Riot Games is cutting jobs from its League of Legends team. Marc Merrill, the studio’s co-founder, co-chairman and chief product officer, announced the cuts today . “This isn’t about reducing headcount to save money—it’s about making sure we have the right expertise so that League continues to be great for another 15 years and beyond,” Merrill said. A rep from Riot Games told Engadget that 33 jobs will be eliminated across the company in this move.
The spin seems to be that the developer is trying to reprioritize behind the scenes, especially with Merrill’s insistence that “we’re not slowing down work on the game you love” and that the team “will eventually be even larger than it is today as we develop the next phase of League.” He didn’t add any more details about what that new focus would be or which departments will bear the brunt of the cuts.
It’s a bold move for Riot to…
