Riot hits the development reset button for its League of Legends MMO: 'The initial vision just wasn’t different enough from what you can play today'
Riot has «reset» the development of its League of Legends MMO, according to cofounder and CPO Marc Merrill. Posting on Twitter, Merrill confirmed that «yes, we're still working on the game,» but that the project has been set back to its early stages to pursue a new design direction. The decision was made «some time ago,» based on the studio's feeling that the in-development MMO, set in the League of Legends' Runeterra world, was too similar to its competitors. «The initial vision just wasn’t different enough from what you can play today,» Merrill said. «We don’t believe you all want an MMO that you’ve played before with a Runeterra coat of paint.»