Even the League of Legends MMO's lead developers aren't sure if it'll ever ship
The upcoming League of Legends MMO currently in development at Riot is "going great" but still might end up not shipping, the game’s executive producer says.
In a recent tweet, Greg Street said: "A few weeks ago I made a tweet where I intended to emphasize what a commitment I had made to this MMO. Some players and media latched onto the "might never ship" part and extrapolated that the development was not going well. Spoiler: It is going great. This team is so stacked."
It seems like there's a bit of confusion surrounding the upcoming game, which was quietly announced by developer Riot back in 2020. Things have been made slightly more baffling by Street's tweets however with fans questioning whether or not the game will ever ship at all.
But there is no guarantee any game in this business will ship. Anyone who makes that promise is essentially saying they will ship even if the game is disappointing. We won’t ship a disappointing game. (We also won’t crunch just to make sure the game is as good as it can be.)April 20, 2022
Following on from this, Street also replied in a thread explaining how regardless of how good development is currently going, "there is no guarantee any game in this business will ship." Before going on to emphasize the fact that "[Riot] won’t ship a disappointing game. (We also won’t crunch just to make sure the game is as good as it can be.)"
The next tweet in the thread appears to muddy the waters even more as Street then goes on to say: "Do I think Riot will launch an MMO at some point? Absolutely. There are so many good reasons to do it. Maybe I am not the right leader, or this is not the right team, or our design isn’t the right one. But the company will keep at it until the game is worthy of
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