Meet the team behind Riot Games' Project L (2XKO) 

Are you excited for Project L?

Seeing this posted on the same day Riot announces mass layoffs is wild

What an abysmal day to post this

The fact this dropped the same day riot lays off staff

This game could really be a huge opportunity to bring a lot of new people into FGs.

I love the clear passion the team has for this game, you can tell they're trying to think about everything top to bottom and not do what already been done. I can't wait to play.

Aside from Tekken 8, this is easily my most anticipated fighting game. The fact that it still doesn't have a name makes me think it's going to release next year but I have no idea. I just want to get my hands on it!

Unfortunate timing this video came out the day riot announced layoffs

This is really cool! I'm shocked it didn't get more attention, it's the most info we've had about this game for a while.

Ive been checking for project L info since the last big drop. 5months and we get this, thank you

Loving these videos so far hope they keep up the pace 😊

Videos have been great so far, looking forward to more! Loved what the lead champion designer had to say about implementing the characters in a fighting game, by the way: to treat the moba version as an abstraction and try to make a fully fleshed out "real" version now. Super wise approach that I think bodes well for the game!

I actually got to try this game at EVO last year and it was a blast! Communicating with my partner on when to switch in and out so that the other could fight was epic!

Lord Jaffe thank you for admitting the Project L version of the characters are actually the real versions 🙊

Putting the scanlines on the arcade games is a VERY classy touch. Bravo.

Patiently waiting for that Beta

Ignore the haters, using the IP in this genre is a great idea. I'm not into the MOBA anymore but still love the characters and universe so it's a great way for me and my friends to jump back in. Still waiting for a proper beta so we can give feedback.

Absolutely love the deep dive, I already knew the game was in good hands but this only makes me even more excited to check it out.

So its just me that find funny this was released together with the massive layoffs at riot?

Not really into anything LoL but man like so many other people have said you can really just see the passion of the developers and that is what makes me really want to play!! cant wait!

Bro! kindred would rock in this setting, having Lamb with ranged attacks, and Wolf handling melee.

This is the first time I’ve been excited for a fighting game in a long time!! This game is bringing me back frfr

Super excited for this game! As someone who played a lot of LoL back in the day and loves the FGC, this is a dream project! I especially can't wait for all the non-FGC creators to be introduced into the space!

Bro wtf is this artstyel.... I am in love

Please don’t nerf Ahri 😅

Really hope we get some more character updates soon, feels like we’ve seen the same 4 to 5 since the reveal… (I know about Illaoi, would like to see ingame)

I worked as a designer on Mortal Kombat and Injustice for 10+ years. I would love to work on Project L!!!

I think Bel'Veth and Nafiri would be great characters to add to the game from some of the newer released champions.

THATS ME AT 6:00 WITH THE RED BANDANNA PLAYING WITH MY GF (face is behind the monitor lol) and 2 friends we met! Thanks so much! I represent the Gamers Guild in CT we would love to collab and keep in touch!

LET'S GO PROJET L STUFF!!

Excited for this game

This looks insane cant wait to lab this game

Cant wait to play it. This game is a Massiv upgrade for Fighting games

As much as I dread League, as fighting game fanatics, my dad and I are looking forward to getting our hands on Project L. Its one of the few things we get to bond over.

The game looks sweet, and 40 year old fighting game enthusiast I'm really looking forward to this game.

This is BY FAR! The best time to be in the FGC! With all these 10/10 fighting games out within a year of each other......And all I want to do is play Project L......COME OUT WITH AT LEAST A DEMO!!!!!

So any hints on the next champ coming to project L?

this game looks amazing cant wait!

Did we meet any of the 500 people Riot laid off? Genius play there.

Pat is simply the goat when it comes to teaching players. I genuinely feel like I have leaped from one point to another after readinga few of his articles, and just overall being patient with myself. Glad he's on the Project L team.

I have decided that when this launches, I'm gonna take 2 weeks from work, buy a LOT of frozen pizzas and just ROT inside this game.

How many of these people in this vid alone did these ghouls just lay off

Cant wait

What a beautiful looking game. 😍

Aweesome looks fun but its old seeing the same 4 characters, can we get some more reveals?

And this gets reccomended right after they're fired.

Would love to see Sett and Gnar in this👀

I want duos in Project L to take off, I really hope that it becomes a standard right beside 1v1. Going past 2v2 into 3v3 is too much, but I think a well-designed 2v2 fighting game mode that brings teamwork into FGs is long overdue; if anyone is gonna pull it off, it's Riot, the question is just if it will be "officially" supported (tournaments) or if it will stay as a sort of party mode.

5:59 blud's tuned in lmfao

Launch the game pleaseeeee!! 😭

Ngl this rings kinda hollow in the wake of the dismantling of riot forge. I was so excited for this game, but now I'm scared it'll just get canned like everything else. The idea of getting every champ is just a pipedream now.

I'm here for Mike Henry!

I absolutely cannot wait. I wonder when's the release date when there's still no official name

Maybe I'm out of the loop but they have only talking about marketing and mechanics, but there are a lot of social aspects they haven't addressed for this game that I think ultimately will decide it's playerbase growth 1) is 2v2 a separate game mode from 1v1? This question comes from the idea that 2v2 (actual player controlling not number of character per side) is the main game mode being marketed. And while it has been shown in a local setting that you can go 2v1 or 1v1 freely, that may or may not be the case in online (which would be the primary space the game will take place for casuals). If 2v1 scenarios are allowed online (and they are same mode as 2v2), aren't there balancing issues from that aspect alone? 2) in the same root question, if 2v2 is a dedicated mode, and then there is a separate mode for other setups (2v1, and 1v1) how does connecting to other players in the 2v2 work? If they want the most players per hour, then waiting for your friend to go online just to go 2v2 isn't a ideal situation. So the likely picture they have in mind is connecting with randoms with the option of player invites (like most other multiplayer games). But there in lies a bigger question, currently, swapping places mid match/combo is up to the character/player currently on screen no? That means if you have a random teammate, there is a possibility they never tag you in for the entire match. And the golden rule of online gaming is that if there's a way for people to be toxic, you can bet there is a good amount of people doing it 2b) along with this, how does communication work for online? For a fast fighting game where coordination is crucial for combos, you can't rely on just text, so mic's have to be a thing. If mic's are indeed a thing online, is it always on? You can't really do that due to either again toxicity, accessibility, and or privacy reasons. So how do you foster an environment that allows communicating between your random teammate that allows for no mic and not end up a toxic shit storm that ends up you or them trolling by never swapping them in? they key point for all these questions is that besides getting into the fighting game space. One of the objectives (like many other fgs before it) is addressing the problem of increasing playerbase by decreasing skill floor but not decreasing skill ceiling. And creating a game that more people can get into. Without addressing all the social problems for a team-based with assist 2v2, the playerbase is either gonna get toxic real fast that FGC might as well not bother with it, or the players themselves start leaving

Hmmmmm this game might be super hype and fun

For everyone's information, the recent layoffs were only in the Riot Forge area, Project L had none and apparently the development is still going smoothly!

Bro i swear to god when Alex Jaffe started to speak, i thought it was Phreak speaking, i was like: The fuck is Phreak doing here? yes he is in the balance team now but i didnt knew he played fighting games, then i saw who was really speaking and everything when back to normal, Alex's voice sound so much like Phreak's, i wouldnt mind if he was the announcer of the game, you know give OG League players some flashbacks to the Phreak casting times

This is one of my most anticipated fighting game titles. If waiting 4 to 5 years for this game to be the best fighting game of all time, I say let them cook.

Is Project L still going ahead after all the bad Riot news?

hell yeah

🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🔥 i hope there will be a huge tournament here in Philippines

Did you just release a video about how incredible your developers are on the exact same day you announced you'll be firing 530 of them ?

Teemo better be in this game

I'm really really really looking forward to this game. I hope we get more stuff soon. Also I'm really liking this channel. Stuff like this is dope.

How will the layoffs affect project l?

when?

Cool af

If rammus isnt in it I will not be OK.

They gotta change the name of handshake tag to flash tag

im sad that if jinx ever gets added she will probably be a zoner. But her passive would be great for a rush down character like maybe some moves taking less frames as she gets more "excited" or even just giving her more movement too stick on the opponent.

Finally a Fighting game that you can also blame your team mate

Congrats on this team for surviving the Layoffs

I played this at EVO. MK1 was cool but nothing incredible tbh. Tekken is just more mashing until youre playing at a pro level. THIS GAME IS FUN AF and I look forward to playing again! Had fun winning my matches with a random cool dude. 🤝 I like the way the Lead champ designer thinks.🧠 👏👏👏

luckly, the people in the video didn't get laid off. but no doubt that some people working on project L did... riot did state that the game is still work in progress n that the making IS going smoothly. but idk...

SNK should hire this guys to do the next kof, samurai shodown, fatal fury games.

with the mass layoffs and the amount of time this game has been in development hell, I've gotten more worried over time whenever this will release, especially with Street fighter and Tekken running the genre right now.

I think you guys forgot to announce a release date

Was this the team before or after the layoffs...

bro the fact that riot made valorant, it was their first ever FPS game and its taking over esports. i believe its gonna be the same for project L aswell

Super excited for Project L! Can't wait for more news!

Ooh bad timing to post this just as Riot laid off 11% of their workforce. Make it seems like the team is saying "It's okay guys, we're still working on this game and none of our team got fired, but we might if we don't get this thing out soon and/or it flips on release! " Which is such a weird vibe tonputnout there.

I'm never a fan of tag FGs except for Marvel vs. Capcom but at least it looks beautiful.

I really hope they stick with the f2p and rollback plan they have for this game, because if they do this game can have a really solid start

Where is the Maximillian Dood video?!

What team? Why aren’t there people in this video

3:32 Also, Yasuo's voice does NOT sound like Liam O'Brian's doing it. Its either a very weird take or they really just threw the iconic voice of Yasuo for so many years away too.

With all the layoffs and cancellations announced today and no mention of Project L I do wonder about its future...

I know it's just a placeholder name but i think this game should actually keep Project L as the name

The official name when?

the pressure to make this game widely enjoyable so riot doesn't can it an layoff everyone.... oh man

I didn't mention this a while ago, but tagging in characters should definitely be called lane swapping.

Great vid, but honestly awkward time to post this.

people got laid off lol ripbozos, cant wait to play this

I wonder who survived the 11% layoffs

Which ones just got fired?

Is it even coming out anymore?

give me a release date admin, i won't tell anyone i promisse..........................

Putting a lot of work and money into graphics for a game they're going to change the name of.

I want a metal gear rising revengance Yasuo game

The same team they fired?