Riot Ends 2XKO Development in December After 1 Year of Weak Player Retention
Updated
Updated · Kotaku · Aug 20
Riot Ends 2XKO Development in December After 1 Year of Weak Player Retention
3 articles · Updated · Kotaku · Aug 20
Summary
Riot said 2XKO will stop active development at the end of 2026, less than a year after the fighting game launched on PC and consoles in January.
Low player retention drove the decision: Riot said early interest and tournament-level play never reached the minimum threshold needed to make the game sustainable.
December will bring the final bug-fix patch, but Riot plans content and feature updates first, including two new champions—Lux and Samira—while servers stay online beyond 2026 and offline play remains unaffected.
Patch 1.3.1 in September will unlock all champions, bundle most cosmetics and refund all money spent on 2XKO on or before August 20, with owned content retained.
The shutdown caps a rocky run that included console launch issues and 80 layoffs shortly after release, despite the game later appearing at fighting-game tournaments including EVO.