Riot Games Shuts Down 2XKO Fighting Game, Refunding All Purchases

Less than a year after its launch, Riot Games has announced the end of 2XKO, a tag-team fighting game built on the recognizable characters of League of Legends and Valorant. The studio, long sustained by the extraordinary success of its flagship titles, found that even familiar IP and considerable resources could not overcome the structural economics of a genre that demands much and forgives little. The shutdown — complete with full purchase refunds — is both a rare public admission of failure and a quiet warning about the limits of live-service ambition in an increasingly crowded competitive