Ruination coming this September.
Seemingly not content material with chart-topping pop songs, spin-off video games, and an acclaimed Netflix animated sequence, developer Riot Video games is giving League of Legends the literary remedy, with the sport’s “first novel” set to launch this September.
Ruination, because the forthcoming novel will likely be titled, is the work of Riot Video games’ precept author, Anthony Reynolds, and can give attention to two League of Legends champions: Kalista, the Spear of Vengeance, and the Ruined King Viego.
As writer Orbit Books explains in its announcement, Ruination “tells the story of Kalista, navy basic to King Viego, as she searches for a legendary realm that will have entry to historic magic – the one option to treatment the poisoned Queen Isolde.”
Ruined King: A League of Legends Story – Official Launch Trailer.
Viego, you would possibly recall, featured in final yr’s single-player spin-off Ruined King: A League of Legends Story – a story RPG that, like a lot of Riot’s extracurricular League of Legends output, proved to be much better than many had been in all probability anticipating. Certainly, Riot’s historical past with this type of factor – reminiscent of Netflix’s satisfying Arcane sequence – suggests its upcoming novel would possibly really develop into Fairly Good.
Ruination will get its English launch in print, e book, and audio editions this September, and Riot says it’s going to additionally seemingly be translated for “all main worldwide markets” sooner or later.
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