Riot Games Reportedly Cancels Smash Bros. Style Fighter Codenamed 'Pool Party'

Yeah weren't they cancelling all their LoL side games? Shame. Mageseeker was great.

Is it bad that I avoid any game with Riot Games' name on it like it's the plague?

@HotGoomba No. I always avoided their games too.
They never made anything interesting and most likely never will.

I have Riot games including paid DLC on Game Pass, but i never cared.

"The source further notes how Riot Games apparently "saw an opportunity to build and support the game's esports scene — unlike Nintendo"
There's your problem. I've seen similar remarks in regards to NASB and Multiversus with this whole 'consumer friendo' schtick to give off this impression you're doing something that a competing product and therefore they must be on the consumers side. I think with that attitude, I think it misses the point of Smash's success and appeal of being a couch co-op game to be played with friends and brand familiarity. I think it's obvious that Nintendo doesn't have much interest in the competitive scene and that's fine but I think to assume that jumping directly to the eSports scene as your core audience and ignoring Smash's core audience seems a little naïve and brazen about your main reason to make the game. That is my opinion personally.

That would have been cool but honestly I have no idea how it would go as they just can’t do it like smash has. One thing I can guess is the name would have most likely sucked if 2xko is anything to go off of, like honestly sounds like a name Elon would come up with lol.

I don't really care about Riot Games but it's a shame we get one less platform fighter. It's good to have more options to choose from.

@LikelySatan no, all Riot Forge games, they announced, have released. They just closed Riot Forge after the fact. And Mageseeker is quite good.

Late but I guess nobody else noticed this... "The Super Smash Bros. series is the king of brawlers" - I think you mean platform brawlers/fighters.
Personally I only cared for the Japanese-developed Smashlikes that were similarly based on video game properties e.g. DreamMix TV, Onimusha Blade Warriors, Digimon Rumble Arena. I also would feel slimy just hearing about this - I really dislike mobas and their seemingly inescapable popularity, which has been seeping into the world of video games at large.