Riot Games is already winding down work on 2XKO, the free-to-play League of Legends fighting game, less than a year after its initial launch. Riot says “active development” will conclude at the end of 2026 because the company hasn’t “seen enough players stick with the game to get to a path toward sustainability.” Servers will stay online “beyond 2026,” and Riot is unlocking all playable characters and refunding money spent on the game.
2XKO launched in an early access beta on PC in October 2025 and hit PS5 and Xbox Series X / S in January. But shortly after, Riot announced it would be cutting staff working on the game, saying at the time t …
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