Riot Games Snaps Up Wargaming Sydney To Help With Its Live-Service Games

World of Warships. The studio also happens to be one of Australia’s oldest and largest video game developers and has been in operation for the past 25 years.

Wargaming Sydney has now been renamed as League of Legends and Valorant. “The Rioters that have had the opportunity to work with 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,” said Riot co-founder Marc Merrill.

“Being part of Wargaming has been a phenomenal journey for us over the last 10 years, and it’s helped our studio grow and thrive,” said Riot Sydney Head of Development Naresh Hirani. “We were really impressed by the cultural fit we’ve experienced in our dealings with everyone at Riot, and we can’t wait to bring our expertise in global development to the respective teams. I know I speak for the whole team when I say how excited we all are to become part of Riot and help deliver amazing experiences to players.”

The acquisition, however, doesn’t include the Australian studio’s MMO middleware Bigworld Technology which was the reason why they were bought out by Wargaming ten years ago.