League of Legends: Wild Rift
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| Original title | League of Legends: Wild Rift |
| Studio | Riot Games |
| Publisher | Riot Games |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
2020 |
| platform | Android , iOS , consoles |
| Game engine | Unity engine |
| genre | Multiplayer online battle arena |
| Game mode | Multiplayer |
| control | Touchscreen , gamepad |
| medium | Download |
League of Legends: Wild Rift is an announced 2020 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games for Android , iOS and consoles . The game is a shortened version of its PC counterpart League of Legends , which is one of the most successful MOBA games.
As in League of Legends , players take on the role of an invisible “summoner” who controls a “champion” with unique skills and fights against a team of other players or computer-controlled champions . The goal is usually to destroy the opposing team's "nexus," a structure that lies at the heart of a base protected by defensive structures, although there are other different game modes as well. Every match in League of Legends: Wild Rift is discreet, with all champions starting off relatively weak but growing in strength as they gain items and experience as the game progresses.
The champions and the setting mix a variety of elements including high fantasy , steampunk and cosmic horror based on HP Lovecraft .
Gameplay
League of Legends: Wild Rift is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game in three-dimensional isometric perspective . Players take part in games that last an average of 15 to 20 minutes. In each game mode, the teams work together to achieve a victory condition. Two teams of five players battle it out to destroy an enemy building called the Nexus, which is guarded by the enemy team, and a series of defensive structures known as towers.
A nexus is located in each enemy base on opposite sides of the map in the lower left and upper right corners. These structures continuously create weak non-player characters known as minions who advance to the enemy base in three ways: Baron, Middle, and Dragon Tracks. Players struggle to push these waves of minions into the enemy base, allowing them to destroy enemy structures and ultimately win the match. Between the lanes there are neutral areas of the map known as the “jungle”, which are arranged in four quadrants. A shallow river divides the map between teams but doesn't hinder movement. All champions cannot wade through other than dry land.
Each team wants to defend its own structures and destroy the structures of the other team. These include:
- Towers: Each lane is guarded by powerful defensive structures known as towers. Towers deal exceptionally high damage and attack enemy minions and players who approach them. Towers prioritize nearby enemy minions, but immediately attack enemy players when attacking friendly players. By bringing a friendly wave of minions within range of a tower, a player can inflict damage to the structure without being attacked. When destroyed, towers provide gold and experience. Destroyed towers will be permanently destroyed for this match and will not reappear. By destroying an inhibitor tower, the allied Nexus creates Super Minions, more powerful Minions that give the surrounding Minions a buff.
- Nexus: Every team has a nexus that can only be damaged if all the towers in a lane are destroyed. The Nexus deals exceptionally high damage faster than towers and attacks enemy minions and players who approach them. Destroying the opposing team's nexus ends the game.
Some targets are "neutral," which means they won't attack passing champions, but champions can choose to fight them if they want a reward at the expense of the fight. They include:
- Jungle Monsters: Neutral monsters appear in the jungle at various intervals, offering players gold, experience and sometimes other rewards to kill them. They are the most common neutral target.
- Rift Herald: The Rift Herald is a powerful enemy on the top of the river. By killing the Rift Herald, it can be summoned again as a battering ram to attack enemy towers. This monster will never reappear after it's killed.
- Baron Nashor: Baron Nashor is the most powerful neutral enemy on the top of the river. It appears after ten minutes and replaces the Rift Herald. All living members of the team who kill Baron Nashor will receive a buff that will make the nearby minions more powerful.
Development and publication
In 2015, Chinese computer game developer Tencent reached out to Riot Games, owned by Tencent, and asked them to turn their popular League of Legends game into a mobile title. However, Riot refused, claiming that League of Legends gameplay could not be replicated on smartphones. Tencent then developed its own mobile game Wangzhe Rongyao which roughly translated into English as Honor of Kings and has an international version called Arena of Valor . In 2017, Riot Games filed a lawsuit against Moonton , the developer of the rival game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang , for copyright infringement, citing similarities between Mobile Legends and League of Legends . The case was initially dismissed in the Central District Court of California in the United States for forum non conveniens . Tencent, as the parent company of Riot, filed a new, separate lawsuit on behalf of Riot Games against Moonton's CEO Watson Xu Zhenhua in a Chinese court that ruled in Tencent's favor in July 2018, and Tencent paid $ 2.9 million ( RMB 19.4 million ) Awarded in relation to damages .
As of 2016, Tencent had more than 50 million daily active users and more than 200 million registered users in Honor of Kings and the Arena of Valor . In 2019, both Honor of Kings and Arena of Valor were the biggest mobile games on the esports scene. Riot Games recognized the enormous potential in the mobile market and announced League of Legends: Wild Rift on October 16, 2019 on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of League of Legends .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 'League of Legends: Wild Rift' will land on mobile and consoles in 2020. Accessed on May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ League of Legends Wild Rift: Got more information about the test day right at the end of January? In: Not a Gamer. January 2, 2020, accessed May 11, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Riot's relationship with Tencent has reportedly been strained over declining profits and mobile games. In: Dot Esports. August 13, 2018, Retrieved May 11, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Riot Games parent Tencent wins $ 2.9 million in lawsuit against Moonton CEO. In: Dot Esports. July 18, 2018, accessed May 11, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Liz Lanier, Liz Lanier: Tencent Wins Lawsuit Over 'League of Legends' Copycat. In: Variety. July 19, 2018, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ World's top-grossing game Honor of King is coming to Europe and the US. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .