Riot Games Denies Rumor of Developing Similar Game to <i>Deadlock</i> with Tencent's 200M Investment

TapTechNews October 7th news, recently there are rumors that Riot Games is developing a competing game similar to Valve's Deadlock and has received a huge investment of 200 million US dollars from Tencent. However, the only source of this rumor is a tampered foreign media PCGamer article, and its authenticity is questionable. In response, Riot Games' PR manager Joe Hixson posted to clarify this rumor.

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TapTechNews noticed that Joe Hixson clearly stated that this rumor is extremely false, and the so-called PCGamer article is also fabricated. In addition, Tencent has not provided such a huge amount of financial support to Riot Games. Hixson also mentioned that Riot Games currently does have multiple projects under development, but none of them include games similar to Deadlock.

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At present, the two new games that Riot Games has publicly disclosed and is developing are both based on the world view of League of Legends. One is the fighting game 2XKO that is expected to be released in 2025, and the other is an MMO game whose name has not been announced and the release date has not been determined.