--- title: Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team description: Riot Games laid off approximately 80 employees—roughly half of the global development team—working on 2XKO, its League of Legends-themed fighting game.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/riot-games-lays-off-roughly-80-employees-from-2xko-team-iwm0ewcad twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team | daily.dev og:description: Riot Games laid off approximately 80 employees—roughly half of the global development team—working on 2XKO, its League of Legends-themed fighting game.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/riot-games-lays-off-roughly-80-employees-from-2xko-team-iwm0ewcad og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IWm0EwcaD.png og:image:alt: Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Riot Games laid off approximately 80 employees—roughly half of the global development team—working on 2XKO, its League of Legends-themed fighting game. Executive producer Tom Cannon cited sluggish player engagement and insufficient momentum to sustain the team size long-term, despite the game resonating with a core audience. The game spent a decade in development after Riot acquired Radiant Entertainment in 2016. Riot will continue supporting 2XKO with a smaller team and maintain partnerships with the fighting game community. Affected workers receive minimum 6 months pay and severance, with opportunities to apply for other positions within Riot. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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