League of Legends fighting game Project L is free to play, Riot says

Project LRiot Games has announced that ‘The New 2D Fighting Game from Riot Games, set in League of Legends, will be Free to Play, Senior Director and Executive Producer Tom Cannon stated in Monday’s Development Update. Cannon noted the news likely won’t come as a surprise to players of League of Legends, ValorantYou can also play other Riot free-to-play games. Project LTeam is mindful of when and how they will request money from players.

“When it comes to monetization, we promise to be respectful of both your time and your wallet,” Cannon said.

Cannon confirmed that the League’s next champion would be coming to him. Project L: Illaoi – The Kraken Priestess. League of Legends players will likely be intimately familiar with Illaoi, who was added to Riot’s MOBA in 2015. However, in Project L, and in fighting game terms, Illaoi will be a “Big Body Juggernaut” with a “huge hurtbox, massive hits, and slower movement, with a simple-to-learn, hard-to-master kit,” game designer Caroline Montano said in a Project L development blog.

“Illaoi is a strong and muscular woman who attacks with a giant totem, so it makes sense she would hit with her own physical strength, as opposed to hiding behind the power of her god or magical abilities,” Montano explained about Illaoi’s gameplay design. “We also needed tentacles. Illaoi’s god, Nagakabouros, is a tentacled sea monster, and there needed to be some aspect of that in her kit. But beyond empowering her attacks, Nagakabouros also gives Illaoi the strength to steal her opponent’s soul.”

There’s a lot more insight into Riot’s approach to bringing Illaoi to Project L in the team’s blog, if you’re interested. Illaoi joins five other confirmed League champions. Project LAhri (Darius), Ekko and Jinx.

Project LThe first announcement was made in 2019. Radiant Entertainment is the studio responsible for the canceled fighting game, Free-to-Play Fighting Game. Rising Thunder. Riot bought Radiant Inc. in 2016.