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2XKO - What went wrong with Riot's League of Legends fighting game

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वर्ष2026

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Riot's League of Legends fighting game is struggling. Just 3 weeks after the release of 1.0 version on console, half of the development team has been laid off, with over 80 jobs impacted. This is the complete history of 2XKO and its journey so far to this point. 0:00 - 2XKO Lays off half their team and initial reactions 4:39 - 2XKO's origins a decade ago with Rising Thunder 9:17 - Riot Games acquires Rising Thunder (and the reaction) 13:33 - First look at "Project L" in 2019 15:58 - Project L becomes a 2v2 tag game in 2021 19:24 - Project L becomes 2XKO in 2023 21:50 - 2XKO gets in the hands of the FGC 24:32 - 2XKO gameplay in comparison to popular fighting games 27:30 - Tag fighters and 2XKO 29:42 - Single player content and fighting games 30:45 - 2XKO is releasing with 10 characters 33:09 - LoL vs. Arcane characters 35:55 - 2XKO Closed Beta and Early Access 38:00 - 2XKO is not reaching anyone outside of the FGC 41:30 - People notice the lack of interest 42:44 - Console launch 43:45 - Comparisons to Multiversus 45:09 - Many random controversies 46:15 - Hope with tournament and community engagement 48:40 - Layoff announcement hits 3 weeks after console launch 49:10 - Lead character designers laid off 52:30 - Layoff announcements is the first time people hear about 2XKO 53:58 - My analysis of what went wrong 1:00:56 - Biggest issue with 2XKO MAIN CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@Brian_F TRASH TALK YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@TrashTalkFGC TRASH TALK + EXTRA TRASHY PODCAST: https://open.spotify.com/show/6q4KFX6icVO4AuyKvvwzt9 NEW MERCH: https://BrianF.Shop Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/Brian_F Twitch stream: http://www.twitch.tv/brian_f Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bri4nf Old Merch: https://brian-f.creator-spring.com/ Fighting Game gear/PC Setup: https://www.amazon.com/shop/bri4nf Amazon Affiliates link: https://amzn.to/2C3sIKb Headphones: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SKVNS00?ref=exp_bri4nf_dp_vv_d #Brian_F #riot #2xko