Thursday, December 19th 2024

Riot Teases Potential March 2025 Playtest for New 2.5D 2v2 Fighter Featuring 'League of Legends' Characters

2XKO is an upcoming team-based fighter game from League of Legends studio, Riot Games, and it looks to be getting a 2025 release. While 2XKO had an alpha playtest since August of this year, the development team recently hinted in a post on X that something is coming in March next year—potentially an expanded beta playtest or even the full launch of the game: "brb for a bit - locking in. you'll see what we've been up to in march, but we'll drop an update in february. in the meantime, support your locals."

The alpha version of the game Riot playtested in August was seemingly quite feature-complete, although a slew of changes is coming to the game based on that feedback, suggesting that what's to come in early 2025 is likely a wider playtest, rather than a full launch. Riot has previously confirmed that 2XKO will be launching sometime in 2025, but there is likely more testing necessary before the game is ready for prime time. That said, Riot Games is no stranger to short beta periods—League of Legends launched into open beta a mere week before its full launch. If 2XKO's previous development updates and the last playtest are anything to go by, the February update Riot teased will probably preview what to expect in the next playtest, with March either being the playtest itself or a showcase of an upcoming alpha or beta test.
Source: 2XKO on X
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4 Comments on Riot Teases Potential March 2025 Playtest for New 2.5D 2v2 Fighter Featuring 'League of Legends' Characters

#2
Cpt.Jank
NoneRainLooks 3D to me
I've updated it to 2.5D. It's 2D in the sense that it is side-view with no 3D movement, but you're right that it has 3D animations.
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GhostRyder
I am curious about this, its been talked about for over a decade (Making a fighter game based on LoL) so not surprised its finally happening. I am amazed that I was just barely starting college when this game came out (LoL) and its still going this strong into my 30's. Riot does like milking this series as anything else has been kinda more misses than hits (I know Valorant exists but I don't hear much talk on Valorant compared to LoL or other arena shooters).

I think its cool, good choice in art style. Problem is going to be keeping it interesting in the fighting genre to where releasing more of their LoL characters make sense.
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