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[Draugoth]

Riot Games canceled work on a prototype platform fighter code-named Pool Party in late May, according to current and former Riot Games employees familiar with the decision. Approximately 70-80 employees were working on the game when it was shuttered.

Sources familiar with the project described the original pitch for Pool Party as a platform fighter in the vein of Super Smash Bros. Melee set in the League of Legends universe. Riot Games saw an opportunity to build and support the game's esports scene — unlike Nintendo, which is notoriously hands-off and even hostile toward the Smash competitive ecosystem.A team of 70-80 employees was staffed to the project: a Melee-like platform fighter set in the League of Legends universe

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[MrRibeye]

I was already prepared, snorkel and everything

 

[cash_longfellow]

 

[Spukc]

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

 

[HRK69]

Couldn't even clone a successful game

These developers must be shite

 

[StereoVsn]

Actually could have been kind of interesting since Riot has a ton of characters they could use from League.

 

[cireza]

Sources familiar with the project described the original pitch for Pool Party as a platform fighter in the vein of Super Smash Bros. Melee set in the League of Legends universe.

This sounded so creative, that's too bad.

 

[N0S]

Shouldve teamed up with Square Enix and made Foam Stars: Pool Party 69