Riot Games has officially confirmed an end to ongoing development for 2XKO, the League of Legends universe fighting game.
2XKO’s Final COntent Update Arrives In October
2XKO officially launched earlier this year, in January 2026, and expanded the League of Legends universe of characters to another game. The Riot Games fighting title attempted to standout from the competition with the iconic and recognizable League of Legends cast of characters and a focus on 2v2 tag fighting mechanics.
“… When we looked at all the options available (e.g., reducing team size, adjusting our patch schedules, changing our business model), we concluded that finishing the rest of our work-in-progress content and sunsetting active development was the best route forward for players and Rioters.”
Unfortunately, the project has not seen the growth that Riot Games had hoped for and active development is coming to an end for the project. Development on the game will wrap up at the end of 2026.
“Servers will remain on beyond 2026, and 2XKO will be playable on all platforms. Through the rest of 2026, we’ll be introducing content, feature improvements, and two new champions (Lux and Samira), with the intent to deliver our final bug fix patch in December of this year.”
Once 2027 arrives, servers will remain on to support online play for now. Offline play should be totally unaffected. Riot Games has confirmed that it will update the community if these plans change.
Additionally, the team is now unlocking all champions, bundling most cosmetic items, and refunding all money that was spent in 2XKO before August 20. Avatar and player profile items will be unlockable for Credits after patch 1.3.1 arrives in September.
Here is a summary of the changes that players will see rolling out soon:
- The 2XKO Ultimate Bundle launches in patch 1.3.1. It contains all skins, skin chromas, and taunts for every champion up to and including Lux, plus all currently-released finishers.
- For those who want to pick up everything in 2XKO, this bundle packages most cosmetics into a single purchase.
- Avatar items, select base champion chromas, stages, and player profile items will be unlockable for Credits.
- The Credits limit will be uncapped from 12,000.
- Battle Passes, KO Points, Champion Tokens, seasons, and events will be removed.
- Ranked lobbies will be disabled to ensure that we can matchmake within a single pool of players per server.
- Casual lobbies will still be matchmade by skill, so you should still expect to see players around your skill level.
- Private lobbies will be unaffected.
- All champions will be unlocked for all players. Fuses will still be unlockable through tutorials.
More information will be available in the 1.3.1 patch notes.
Be sure to check back soon for more news and updates on what is next for Riot Games.
2XKO is available now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series consoles.
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