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Riot Games\u2019 upcoming League of Legends<\/em>-themed 2D fighting game will be free to play and will include the League<\/em> champion Illaoi as one of its playable fighters, the studio announced in an update on Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The game was announced in 2019 under the codename \u201cProject L,\u201d<\/a> and details are still relatively light \u2014 Riot hasn\u2019t provided an official release date or even a release window. But in Monday\u2019s update, Riot did share a very detailed explanation of what\u2019s involved in bringing Illaoi, who has been playable in League of Legends<\/em> for years, into Project L, and it\u2019s interesting to read about how the team thinks about adapting a League<\/em> character into a fighting game.<\/p>\n

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The news that Project L will be free to play is notable but not too surprising; Riot\u2019s smash hits League of Legends<\/em> and Valorant<\/em> have each been free to play from the beginning. But the early popularity<\/a> of WB\u2019s free-to-play fighter MultiVersus<\/em><\/a> shows that there\u2019s an appetite for big-budget fighting games that are free, and if Riot can bring over League<\/em> and fighting game fans to Project L when it finally releases, the studio could have a big hit on its hands.<\/p>\n

Riot promises that the Project L team will share another update \u201cbefore the end of the year.\u201d The studio shared an early look at the game in November<\/a>, including some gameplay footage<\/a>. Project L is just one of Riot’s many expansions of the League of Legends<\/em> universe, which also include the hit Netflix show Arcane<\/em><\/a> and a League of Legends<\/em> RPG<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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