Riot Games Project L: Release Date Speculation News, Leaks, Gameplay Previews

It seems like everything Riot Games touches turns to gold. They can seemingly take on anything, including auto-chess battlers like TFT, FPS games like Valorant, and even animated TV series like Arcane. However, something almost no Riot Games fan saw coming is the League of Legends-inspired 2D fighting game, currently known as Project L. 

Very similar in design to other 2D fighters such as Guilty Gear, Tekkén, and Street Fighting, Project L is striving to become the next big contender in the fighting game scene. Very little is known about the title at the moment, but early footage seems to suggest that a ton of resources are being put into this project. Early builds look absolutely breathtaking, and we can't wait to see what the final product eventually looks like. However, until that day comes, we are left to speculate, and speculate we shall! This article will cover everything we know about Project L, including release dates, leaks, and more!

Update on 9 August 2023: We've checked for the latest news or any bit of info regarding Riot Games' Project L.

Latest Riot Games Project L News

Check out the latest updates to Riot Games Project L right here:

Riot Games Project L Release Date Speculation

At the time of writing, there is no official confirmed release date for Project L, but in this article, you’ll find all (if any) information that the developer shared, as well as some speculation from Ginx on when we could see it launch.

The game has reportedly been in development for approximately three years, and there are still no signs of the product being finished. If we take Riot Games' other side projects as some kind of indicator, we can see the following. These are the dates on which each project began development and was eventually released:

This table is not a great indicator because Teamfight Tactics was built inside the League of Legends client and pulled resources from the already existing game. On the other side of the spectrum, Arcane took six years to make because it was a fully-animated, voice-acted, and produced series. Valorant is the only game that Riot developed essentially from scratch, but it also took six years to release finally.

Riot Games have stated that 2022 is unlikely for a release. Because of this, the earliest we can expect to see Project L released would be sometime in 2023. However, based on the above timeline and the 3 years Project L has already been in development, expect to see a release sometime in 2025-2026.

Riot Games Project L Roster

We already have several confirmed champions coming to Project L. These include:

However, Riot Games also sent out a survey to players asking what champions they wanted to see in the game. The following champions were featured in this survey:

We will likely not receive every champion on this list, but it is easy to see how certain champions like Vi, Sett, Riven, and Yasuo would fit nicely into Project L. Blitzcrank, however, is another story...

Riot Games Project L Leaks 

Here are all the leaks we currently know about relating to Project L.