailer thatProject Lis very much still in the R&D phase of development, signalling that players looking to take the reins ofEkko or Jinxin the fighting game will still be waiting for a while. A ‘/dev’ blog post coinciding with the trailer’s release confirmed that the game would not be releasing in 2021 or until at least late 2022, confirming two updates planned for 2022 with the first coming early in the second half of the year.
Project L’s re-introduction is just one part of the massive festivities Riot has held to celebrate the airing ofArcane’s finale. The “RiotX Arcane” event has brought several new additions both to the coreLeague of Legendsexperience and the franchise as a whole. Riot Forge officially released one of its inaugural titles,Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, earlier this week andLeague of Legendsrecently ushered in the newest pre-season, introducing a swarm of gameplay changes and updates. Though fans will still be waiting some time forProject L’s release, Riot Games continues to push out plenty of content to keep fans ofLeague of Legendssatisfied for years to come.
Project Lis currently in development with no confirmed release date.
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