League of Legends confirmed to be getting massive overhaul in future update

Well over a decade on from its initial release, Riot Games’ League of Legends remains more popular than ever, with the MOBA continuing to see over 100 million players on a monthly basis, spawning spin-offs, multimedia adaptations and much more. Though far from being an ugly title, its identity as a game from 2009 is becoming increasingly clear as the years go on. According to a new report however, Riot Games is currently working on a full overhaul to League of Legends.

As reported by the publication Bloomberg, Riot Games is said to be “working on a major overhaul of its flagship game League of Legends.”

Though exact details remain relatively light so far, this project is internally being labelled as ‘League Next’ and is said to be the game’s biggest update ever with a planned launch slated for 2027.

According to the report, this overhaul will include reimagining much of the game, such as its visual aesthetic; characters; UI and arenas – in order to “appeal to more new players.”

In the wake of this leak, Riot came out and confirmed that they are “overhauling the new player experience, so that once we're done, it should be the best time ever to get your friends into League.”

What exact plans are in the works right now, we will have to wait and see, but with League of Legends as an IP being bigger than ever, it makes sense that Riot would want to draw more players to the game that started it all.

KitGuru says: What do you think of this upcoming update? Will it draw in new players, or does League have too much of a reputation already? Let us know down below.

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