Riot Games announced that it has acquired Wargaming’s studio in Sydney. The studio, now called Riot Sidney, was known for its work in live service games and network technology. The studio will apparently transfer this experience to the games in Riot Games’ ecosystem . The explanation and details made about the purchase are as follows;
Riot Games acquires Wargaming Sydney studio
The studio, which will change its name to Riot Sidney, has many popular games around the world. The company is also one of the world’s leading development studios in prototyping new game features, add-ons and console ports, as well as next-generation game development tools, servers, and a number of R&D projects.
Riot Sidney will contribute to the development of League of Legends and VALORANT, as well as Riot’s technology teams, with its huge expertise in the field. The studio, which will work under Molly Mason-Boule, Development Studios Leader who has given years to the industry, will play a key role in the work done at Riot’s Development Studios. Under Molly’s leadership, Riot has expanded its approach to global game development, aiming to grow its gaming industry in Australia over time. At the same time, it aims to continue to recruit experts from the experienced studios of the sector by taking advantage of similar opportunities.
One of the largest game development studios in Australia, the studio has previously worked on World of Tanks, World of Warships, and many more games that have appeared on both consoles and computers. Bigworld Technology contributed greatly to the studio’s joining Wargaming in 2012 with their award-winning technology. Prior to joining Wargaming, Bigworld Technology was powering online gaming with more than 30 MMOs. Moreover, he was the owner of the record for the Most Online Players at the Same Time in a single MMO server in the Guinness Book of Records. Wargaming will continue to own Bigworld Technology and use it in its products.
Riot’s acquisition of the studio comes 10 years after Bigworld Technology joined Wargaming and produced some of the world’s most popular games. With over 25 years of gaming experience, the Australian studio has proven to be one of the most innovative teams in the region and industry. The studio’s entire development team will join Riot Sydney while the existing publishing team will continue to work with Wargaming.
