Riot Gamesis primarily known as the team behindLeague of Legends, a platform it has used to catapult itself into fame, fortune, and new products. These days,Leagueis still Riot’s most famous title, with amockumentary series centering on a fictionalLeague of Legendsteamcurrently in the works.
That said,Riot Games' growth coupled with a diaspora of players fromLeague of Legendsprompted, and continues to prompt, the company to expand into other titles, putting an end to the long running joke of the “Games” part of the company’s name being redundant. From this have come titles likeValorantandLegends of Runeterraand, possibly, something else currently unknown.
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A new job posting from Riot calls for a game designer to work on an “Unpublished R&D Product.” This is an incredibly vague thing to be called to work on, since a product could be just about anything and R&D suggests something still in the very early planning stages. On its own, this might suggest a new title, and since it’s not named it may well be one not yet revealed to the public. Even asValorantmoves to mobile, it’s clear Riot is not slowing down when it comes to new stuff.
The phrasing is certainly bizarre, since a new product from Riot Games implies something game-related by default. Granted, that’s not all Riot has released, as it didpublish a royalty-free album for streamersnot long ago. Still, the amount of projects being worked on at Riot right now is already huge, so another completely new, independent game almost seems like a stretch. This may mean that the “product” is simply something else that a player can purchase in one of Riot’s existing titles.
The posting calls for experience in a live service title, which covers most of Riot’s titles at the moment, reinforcing the possibility that the product may be landing in an existing game. This would certainly be a shame, as players are looking forward to new titles from Riot, including theupcoming fighting game set inLeague of Legends' universe.
Still, more of Riot’s current titles is by no means a bad thing, especially with some of them likeLegends of Runeterragoing stronger than ever with the release of its latest card set. And all of the profit from these live titles is still, hopefully, going towards making things likethe upcoming Netflix seriesArcanea reality.
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