Riot Games, the developer behind League of Legends, has confirmed its second round of layoffs in 2024, which will affect 32 employees.

Riot Games has announced more layoffs, through a Twitter post that reaffirms the companies aim to "evolve" League of Legends.

Riot Games is cutting jobs from its League of Legends team. Marc Merrill, the studio's co-founder, co-chairman and chief product officer, announced the cuts today on X. "This isn’t about reducing headcount to save money—it’s about making sure we have the right expertise so that League continues to be great for another 15 years and beyond,

After axing 530 jobs across the company this January, League of Legends developer Riot Games has announced that a second wave of layoffs has put a further 32 members of staff out of work.

Riot Games co-founder Marc Merrill has announced that an unknown number of staff on the League of Legends development team will be laid off.

Riot Games has announced it will be laying off an unknown number of developers from the League of Legends PC development team, while simultaneously pledging to increase the size of the League of Legends team.

Riot Games announces several lay-offs from its League of Legends development team, which is the studio’s second round of cutbacks this year.

"It's about making sure we have the right expertise so that League continues to be great for another 15 years and beyond"

The latest Riot Games League of Legends layoffs are the third in two years, as the company struggles to find a balance.

League of Legends developer Riot Games has announced it's laying off an unspecified number of employees in the studio's second round of job cuts since the start of this year. Riot began 2024 by laying off 530 employees in a move it insisted was a "necessity",