After all these years, Riot Games is launching a dedicated desktop client for its titles. Soon Legends of Runeterra, Teamfight Tactics, Valorant, and League of Legends will be available on a single launcher that begins rolling out on Sept. 20.
“With the new Riot Client, it’ll be easier for you to discover and access all of what we have to offer,” Riot said in a statement. “All desktop Riot games will be accessible from one client, with each game having its own dedicated product page with game-specific content including the latest news and events. You’ll be able to clean up your desktop and only have one Riot Client launcher where all your favorite Riot games will live!”
Check out a small teaser of the Riot Client for yourself below.
Riot stresses that you won’t need to download or install new applications for the new client. Though if you would like to maintain individual desktop shortcuts, that’s doable. While every game in Riot’s portfolio will use the launcher, each will have a dedicated landing page along with details specific to that game. There’ll be extra stuff like cinematic backgrounds too!
Riot Games will distribute the desktop client next week; its worldwide rollout won’t begin until Oct. 4 to ensure stability. The Riot Client’s support page doesn’t really say how you opt into using it on Sept. 20, though. Guess we’ll just have to wait for more information!
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
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