A League of Legends spin-off recreation starring Sylas might be imminent from Riot Video games‘ publishing arm Riot Forge, as a thriller venture has been rated for launch in South Korea.
That’s in line with Gematsu, which noticed {that a} venture titled The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story has been issued a ranking by South Korea’s Sport Scores Committee.
Described as an “motion recreation for PC” within the itemizing, The Mageseeker will see gamers take management of Sylas, a champion from League of Legends, in a quest to save lots of the universe’s kingdom of Demacia.
Inside League of Legends matches, Sylas can take the final word talents of enemy champions to make use of towards them, and wields a set of chains – able to absorbing magic – as a extra typical weapon.
In the lore, Demacia is a nation the place magic has been outlawed and is punishable by exile or imprisonment. Whereas Sylas was initially utilized by the nation’s mageseekers to seek out mages in hiding, he was finally disillusioned by the remedy of magic customers and the truth that high-born mages have been typically protected by their standing. Nevertheless, he’s fairly a morally gray character – in Sylas’ colour story The Recruit, he encourages a younger mage to execute an unarmed nobleman to hitch his revolt.
Sylas isn’t the primary League of Legends champion to star in a Riot Forge recreation. In 2021, Yordle explosives skilled Ziggs starred in rhythm runner Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story, whereas the area of Bilgewater and its characters have been explored in Ruined King: A League of Legends Story.
We awarded Ruined King 4 stars out of 5 in our overview, praising it as a “passionate love letter” to Riot’s universe that also makes itself welcoming to newcomers.
Earlier within the week, Riot Video games admitted that the most recent cinematic for League of Legends “missed the mark” and denied that it was winding down its funding within the recreation.