Riot Games has acquired Wargaming Sydney, now simply called Riot Sydney

League of Legends developer riot games has announced that it has acquired world of tanks study war games sydney.

Riot Games has announced today, October 17, that as part of its acquisition, the studio will be renamed Riot Sydney, which will use its “considerable experience to further grow the League of Legends, Valorant, and tech teams at Riot,” according to a press release. “The studio will be a key contributor to Riot’s development studios organization under the leadership of industry veteran and head of Riot development studios, Molly Mason-Boule.”

The press release notes that under Mason-Boule’s leadership, “Riot is expanding its focus into global development, and over time, Riot hopes to grow the games industry in Australia and will also continue to explore similar opportunities to add expert veteran talent. studies”.

Specifically, the development team will join Riot, while the publishing team will remain at Wargaming.

In a statement, Head of Development Nareshi Hirani at what is now called Riot Sydney said: “Being a part of Wargaming has been a phenomenal journey for us over the last 10 years, and has helped our studio grow and prosper. I was very impressed with the cultural fit we’ve experienced in our dealings with everyone at Riot, and we look forward to bringing our global development experience to the respective teams.”

Before joining Riot, the studio helped on titles like World of Tanks and World of Warships using its Bigworld technology, an underlying software architecture that helps developers create MMOs and online games, obviously a big part of what it does. Riot considering that their biggest titles are Valorant and League of Legends.

It is important to note that in 2018, a report from Kotaku outlined major issues with the culture of sexism at Riot Games, ultimately resulting in a gender discrimination lawsuit being settled for $100 million. Earlier in the year, Riot outlined their plans for the next five years as a company, though it’s still unclear how much things have changed at this point.