Riot Games No longer limited to League of Legends, the studio has diversified and notably launched ValorantA FPS competitive game that has been a real success on computers, but also on consoles. The studio has other projects on the way, including a MMO And 2XKOhis fighting game. But a more secret project was also being designed internally. “Was,” yes…
According to the journalist Mikhail Klimentov, Riot Games reportedly canceled Pool Party, a fighting game Super Smash Bros.more accessible than 2XKOThe project was reportedly stopped last May, with 70 to 80 employees working on it. With Pool Party, the initial objective of Riot Games was to create a demanding fighting game, but the project quickly drifted towards a more mainstream titlewith a gameplay simpler and even mechanics of party game. A change that divided the development team, but the studio’s goal was mainly to create a real esports scenethere where Nintendo puts a spoke in the wheels of fans of Super Smash Bros. UltimateThe studio also reportedly wanted to take advantage of the failure of MultiVersusthe title free-to-play of Warner Bros. Games. Joe Hixson, Director of Communications at Riot Gameshalf-confirmed the bad news:
We always have a number of projects in different phases of Research & Development, and the ramp-up and ramp-down of projects occurs several times a year.
According to information obtained by Mikhail Klimentov, half of the development team of Pool Party would have been reassigned to other games Riot Gameswhile some would still be looking for a new position via the studio’s internal job tool. Unfortunately, About ten people are said to have left Riot Games or would have been dismissed.
Projects that are born internally and are cancelled before they are even made official are commonplace in the world of video games. Riot Games probably decided that Pool Party did not have the necessary qualities to attract players. It’s a shame, such a title carried by a studio like Riot Games could have been interesting. You can find Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from €51.49 on Amazon, Cdiscount And Fnac.
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