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League of Legends studio reportedly canned Smash Bros. style fighter following perceived MultiVersus flop


Riot Games was reportedly developing a Smash Bros. style fighter set in the League of Legends universe, but pulled the …

Riot Games was reportedly developing a Smash Bros. style fighter set in the League of Legends universe, but pulled the plug on the project earlier this year after perceiving Warner Bros' Smash-inspired MultiVersus to have been a commercial failure. That's according to former Washington Post video games and esports editor Mikhail Klimentov, who - writing in his ReaderGrev newsletter- claims 70-80 Riot employees were working on the Smash-inspired platform fighter, codenamed Pool Party. Watch on YouTube Riot executives reportedly saw an opportunity to build and support the game's esports scene, but started getting cold feet after the release of Warner Bros' Smash-style free-to-play fighter MultiVersus.

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