Overview
- Riot announced Thursday that active development of 2XKO will stop in December 2026 while the studio finishes the content already in progress.
- The company is disabling KO Point sales and refunding all purchases made on or before August 20, 2026, and it says refunded players will keep any purchased content.
- All champions will be unlocked and most cosmetics will be bundled into a one‑time offering priced at about $39.99, with other items made purchasable by in‑game Credits.
- Riot will still ship two final champions—Lux in September and Samira in October—and a December patch focused on bug fixes, after which the game moves to maintenance while servers remain online beyond 2026.
- 2XKO began life as Project L after a long development run, suffered a post‑launch reduction of roughly 80 development roles, and the outcome underscores risks for Riot when building niche live‑service games and the teams who work on them.