Arena has taken another big step towards permanence in League of Legends, with Riot Games investing more in experimentation and resources for quick mode to ensure it will be around for years to come.
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League Arena has been an undeniable success, with players falling more and more in love with the two-vs-two-vs-two-vs-two playlist each time it goes live. That clear victory—and the sheer hype surrounding Swarm—has inspired Riot to double down on new modes and bolster the ones already live.
What that investment entails wasn't made clear by Riot when the developers shared their upcoming plans in a blog post about League modes in July this week, but there will be "experimentation" on a scale we haven't seen in-house in a while. They'll be measured risks, Riot explained, but it'll all be geared toward one dedicated goal: finding a world where Arena hits a permanent sweet spot among League games.
"You see that with Arena, we sent it out, saw what players wanted to do with it, and then brought it back to the lab," Sope "Riot Sopebox" May explained. "Our goal is to get it to a point where it's sustainable long-term."
