League of Legends studio Riot promises to take steps to address sexism

Riot Games, which oversees one of the biggest games and esport in the world in League of Legends, is finally talking about how it will address concerns over a culture of sexism at its offices. Earlier this month, Kotaku reporter Cecilia D’Anastasio published an in-depth investigation that looked into how women are treated at the game development company. Now, Riot has published a blog post where it apologizes without qualification and explains how it will address this problem moving forward.

The post checks many of the boxes you expect from a corporate apology. It has been “listening and learning,” and fixing its culture is Riot’s “top priority.” But the studio also had details in addition to platitudes. But it took the time to apologize to its current and former employees and contractors, its fans, its future job candidates, and its partners.