Riot Games acquires Wargaming Sydney, now known simply as Riot Sydney

League of Legends developer Riot Games Announced to be acquired World of Tanks studio Sydney Wargaming.

Riot Games announced today, October 17, that as part of the acquisition, the studio will be renamed Riot Sydney, and the studio will use its “considerable expertise to further enhance Riot’s League of Legends, Valorant and technical teams”, According to a press release. “The studio will be a key contributor to the Riot Development Studios organization, led by Molly Mason-Boule, an industry veteran and head of Riot Development Studios.”

Under Mason-Boule’s leadership, “Riot is expanding its approach to global growth, and over time, Riot looks forward to growing the gaming industry in Australia and will continue to explore similar opportunities, adding experts from among its veterans,” the press release states. Talent studio.”

In particular, the development team will join Riot, as the release team will remain at Wargaming.

Nareshi Hirani, head of development now known as Riot Sydney, said in a statement: “Joining Wargaming has been an extraordinary journey for us over the past 10 years and has helped our studio grow. We We can’t wait to bring our global development expertise to their respective teams, given the cultural fit we experience when dealing with everyone at Riot.”

Before joining Riot, the studio helped develop games like World of Tanks and World of Warships using its Bigworld technology, the underlying software architecture that helps developers build MMOs and online games, considering Riot’s biggest games It’s Valiant and League of Legends.

Notably, in 2018, a Kotaku report outlined huge problems with Riot Games’ sexist culture, culminating in a sex-discrimination lawsuit that was settled for $100 million. Earlier this year, Riot outlined the company’s plans for the next five years, though it’s unclear how much has changed.