League of Legends Spinoff Cancellation Leaves Players Fuming

2026 is shaping up to be a surprisingly depressing year for game fans. On Thursday, Riot Games announced that it is ending active development on its League of Legends-themed fighting game 2XKO, just 8 months after its official launch. The team will release a final content patch in October, with active development ending in December. The servers will stay online, and in-game purchases made before Aug. 20 will be refunded. Riot explained that even after content updates, it "saw no meaningful, sustained change in 2XKO’s trajectory; only a fraction of what it would take to trend toward sustainability." The company also said, "Over time it became clear it would be impossible for us to continue actively developing the game as we are today."