League of Legends: Wild Rift hits #1 on US launch

League of Legends: Wild Rift hits #1 on US launch image
By Gamesforum Staff 1 April 2021

Riot Games MOBA League of Legends: Wild Rift tops the Free Games Downloads chart in the United States following its Americas regional launch on March 28th. Apptica Top Free charts showed the title storming to number 1 in the US on both Android and iOS following its release

For years, Riot Games appeared to have little interest in creating a mobile version of LoL. This in spite of the proven success of two huge mobile games based around the League of Legends formula (Arena of Valor and Mobile Legends, which together have grossed over $8 billion). In fact, until last year — when League of Legends: Wild Rift was announced — the closest they had been associated with a mobile MOBA was their very public 2017 lawsuit against Mobile Legends developer Moonton.

Check out Andi Nuruljihad's Gamesforum Online review of the League of Legends: WIld Rift Open Beta here 

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