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Riot’s 2XKO Is Already Dead - Inside Games Daily

February 10, 2026·12 min·1 clip

The host praises the fighting game community as a wholesome, authentic scene that uniquely survived the corrosive influence of big esports money.

The hosts of Inside Games Daily analyze Riot Games' surprising decision to lay off 80 developers from the fighting game 2XKO just three weeks after its official launch. They trace the game's decade-long development history, critique Riot's business expectations for the niche fighting game genre, and explore the troubling implications this failure has for Riot's other long-gestating projects, like their MMO.

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