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League of Legends ushers in 'A New Dawn' with new cinematic trailer

Riot would like to remind everyone of their own MOBA giant with a new six-minute cinematic trailer.

Ozzie Mejia

July 22, 2014 5:00 PM

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Now that The International is in the books and the competitive gaming world still has Dota 2 on the brain, Riot Games would like to remind everyone that there's another MOBA monolith in town. The developer released a new cinematic for League of Legends, putting forth their own champions on display.

While it may be curious that Riot is marketing their game with a cinematic trailer, studio co-founder Brandon Beck notes that such an idea better allows them to show off the diverse characters and their personalities. Given the success that Valve has had with similar cinematic trailers for Team Fortress 2, it's hard to argue with that line of logic.

"A cinematic of this depth leads to Champion discovery," said Beck. "It forces us to go deeper into understanding the characters that we're trying to portray."

Check out the full cinematic below and get better acquainted with the League of Legends cast. Once you're done with that, you can also check out the behind-the-scenes video just underneath that.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?