It's a real-life Fishbones!

Jinx was already one of the most well-loved and recognizable characters on the League of Legends roster, but after the release of Netflix's Arcane, her popularity has launched into the stratosphere. That kind of mainstream recognition usually means there are some awesome collabs on the way, which is definitely true in this case. This time around, Riot teamed up with Nerf to create a life-sized replica of Jinx's classic blaster known as Fishbones, which was also featured in Arcane, as fans will remember.

Jinx's Fishbones is available for pre-order now (pre-orders close January 1, 2023, and will be shipping on December 31, 2022. The gun is a gargantuan 35 inches long, and features jaws that open and close as you shoot. It holds 18 total darts, shooting out a three round burst every time you pull the trigger. Fishbones also comes with a Jinx-inspired stand and "display-worthy packaging" for those who want to show it off for everyone to see. The NERF LMTD League of Legends Jinx Fishbones blaster retails for $169.99, and is available for pre-order on Amazon or directly from Nerf.

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The Jinx Fishbones collaboration is part of NERF LMTD, a " premium, special edition, fan-focused line from the Nerf brand brings you some of the most iconic items from movies, video games, and entertainment with premium features and packaging." Other franchises that have been honored with a Nerf collab include Star Wars, Halo, Star Trek, Aliens, and G.I. Joe, just to name a few.

This has seriously got to be one of the coolest gaming merchandise crossovers I think I've ever seen, and absolutely something I wish I had when I was a kid. I've only touched League of Legends once in my life (that's a whole st??ory for another day), but the second Nerf releases something from a game I play, I might just have to splurge and treat my inner child.

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The animated series gets a nod right out of the gate

[Update: Arcane walked away with four trophies on the first night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. It took home the award for Outstanding Animated Program, beating Bob's Burgers, Rick and Morty, The Simpsons, and Marvel's What If...? It was also awarded three jury prizes in Outstanding Individual? Achievement in Animation.]

Riot Games and Fortiche Productions' Arcane has been nominated for?? two categories in the 2022 Emmy awards. The animated series has nominations fo?r both sound editing and outstanding animated program of the year.

The nominations, announced this morning, put two more award nominations on Arcane's resume. Arcane is in the Outstanding Animated Program - 2022 category and Outstanding Sound Editing For A Com?edy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And An??imation - 2022.

Both cite the episode "When These Walls Come Tumbling Down," the sixth episode of Arcane season one.

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Arcane does have some competition in the animation category, though. Marvel's What If...? short series was also nominated, as was Bob's Burgers, Rick and Morty, and The Simpsons.

The sound editing category, meanwhile, also includes Barry, Cobra Kai, Love Death + Robots, Ted Lasso, and What We Do In The Shadows.

Don't Jinx it

The League of Legends animated series did make a pretty big splash on Netflix, though. Impressions of the show were positive, my own included, and a second season is already in production. Heck, Riot Games even purchased some significant equity in the animation studio, Fortiche.

Safe to say that whether Arcane goes home with a trophy or not, it's still a big success for League in the streaming world. It's not even the only streaming series covering League of Legends right now; Paramount+ has been hosting Players, a fictional series about a pro League team competing in the LCS from the creators behind American Vandal. (And seriously, if esports by way of the American Vandal team interests you, you should go watch that.)

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While it straddles the line of book series and game series a bit, The Witcher also got some nods in this year's Emmys: O??utstanding Special Visual Effects, Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes, and Outstanding Stunt Coordination.

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Making good art ain't easy

We've seen a lot of video game adaptations over the past few years, but none of them have been quite as successful as Riot's League of Legends TV show Arcane. The Netflix series was praised by critics and fans alike, has already won multiple awards ahead of the 2022 Emmys, and Season 2 of the show has been confirmed for quite a while. Plenty of people are curious as to how Riot managed to pull off creating one of the best game-to-TV adaptations of all time, myself included, and now the studio is giving us a glimpse into their process of creating Arcane with a brand new docuseries.

This morning Riot released a trailer for the five-part docuseries called Arcane: Bridging the Rift, which will c?over the series' development from the writers' room all the way up to its release. We'll get interviews from all stages of development �writers, artists, animators, and more.

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The trailer also lays out just how high the stakes were for the team behind Arcane, who up to that point had only produced some League of Legends-inspired music videos.

Creat??ing a show of this scale and scope was a huge leap, especially because it centered around a game that's not exactly known for its story, and it looks like we're ??going to see just how difficult it was to get the series made internally.

Not gonna lie, I'm really looking forward to watching an Arcane docuseries. I love seeing behind-the-scenes footage, and I especially love to hear passionate, creative people talking about the process behind their art. Sounds like we'??ll be getting a lot of that, both from the team at Riot and the Paris-based animation studio Fortiche Productions.

As someone who only plays Riot games on rare occasions, nothing gets me hype? for a studio like som??e good behind-the-scenes footage.

We don't have an exact release date yet for Arcane: Bridging the Rift, but we do know that it's coming out ?sometime in August.

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It's coming for us all

It's no secret that superhero movies have dominated the box office for over a decade now. It's also not a secret that a lot of people out there, myself included, have suffered from superhero movie burnout. Things have been winding down in the MCU after Endgame, and DC never really got much of a start to begin with. Now, it seems like Hollywood is running out of comic book material to mine, so they're moving on to another action-oriente?d ma?rket they haven't fully tapped into yet: the video game movie.

It seems like a new video game movie or show is being announced just about every day, and this trend is showing no signs of slowing down. Games are the natural next step after comic books �they're usually packed full of exciting fi?ght sequences, and often center around the same fantasy or sci-fi tropes that audiences love. Plus there's the added bonus of the automatic audience of people who already love the IPs that they're adapting. It's the obvious ??safe choice, something filmmakers gravitate towards every time.

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Working against the past

But there's just one problem �video game movies in the past have been notoriously bad, because for whatever reason filmmakers can't quite seem to hit their stride in translating interactive content to a more linear format. Of course, there have been a few exceptions over the years. The Sonic series has been doing well on the silver screen, but for every success, there are dozens of other failed game-to-film projects. The World of Warcrafts, Assassin's Creeds, and most recently, Uncharteds of the world have already telegraphed to the public that? video game movies are almost always a letdown.

On the other hand, we have shows like The Witcher and Arcane th?at have done exceptionally well, which provide a little bit more hope. I'm a staunch believer that games should have always been adapted in a serialized format anyway, especially if the creators are going for a 1:1 translation of the story that was originally from the game.

Games already tell their stories in a much longer form than films, so if yo??u want to cut it down to a two-hour runtime rather than a fifteen- to thirty-hour one, creators will need to make a lot of changes.

I'm all for changes, though, when they can add to the experience. Arcane was set in the world of League of Legends, but expanded upon that world in a way that players and viewers hadn't seen before. Trying to make an exact TV version of League of Legends would have been kind of ridiculous given that it's not a story-driven game, but the end result of Arcane is a good case study in how taking an idea and transforming it into something new (aka the whole point of adapting s??omething to a new medium) is what will make the project shine the mo?st.

Putting a new spin on the classics

This is especially true of games where the performances are their most iconic feature. It's what makes me most hesitant about HBO's adaptation of The Last of Us �Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson are Joel and Ellie. They put so much of themselves into those characters, which means the new cast has some big shoes to fill. Those story moments are punctuated with such specific emotional beats from the actors, which were so perfectly captured by the animation �just try and tell me that the last shot of Ellie's face when she says "okay" isn't one of the?? most iconic and? recognizable in all of gaming.

For me, the only way that the Last of Us show can see success is if those in charge of crea?ting it lean into Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey's respective takes on Joel, Ellie, and?? the relationship between them rather than trying to perfectly recreate moments from the game.

Netflix's newly confirmed BioShock movie will have a similar problem; it also contains some of the most iconic performances in games history. It also has the additional problem of using more gaming conventions to convey its narrative than The Last of Us does, specifically through the radio. Having the player receive so much of ??the game's story content through a radio that plays as they explore was a smart way to keep the player engaged in the narrative, and although it's not impossible, I think it will be pretty difficult to keep the viewer engaged in the same way while also not giving up the twist right away.

I think the thing I find most frustrating about all of these adaptations is that they mostly just don't need to happen, not really. In theory, it's really cool to think of seeing some of my favorite stories in a new light �the abstract, nebulous idea of seeing a stylized, well-produced new take on BioShock or Portal is something I'm ravenous for.

If you're gonna do it, do it right

I can't know for s??ure why Hollywood keeps ?getting this stuff wrong, but my guess is that they don't understand how the interactivity of games makes them unique. It's an entirely different set of rules of how you tell a story, and that can be much more difficult to understand when one doesn't have a grasp on the medium in the first place. Any old film executive understands how a book works, but I can bet that plenty of them have never even played a video game before.

My only hope is that these studios continue to incorporate lots of people from the games industry who can help bridge that gap, and that they tr??y to capture the spirit of what made the original fun rather than just copy and pasting story beats.

For now I will remain skeptical, so that when a good video game movie does come out, I can be pleasantly surprised, ra?ther than let down yet again.

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It doesn't end with Arcane

Like everyone else in the world, I finished watching Arcane, Netflix and Riot Games�show tied to the League of Legends universe. Admittedly, I don’t really enjoy playing League, but, like with most games, I still really enjoy the lore. So despite not having an especially personal connection to the source material, I found the star relationship of Arcane, the now undeniably?? canon one between Vi and her sist??er Jinx, to be compelling.

I have a sister (our relationship involves 100% less bombings than Vi’s), and seeing Arcane take an emotional look at this sometimes infuriating, mostly fulfilling familial bond that girls have was a nice surprise from games media. It made me think, though, that most game siblings are brothers or brother and sister. And often, when sisters are depicted, they’re presented as ultra-sexy rivals , something that League the game does, too, which is undoubtedly more about gameplay (and appealing ??to male eyes!) than sist??ers themselves.

So, I came up with four of my favorite sisters in video games that provide alternatives to those conventions with lore or less conventional gameplay. Let me know your favorite video game siblings in the comments!

Quelaag and Quelaag’s Sister, Dark Souls

Quelaag and Quelaag’s Sister are probably my favorite video game sisters �their story makes me so sad! Blind and sick, Quelaag’s Sister is only able to talk to fellow Daughter of Chaos Quelaag, who provides her comfort and care despite their disagreements over how to rule. Their sisterhood is more core to them than any disagreement.

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Giana and Maria, The Great Giana Sisters

Although this 1987 game was an obvious Super Mario Bros. knockoff (and the loading screen is so insanely, unnecessarily sexual “lol� , I think the story is sweet. Little sleeping Giana ends up in a dangerous dreamworld and fights her way through it to return to Maria. It’s nice to have girls looking out for girls in games, and Nintendo eventually got over the whole copyright infringement thing.

Furies, Hades

The Furies are technically more a Greek mythology landmark than beacons in video game history, but they make for a fun boss fight. I like the idea of these three sisters sticking together to try to pummel your ass, and although not necessarily central to the game’s lore, the Furies�inclusion as a boss is a nice alternative to games that put sisters on the sidelines.

Witch Sisters, Witch Sisters�Sugary Dreams

Okay, I mainly picked this arcade-style game because it’s incredibly cute, but sisterhood can be cute, too! This game?? is about tiny witch sisters, Keet and Kat, who team up for a noble quest: regaining their stolen candy. I highly recommend playing with a younger sister, especially if she’s not typically into video games, but usually into candy.

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It made for a fun watch, though

I've only ever played League of Legends once in my life. Story?? time: I was working a small event where they were holding a tournament, but they didn't have enough people to play, so I got roped in even though I had never touched the game in my life (I had at this point played a bit of Heroes of the Storm after my friends insisted a few months prior, and decided that MOBAs weren't really my thing). I climbed up onto the stage and literally set up my League account right there, and then we were underway.

I truly had no idea what I was doing, and kind of started just clicking randomly. Somehow we won because the other team neglected to kill any of our minions, so their base got overrun. Afterwards, my friend who was hosting the event informed me that the game was actually streamed to the front page of Twitch, where the commentators decid?ed to roast my obvious lack of knowledge for everyone to see.

[caption id="attachment_298479" align="alignnone" width="900"] [Image Source: Gamespedition][/caption]It was somewhat of a traumatic introduction to the beloved MOBA, but honestly, I probably wouldn't want to play League regardless. At this point it's pretty obvious that story-focused games are my absolute favorite, and while the world of League of Legends is full of some pretty cool lore, it's just not enough to pull my attention.

In comes Arcane, and here I was thinking that it was going to completely change my mind about wanting to play the game. Part of me dreaded it because I knew I didn't have the free time to spare to learn and then play a bunch of League. Turns out I had nothing to worry about.

Don't get me wrong, I had a blast watching Arcane. The visuals, the music, and the worldbuilding were all fantastic, and I hope that future shows and films can take note of all the unique things the show is doing to push visual storytelling forward. Its polish and production quality are unmatched, and it deserves all the praise it's getting in that regard. I think using the characters from your games that players already know and love and letting us go along on a journey with them is a really smart idea, and I look forward to seeing how Riot continues to prove that game properties can flourish as other types of media.

The crux of the Arcane, though, was supposed to be its characters. Most of the marketing I've seen has been focused on the relationship between sisters Jinx and Violet, which in theory is the emotional centerpiece of Arcane. After watching, I was disappo??inted in the lack of more full character development from pretty much the entire cast of characters �the motivations were often muddled, and I found myself wondering why someone was acting a certain way rather than understanding it as the next natural step in their arc.

Plot-wise, there were so ??many different topics introduced, like the contrast between those who are privileged and the people they exploit, the dehumanization of drug addicts who are victims of a system stacked against them, the ethical dangers of letting scientific advances get out of hand, or hell, even what it means to be a family, an idea that had more screen time than any others. The show does a good job of setting everything up (I had a lot of hope after the first three episodes), but it lost me with its failure to say anything conclusive about its themes.

I can't pretend to know exactly why Arcane was made in the first place. I want to believe that it was because Riot was so p??assionate about the story they wanted to tell, but the jaded part of me that lives in the real world knows that it's at least in part because they wanted to promote their games.

The biggest reason that's holding me back from giving Riot's games a chance is their lack of focus on narrative-driven entries to their catalogue. It's not like there's a problem with that �it's entirely their prerogative to make whatever the hell kind of games they want. I know for a fact that the stuff they make is awesome if you're a fan of the given genre. But for me, Arcane doesn't work as motivation to go and try League, because th?e experience of watching it is so vastly different to playing the game.

With Arcane's release and subsequent success, I can't help but think of the other intellectual property that has become a pop culture monolith with its game-to-TV adaptation that also happens to be on Netflix: The Witcher. The games we?re already insanely popular, but the show is really what push??ed it over the edge of becoming a household name to more mainstream audiences.

The Witcher is a bit of a different case to Arcane, because the IP actually started out as ??novels first, then went to games, then TV. The focus on storytelling was always there from the beginning, and each incarnation provided a new interpretation of its world and characters. I actually think the way the series has done adaptations is real??ly smart �with each medium telegraphing its narrative in its own unique way, I like that they allowed the different versions to do what was best suited to how the story was being told.

Having started as a game, and a non-narrative game at that, Arcane had a different set of challenges. They had to build the story from the ground up, and while there's a limitless amount of potential there, it's also lacking the inherent structure that The Witcher had the luxury of working off of as a starting point. That structure is exactly what I think Arcane would have benefited from the most.

The fight scenes in the show were bombastic and dynamic, and definitely evocative of the source material, but all I could think was, "man, this would have felt even cooler if any of these emotional beats were landing." It was a bit jarring to have a character gleefully mowing down enemies with a giant hammer/gun combo one second, only for them to be horrified by their actions the next. You c??an't have it ??both ways.

While The Witcher's show, novels, and games feel like close siblings, Arcane and League feel like distantly related cousins who see each other once every few years at a wedding or funeral. I guess it was silly of me to think that Arcane's story could change my mind. No matter how interested in the characters I may or may not be af?ter watching, the game is always going to be part of a genre that I just can't quite get into.

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I'll be watching you

One of the best parts of The Game Awards every year, in my opinion, is finding out which musical guest will be performing at the show. It can sometimes be jarring to see beloved bands like CHVRCHES or Green Day inserted in the middle of such a meme-worthy event, but it can still make for some pretty awesome performances, plus it helps? break up the monotony of the award presentations after ??a few hours. As Geoff Keighley just announced on Twitter, this year's special guest will be none other than 17-time Grammy Award-winning rock legend Sting.

Before going solo, Sting served as the frontman for The Police, best known for tracks like "Roxanne," "Every Breath You Take," and "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic." He will be performing his song "What Could Have Been," which is an original track from the soundtrack of Arcane, a Netflix animated series based on the lore of League of Legends.

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The show's soundtrack is chock-full of songs from really talented, established artists, such as Bea Miller, Woodkid, and Pusha T just to name?? a few �and who could ?forget that banger of a main theme by none other than Imagine Dragons. "What Could Have Been," which also features artist Ray Chen, can be heard in the show during Episode 9, the final episode of the season.

Arcane has been a huge success on pretty much every front, so it comes as a surprise to no one that the show has already been greenlit for a second season. I've personally really enjoyed having a way into the world of League of Legends that I otherwise wouldn't have, and the music that comes along with i?t is well-deserving of the praise it's receiving.

Sting is only one of the featured musical acts that ??will be present at the event this year, as more are slated to be announced in the coming weeks. The Game Awards will take place on Thursday, December 9th at 8pm ET / 5pm PT, and will be available to stream on Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and more.

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Coulda, shoulda, woulda

Arcane, Riot's new Netflix show based on the lore of the League of Legends universe, has been nothing short of a hit since its release a few weeks ago. It's garnered nearly universal praise across the internet, and is currently sitting with a 9.5 on Metacritic. Just when we thought we had heard everyone's take on the show, though, none other than famed game developer Hideo Kojima took to Twitter to let us know about his feelings on Arcane.

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There's certainly nothing ambiguous about saying "This is awesome! It's great!" At this point, Kojima is best known as one of the greatest storytel??lers in games, so this is tremendously high prais?e coming from him. I just know the folks over at Riot have to be stoked to see this.

The real kicker from this tweet, though, is that Kojima didn't just let us in on his opinion of the show �he also divulged the fact that he was invited to a preview of Arcane before it aired, but decided to pass on it at the?? time, and now regrets that decision. It wouldn't surprise me if he was just too busy to go, but I'm sure the positive attention the show has gotten on social media helped bring it to Kojima's attention??.

In another tweet in the same thread, he goes on to call the show a "digital video achievement between realism and art," likening it to other animated shows and movies such as Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Love, Death & Robots, and Witness.

I can't help but agree with Kojima here, not only because I am also a proponent of highly stylized animation, but also because I was reluctant to try Arcane and ended up really, really enjoying it. My own hesitancy came from the fact that I had only ever played League of Legends once and wasn't familiar with any of the lore, so I assumed that I wouldn't be interested in the world of the show. There's no way to kno?w what Kojima's reasoning was for not turning up to that preview, but I'm glad we were both able to overcome our reluctance and give the show a fair shot.

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As my mom used to say, you reap what you sow

No one likes coming to terms with the fact that many of our heroes are monsters, but hey, here we are. Turns out one of the most beloved game studios of all time �so beloved, in fact, that they have their own convention every year �is home to some bad people. If only the women working t?here had been trying to tell us this for years, maybe this all could have been avoided.

Now it's not just the victims of these bad players' actions who are speaking up, but almost the entirety of Blizzard's staff, as well as heads of other huge game companies like PlayStation and Xbox. Unl??ike other studios' allegations and lawsuits that could be more easily swept under the rug, the skeletons in Blizzard's closet are on full display for the world to see, and it has me wondering whether it means things are actually going to change for once.

Blizzard has been a tentpole of the games industry for decades, but now, they're at an impasse, and their next move will determine the gaming landscape for years to come. Right now the biggest call to action is the remo?val of Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, which would really be the bare minimum at this point, but definitely a step in the right direction.

This is the best chance Blizzard has at showing their company and the public that they actually care about making a change. I'm not a business-minded person in the slightest, so I don't know the nuance of how any of this works, but the way I see it is that anything other than getting rid of Kotick would be the final nail in the coffin for Blizzard. Maybe it's that they've had plenty of senior developers jumping ship, or that they're scared of a potential takeover, but at this point, there is no excuse.

The way I see it, there are two options �either Activision Blizzard removes Kotick at the very least, and hopefully continues to evaluate how the company is run and take out anyone else who is causing harm??, or they�do nothing, I guess? It's hard to believe that this could actually be the case considering the outcry and it being a generally terrible situation that needs to be amended, but unfortunately we've been let down before.

It's just that if Blizza?rd refuses to make significant changes, I think it's over for them. Admitting that they're wrong and doing everything they can to fix the company culture they've created is the only way forward. Because those senior staff have been leaving huge projects in droves, without any sort of substantial change, I can't see any other veteran game devs worth their salt wanting to jump in to take their spots anytime soon. Without that experienced staff, their games will suffer, simple as that.

This won't just be a matter of public opinion of Blizzard, but a crumbling of the projects tha??t have made the company successful to begin with, as well as? potentially successful in the future.

It's interesting looking back at Riot after the exposé about their workplace mistreatment went public in the summer of 2018. At first, there was some apprehension about whether any action was really taken, but from what I can understand as of now in 2021, the company has made huge strides to prevent the locker-room-bro culture from continuing, building up their female developers, and diversifying their teams quite a bit. From what I've heard from friends that work there, it's not perfect �but it's a ??genuinely nice place to work where they feel supported and heard.

And just look at how Riot is doing now. They now have multiple franchises that are absolutely killing it with some of the most popular games in the world, and now they've successfully broken into other types of media as well, like television. Correlation does not mean causation, but part of me has to wonder whether they've been able to excel so much over the past few years because they placed a greater focus on their employees' well??being.

I want this same future for Blizzard. Saying that I want every game employee to be happy and healthy and feeling fulfil??led by the work they're doing should not have to feel like something out of a fairytale, but here we are. They have a choice to make, and an easy one from where I'm standing, but it's only a matter of time before we see what path they've chosen, for better or for worse.

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Kick things off with an Arcane tie-in

Legends of Runeterra, a card game that shares its world of Runeterra with League of Legends, has officially revealed its new single-player mode. The Path of Champions is a new way to play PvE in Legends of Runeterra, and the key difference between this and other single-player offerings from LoR is all in the story.

The mode goes live on Nov. 10, but we got ??a chance to check ??out some of the content ahead of time. Taking place in the world of Runeterra, the Path of Champions functions like many other single-player deckbuilders. You progress along a path of branching nodes, choosing different routes that might offer upgrades, boons, or unique encounters.

As part of the launch, Riot is celebrating the release of the Arcane series on Netflix with a sto?ry-based narrative set in Piltover and Zaun. This was the area we got to check out, as I piloted a Jinx deck through the under??world and up into Piltover.

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One big takeaway from this special campaign was the incorporation of story, which made it stand out not just from Runterra's other offerings like the Lab of Legends, but many other run-based deckbuilders. If you like the world of League of Legends and Run??eterra in general, Path of Champions real??ly showcases it all in a new light with animated comics and voiceovers.

There are even branching narrative choices, which can result in different endings for your run depending on what you choose. As a fan of the Jinx and Vi-focused narrative that Arcane is zooming in on, it worked pretty well for me.

It may be contingent on whether you enjoy playing the base game of Legends of Runeterra, but the nice part is that Riot's card game is free-to-play. If the idea of a branching run-based mode with lots of League of Legends lore sou??nds appealing, it's?? free to download and try out.

A bevy of new content arrives alongside Path of Champions, including a new Mega Event Pass with emotes, guardians, and card backs, as well as some Gilded skins for Arcane-related cards lik?e Vi, Jinx, Caitlyn, Ekko??, and Jayce.

Legends of Runeterra wil?l launch its Path? of Champions mode on Nov. 10, 2021.

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It'll be a Riot

It won't be too long before League of Legends has its own Netflix series alongside the many other video game adaptations on the service. A new teaser today announced that Arcane will arrive this fall.

Announced during Riot's 10-year anniversary stream, Arcane is a new animated series that is about two "iconic League champions," and the power that will eventually tear them apart. Following a delay last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, today we got confirmation that Arcane is coming to Netflix and a glimpse of the action, including what looks like current League of Legends champions Jinx and Vi.

The world of @LeagueofLegends is coming to Netflix.
Arcane drops this Fall. pic.twitter.com/7DJgqHpODM

— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) May 3, 2021

Netflix has had no shortage of video game adaptations making their way to the service. Dota: Dragon's Blood has already been locked in for a second season, Castlevania is gearing up for its final season this month (though more could be on the way), and a CGI Resident Evil arrives later this year.

With the world of Runeterra soon joining them, there's plenty of streaming series to go around. Hopefully a firm date's on the way for League's foray into the world of animated series.

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