Riot games owner
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Riot Games
American video game developer
"Riot (developer)" redirects here. For the Telenet Japan subsidiary, see Riot (Telenet Japan).
Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles. It was founded in September 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill to develop League of Legends and went on to develop several spin-off games and the unrelated first-person shooter game Valorant. In 2011, Riot Games was acquired by Chinese conglomerateTencent. Its publishing arm, Riot Forge, oversaw the production of League of Legends spin-offs by other developers until its shutdown in January 2024. The company worked with Fortiche to release Arcane, a television series based on the League of Legends universe.
Riot Games operates League of Legends esports leagues and the Valorant Champions Tour. The company, which had 20 offices worldwide as of 2023, sells corporate sponsorships, merchandise, and streaming rights for its leagues. Riot has faced allegations and lawsuits alleging a toxic workplace culture, inc
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Brandon Beck
A lifelong gamer, Brandon "Ryze" Beck cofounded Riot Games in 2006 with a vision for a game that would become League of Legends and a game company that would redefine the way video games are developed, delivered, and supported for players.
Brandon and cofounder Marc Merrill attended the University of Southern California together and bonded over their love for video games. Roommates after college, they pursued their shared dream and founded Riot out of their apartment in Los Angeles.
Riot's debut title, League of Legends, has grown into one of the most-played games in the world and a driver of the explosive growth of esports. In October 2019, Riot announced a slate of new games including Legends of Runeterra (a digital card game), Teamfight Tactics (a leader in the emerging autobattler genre) for mobile devices, and VALORANT(a tactical first-person shooter), as well Arcane, Riot’s first animated series which aired its first season on Netflix in November 2021 and is currently in production on season two.
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For original member and founder Mark Reale, keeping Riot together has always been his main focus and continuing to bring music to thousands upon thousand of extremely loyal fans world wide. Riot originated in the basement of Mark Reale's home in Brooklyn, New York in the summer of 1976 and by 1977 Mark Reale, Guy Speranza, LA Kouvaris, Jimmy Iommi and Peter Bitelli had recorded their first album Rock City for a small independent label Fire Sign Records who managed to obtain various licensing deals throughout the world, Riot played all over the East cost heavily and was starting to be notice by bigger labels and was making a buzz on the radio throughout the US.
Capitol Records quickly signed Riot, who soon entered the studio to record their second album Narita after Rick Ventura joined the band replacing LA Kouvaris which would be released in 1979, Riot toured all over the US and was really picking up steam and was offered a tour on the first Monsters Of Rock in Great Britain. But before they went over to perform, they replaced Jimmy Iommi and Peter Bitelli
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