Riot Games has confirmed that it is winding down development on 2XKO, its free-to-play fighting game set in the League of Legends universe. The decision comes less than a year after the game’s initial launch, with the company citing a failure to reach a sustainable player base as the primary driver for the move. According to Riot, "active development" will officially conclude at the end of 2026.

Despite the end of new content production, Riot stated that the game's servers will remain operational "beyond 2026." To compensate the existing player base, the company is unlocking all playable characters for free and initiating a refund process for money previously spent on the game. 2XKO originally entered early access on PC in October 2025, followed by a console release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in January 2026. The announcement follows a period of internal restructuring at Riot, which has seen the company adjust its long-term project roadmap to focus on more sustainable titles. While the game will remain playable for the time being, the cessation of updates marks a significant shift for the project, which had been highly anticipated by the fighting game community prior to its release.