Riot Games Announces Big Xbox Game Pass Partnership

Early in today’s Xbox Game Showcase, Riot Games’ president, Marc Merrill, took a few minutes to announce a big new partnership with Xbox and its Game Pass program. A number of Riot’s biggest experiences are coming to Xbox Game Pass on mobile and PC, with relatively robust options unlocked for players to enjoy.

First, Riot’s flagship property, League of Legends, will see all champions unlocked on PC.

In League of Legends: Wild Rift, it’s a similar picture, with all champions unlocked on mobile gaming platforms.

Game Pass members can expect to unlock the entire Foundations deck in Legends of Runeterra. For those not in the know, as the name implies, that’s the foundational cards for the game, establishing the base mechanics. You can access the card set on your mobile or PC.

Players can expect to unlock select Little Legends in Teamfight Tactics regardless of whether they play on PC or their mobile devices.

All agents in Valorant will remain unlocked by PC.

It’s a notable team-up that should give a boost to both Xbox and Riot. The Riot team has the advantage of having so many character sets and characters across their various games, which means that an enormous audience of Xbox gamers could be able to enjoy a wide range of games. To Xbox’s benefit, it offers a meaningful boost to the already potent draw of Xbox Games Pass as a service and experience, since players can gain access to a number of aspects of each of those Riot games without needing to pay additional costs.

While Riot’s expansion into Game Pass is big news, it’s worth noting that it won’t have much effect for players on Xbox consoles, as all the available options are coming to specific combinations of PC and mobile, depending on titles.

Game Pass subscribers will soon have access to all these options.