People can finally try the League of Legends fighting game 4 years after its announcement

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Seven years after Riot acquired developer Radiant Entertainment, and four years after it revealed fighting game Project L among a litany of other spinoffs, the League of Legends fighter will finally be playable next month. 

Riot's announced that Project L will have a playable demo at the Evo 2023 show floor, which runs from August 4 through August 6. The demo, however, will only be available the first two days. Three playable champions have been revealed so far: Ekko, Ahri, and Darius. A fourth, currently unannounced champion will be added closer to the event.

This is good news for intrigued Evo attendees, but it's also among the most significant updates we've had on Project L in quite some time. This may be a siloed-off demo tied to one tournament, but the fact that Riot is ready to show Project L to the public, especially ravenous fighting game fans, is a good sign. 

A video letter from executive producer Tom Cannon was released alongside Project L's Evo announcement, setting expectations for its playable debut. "Project L isn't just a tag-based fighting game," he begins. "It's a 2v2 team-based fighting game. This means that teams of two players can face off together in the same match with each player piloting a single champion. So we're building a game where you can play with your friends as well as against them." 

Core rules designer Daniel "Clockwork" Maniago and game director Shaun Rivera showed off Project L's "dual-play" system more in-depth. Rivera describes it as "a bit like tag-team wrestling" in that one player controls the on-stage champion while the other "waits off-screen for their teammate to find the right moment to tag them in." You can build combos, save each other, and inevitably bicker when you get