{
  "id": 2540721,
  "title": "League of Legends Spinoff Cancellation Leaves Players Fuming",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/league-of-legends-spinoff-cancellation-leaves-players-fuming",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-22T09:00:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Polygon",
    "slug": "polygon",
    "url": "https://www.polygon.com/riot-games-2xko-cancellation-reactions/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Riot Games has announced the end of active development for its League of Legends spinoff fighting game, 2XKO, just eight months after its launch. The team will release a final content patch in October, after which active development will cease in December. Riot stated that despite ongoing content updates, the game's trajectory showed no meaningful, sustained change, and it became clear that sustaining the game would be impossible. Players can continue to access the servers, and in-game purchases made before August 20 will be refunded.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}