{
  "id": 6127780,
  "title": "\"Many a brave knight are going to die\" - Riot Games head Marc Merrill speaks on in-development MMO after 2XKO's untimely demise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/many-a-brave-knight-are-going-to-die-riot-games-head-marc-merrill",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-07T09:30:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Eurogamer",
    "slug": "eurogamer",
    "url": "https://www.eurogamer.net/riot-games-mmo-the-grail-pax-2xko"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Marc Merrill - one of the co-founders of Riot Games and its current CPO - has spoken about the in-development MMO, describing it as \"the grail\" following the sudden end-of-development announcement for its fighting game 2XKO. Read more",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}