League of Legends and Valorant studio Riot Games has been 🤪hit with another round of layoffs, impacting an unkn🙈own number of developers.

In an update shared to Twitter, Riot co-founder and chief product officer Marc Merrill shar𓄧ed "some important updates" about League of Legends. Chiefly, there have been some "changes to our teams and how we work to make sure we can keep improving the League experience now and for the long-term. Merrill stresses that Riot isn't "slowing down work" on League and that it's actually "investing heavily in solving today's challenges faster while also building for the future."

That's an interesting way of saying Rio𒅌t is laying off "so✅me roles".

"This isn't about reducing headcount to save money—it's about making sure we have the right expertise so tha🌼t League continues to be great for another 15 years and beyond," Merrill said. "While team effectiveness is more important than team size, the League team will eventually be even larger than it is today as we🧸 develop the next phase of League."

Riot developers impacted by the layoffs will be offered a severance package that comes with six months' p𒊎ay, an annual bonus, health coverage, job placeme🉐nt assistance, "and more."

It hasn't been a year since Riot's last wave of layoffs. In January, the company killed about 500 jobs, 11% of its workforce at the time, and a🐲nnounced plans to eff🐟ectively shutter its experimental Forge indie label after the release of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Bandle ಌTale𝐆: A League of Legends Story.

Former Blizzard president says the "gaming downturn" is "a little bit overstated" and companies just wanted to "cut back" after the pandemic.