League of Legends 2D fighter Project L will be free-to-play
Riot wants to remove any barriers keeping players from accessing Project L including cost as it was revealed that the game will be free-to-play.
If you’re a League of Legends fan eager to jump into a brand new experience, the upcoming 2D fighter Project L may pique your interest. Not only will Project L offer a new 2D fighting experience, it’s also been revealed today that the game will be free-to-play.
The news of Project L being free-to-play comes courtesy of Tom Cannon, the game's Senior Director and EP, in a quick update video posted to Twitter.
The video notes that last November, the team showed off some of the game’s core concepts and “rebooted art style” with fans responding positively to what was shown. Cannon then mentions that, “Your reactions and excitement gave us the reassurance that we’re heading in the right direction.”
About to head off to Vegas for Evo, but before I do... pic.twitter.com/bQ9QoSwvpK
— Tom Cannon (@ProtomCannon) August 1, 2022
As of right now, the team is finishing up work on core mechanics, such as building champions or game features like competitive play and social systems. Following this info, Cannon goes on to share the exciting news that yes, Project L will be free-to-play.
To help alleviate any concerns in terms of how Riot will monetize the project, Cannon mentions that, “When it comes to monetization we promise to be respectful of both your time and your wallet.” If that’s not enough to get you excited for Project L, Riot also shared a blog post today with a sneak peek on the development of one of the characters that’ll occupy the game’s starting roster.
The character is Illaoi, the Kraken Princess with the blog post outlining how elements such as a well-placed ult, her story and theme, and her role in Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, are among the factors for why she’s been tapped to be included in Project L’s starting roster.
For more on this, be sure to read through the blog post from Riot Games. If you'd like to hear for yourself that Project L will be free-to-play, you can also check out the full video from Tom Cannon on Twitter.
After hearing that Project L will be free-to-play, and confirmation of champions like Illaoi, we’re curious what your thoughts are on the game. Are you looking forward to checking it out? What other League of Legends characters are you hoping to see in the roster? Let us know in Chatty!
For more on League of Legends, check out some of our previous coverage including how League of Legends and other Riot Games content is coming to Xbox Game Pass.
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replyMorgan Shaver posted a new article, League of Legends 2D fighter Project L will be free-to-play
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Tekken 7 sold nine million copies (not to mention the four waves of DLC), I’m not sure I’d label that as niche and don’t see the incentive for them to go F2P.
I’m not as familiar with the #’s for titles outside the mainstream but I could see it making sense to have no barrier to entry, then charge $20+ for extra characters outside the base roster.-
(I didn’t mean $20 per character)
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Ultimately I support any strategy that has the potential to grow the scene. I'm a Tekken guy if that wasn't obvious, so I don't know as much about my 2D brothers and sisters but fighting games have always been a "rising tide lifts all boats" genre.
It looks like Project L will give us a chance to see how that works out! I'll definitely be playing that, and I'm going to dabble with SF6 as well (at least one or two characters.)
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I think mainstreaming F2P for 1v1 fighting games is worth a shot as long as the cosmetic model doesn't get out of hand.
Fighter silhouettes and outlines and whatever etc etc. It seems that those rules are law, right up until they aren't and they want to sell a pretty outfit.
After several years, there are multiple such outfits for every character, and a newcomer to the game never stands a chance because they will fight five different versions of the same character in their first few play sessions, and then walk away from the game.
I don't think I ever confused a Demoman wearing a helmet for a Soldier wearing a kilt, but in some of the MOBAs, as a new player who only ever sees a loading screen model some of the characters are impossible to recognize with their $$$ outfits on.-
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The only reason this is going to succeed is the inflation of tournament money riot is going to throw at it. Like other ftp fighting games they last a little bit then they fade away to the cult following or disappear (very few games)
Riot money in tournaments will draw people and keep them there, a lot of the fgc tournament people have already stated this years ago.
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