Kanga, a ‘player center’ with products and digital content specific to competitive gaming, will launch in 2021. Riot games It was bought by. Riot Games’ main goal in purchasing Kanga was to also have a presence as a content producer and publisher in the esports category, where it is a major player.

According to the information shared by Bloomberg, Riot Games, which falls under the Tencent umbrella, is quiet REN He was working on a publishing platform called. But this “esports networkThe streaming platform, defined as “, has been shelved before it was even introduced to gamers.

Riot Games’ dream of bringing esports players together with gamers ended before it even began

Before we get into the latest developments, let’s talk about why Riot Games is planning to set up a broadcasting platform; League of Legends and Valorant, the company’s most popular games, are broadcast on Twitch, the most popular broadcasting platform. watched by hundreds of thousands of people at the same time. Therefore, even a platform where only Riot Games games are published can have a significant number of users.

This was Riot Games’ basic plan. The platform in question is where amateur and professional athletes create live broadcasts specifically for Riot Games games. esports competitions are broadcast live, would be a network where gamers can communicate with professional players and esports teams. Additionally, gamers could earn or purchase in-game items by watching broadcasts.

However, as we recently shared with you, Riot Games has laid off hundreds of employees and downsized its esports department. This also meant the end of the REN project. Riot Games esports president John Needham said in a statement on the subject: “We tested some ideas for streaming platforms, but last week We have chosen to cancel our REN initiative” he said.