Wargaming Sydney is a support studio behind World of Tanks and World of Warships, Which will be rebranded Riot Sydney under Riot Games.
The game industry keeps on going with another acquisition. While this is not as earth-shaking as some of the other purchases that have come out this year, Riot Games has acquired Wargaming Sydney (Now Riot Sydney) to assist with live service titles, which shows where Riot Games’ focus is.
The news came officially from Riot Games, with Marc Merrill, co-founder and president of Riot Games, stating, “We are excited to bring these talented developers and teams to Riot.” He went on to further state that “The Rioters who have had the opportunity to work with members of the Sydney team are confident not only in the tech they’ve built over the years but, more importantly, in the people who’ve built it.”
Not only this, but Merrill also conferred that ‘Naz’ (Nazesh Hirani, Head of Development at Riot Sydney, previously Wargaming Sydney) and the studio’s developers “have a long history of working in ways that will complement Riot’s ability to deliver value to our players” and that they “really look forward to collaborating with them.”
In this official statement, Riot has confirmed that this new acquisition will focus on Valorant and League of Legends, Riot’s two most famous titles, as well as working on the tech teams. The studio’s staff will be absorbed into Riot, while Wargaming will retain the publishing side of things.
Lastly, according to this post, Riot is expanding its approach to “global development” and hoping to grow “the game industry in Australia.” This is all under Riot’s Head of Development Studios, Molly Mason-Boule, an industry veteran.
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