Difference between revisions of "Riot Games"

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Riot Games' was founded to "develop, publish, and support the most player-focused games in the world" according to their website. They have headquarters in Los Angelos, California, and currently have over 3,000 employees worldwide. <ref>https://www.riotgames.com/en/who-we-are</ref>. Founders Brandon Beck and Mark Merrill met at the University of South California where they took classes together. <ref>https://www.polygon.com/2016/9/13/12891656/the-past-present-and-future-of-league-of-legends-studio-riot-games</ref> Both Merrill and Beck worked at banks after college, but eventually realized that wasn't what they wanted. The two had connected together over their love for video games, specifically <i>Warcraft 3</i>'s DotA: Allstars<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_the_Ancients</ref> and <i>Starcraft</i>'s Aeons of Strife, both of which were community made mods for their games which resembled the very first Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas (MOBAs). In fact, Riot Games would hire one of the developers of DotA: Allstars as one of their first employees, and <i>League of Legends</i> main competitor today <i>Dota 2</i> was designed by the founder of DotA: Allstars after he<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IceFrog</ref> was hired by [[Valve]].