{"id":6766,"date":"2020-08-04T21:46:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T21:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/riot-games-is-taking-a-week-off"},"modified":"2024-07-22T03:28:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T03:28:49","slug":"riot-games-is-taking-a-week-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/riot-games-is-taking-a-week-off","title":{"rendered":"Riot Games is taking a week off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As one of the world&rsquo;s biggest game developers, known for the likes of League of Legends, Valorant, Legends of Runeterra, and Team Fight Tactics, it&rsquo;s fair to say that Riot Games has been busy. After an intense few months of creating brand new IPs for gamers everywhere to enjoy, the company has announced that it&rsquo;s taking a week off to &ldquo;disconnect, recharge, and reboot&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_179851\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<p>In a blog post released on the Riot Games website, the organization claims that taking the week starting the 10th August&nbsp;off work is necessary to recover after launching complex new projects alongside their work with&nbsp;flagship MOBA League of Legends. With employees putting in a lot of hours from home due to COVID-19, the company is more than a little aware of just how hard separating work is from everyday life.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Riot Games week off\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/i_UmvYrOzgvDnFTT2JhqPN8IgckZt5KNbZ5MfsCLOsI\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzL0Jhbm5lcl9pbWFnZXMvRm9ydG5pdGVfQ2hhcHRlcl8yX1NlYXNvbl8yX1NraW5zL3Bvb2xfcGFydHkvUmlvdF9nYW1lc193ZWVrX29mZi5wbmc\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 312px;\" width=\"770\" height=\"400\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:11px;\">(Picture: Riot Games)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The break is being prioritised in order to make sure the Riot Games team can take a moment and look after their own health, in a move that has prompted respect from gamers all around the globe. This isn&rsquo;t to say that we won&rsquo;t be hearing from Riot during this week, however, as some teams will reportedly be staggering their time off to keep things running smoothly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/riot-officially-reveal-killjoy-agent-a-tech-savvy-duelist\">Riot officially reveal Killjoy Agent &#8211; a tech-savvy damage dealer<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To conclude the blog post, Riot Games thanked gamers for their patience and understanding, informing us that they&rsquo;d be back before long to continue work on their critically-acclaimed titles. For now, though, they&rsquo;re taking a little time to play games instead of making them.<\/p>\n<p>This news comes right after the publisher announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/valorant-v1-05-patch-notes-killjoy-agent-raze-nerf-and-new-rank-system\">Valorant&rsquo;s latest patch<\/a> will be dropping in a matter of hours. Legends of Runeterra is also getting a new update, adding even more content to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/legends-of-runeterra\/how-to-complete-all-quests-in-the-legends-of-runeterra-spirit-blossom-event\">Spirit Blossom event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Riot Games will presumably return to business as normal on 17th August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As one of the world&rsquo;s biggest game developers, known for the likes of League of Legends, Valorant, Legends of Runeterra, and Team Fight Tactics, it&rsquo;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4350,"featured_media":6767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video-games","genre-entertainment","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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