It’s looking very likely some League of Legends champion releases and reworks will be impacted in the wake of the recent Riot Games layoffs, one of the game’s chief developers has admitted this week, though there is good news for Smolder and Skarner and their impending arrivals.
League lead champion producer Alexia “Lexical” Gao attempted to put fans at ease this week, confirming projects like Smolder’s release and the much-anticipated Skarner visual and gameplay update “will not be impacted” by the Riot restructure. However, she could not ensure the same for future projects. “We are still in the process of figuring out what we can support versus the timelines,” Lexical admitted on Jan. 27, adding the League team hopes to release an updated roadmap that will include a refreshed timeline for these projects soon.