Riot Games' Legends of Runeterra.

Riot Games unveils plans for League of Legends universe in 2021

Riot Games has unveiled its plans for more updates and esports events in the League of Legends universe for 2021.

A short time ago, that would have meant plans for only its League of Legends game. But now Riot Games has multiple games in the market, all based on the same universe as League of Legends. Those include Teamfight Tactics, League of Legends: Wild Rift, and Legends of Runeterra.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.