{
  "id": 2217528,
  "title": "Riot is ending development on its League of Legends fighting game",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/riot-is-ending-development-on-its-league-of-legends-fighting-game",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-20T19:59:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/games/982986/riot-games-league-of-legends-fighting-game-2xko-end-development"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Riot Games is already winding down work on 2XKO, the free-to-play League of Legends fighting game, less than a year after its initial launch. Riot says \"active development\" will conclude at the end of 2026 because the company hasn't \"seen enough players stick with the game to get to a path toward sustainability.\" Servers will […]",
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        "published": "2026-08-20T16:25:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
        "title": "Active development on League of Legends fighting game spinoff 2XKO will be coming to an end at the end of the year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/active-development-on-league-of-legends-fighting-game-spinoff-2xko",
        "published": "2026-08-20T20:33:50.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}