League of Legends: Wild Rift

v League of Legends: Wild Rift is an upcoming video game developed and published by Riot Games for iOS. The game is an abridged version of its PC counterpart,. As in League of Legends, players control a character ("champion") with unique abilities and battle against a team of players or AI-controlled units, with the goal of destroying the opposing team's "Nexus". Each League of Legends: Wild Rift match is discrete, with all champions starting off relatively weak but increasing in strength by accumulating items and experience over the course of the game. The champions and setting blend a variety of genres, including high fantasy, steampunk, and Lovecraftian horror.

History
After acquiring Riot Games, asked them to turn their popular game  into a mobile title. However, Riot declined and claimed that League of Legends gameplay could not be replicated on smartphones. Tencent then proceeded to create their own mobile game, Wangzhe Rongyao, roughly translated to English as , which has an international version named. It was released in 2015.

Release
League of Legends: Wild Rift is set to be released in 2020, with a limited alpha launch in Brazil and the Philippines in June 2020.

On September 16, 2020, Wild Rift is released in closed beta in Southeast Asia via and  by Apple. Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia will be able to try the game until early October. Riot is also planning to include more regions for the close beta in later dates. On October 8, 2020, the closed beta returned adding new countries outside Southeast Asia which are South Korea and Japan.