For months, fans have speculated that Riot Games may be pivoting its focus from League of Legends<\/em>which has remained its poster child for years, to its other popular title, VALORANT<\/em>. Yet with more strange decisions being made regarding the game and its professional scene, questions remained unanswered and the future of League<\/em> grew more and more uncertain.<\/p>\n Following this period of speculation and near-unanimous negative responses to League<\/em>‘s season 2023 opening cinematic that was released earlier today, Riot has issued a statement regarding issues surrounding the creation of the video, as well as its hope to be more transparent with fans throughout the year regarding the game’s future.<\/p>\n