A complete League of Legends revamp is coming in 2027

Riot Video games has confirmed that it’s engaged on a large replace for League of Legends after Bloomberg printed a report saying that the corporate has plans to remake the sport. Again in November, a Chinese language esports insider additionally reported {that a} League of Legends 2 is in improvement and is coming as early because the second half of 2026. In a video announcement discussing Riot’s plans for League after 2026, govt producer Paul Belleza denied that the developer is engaged on League 2 like rumors have been suggesting, however he admitted that it’s engaged on a giant replace that may arrive in 2027.

Andrei van Roon, Head of League Studio, then enumerated a few of the issues his group is already engaged on, together with a model new around-game shopper that’s absolutely built-in with the in-game expertise, a full visible overhaul of the Summoner’s Rift, adjustments to Runes and an general enchancment to the participant expertise. The replace is seeking to be as massive because the one from again within the mid-2010s when Riot reworked League’s graphics and is supposed to herald new gamers.

Belleza and van Roon mentioned they’ll share extra particulars between MSI in the summertime and Worlds within the fall of 2026. Whereas the timeline is fairly vaugue, the window of launch for a serious replace like that is almost definitely the tip of November till early January when aggressive league is on break.