On October 17th, Riot Games announced that it had completed its acquisition of Wargaming Sydney studio. This organization, which has been rebranded as Riot Sydney, will help Riot develop its live-service gaming endeavors.
“We are really excited to bring these talented developers and teams to Riot,” said Marc Merrill, the Co-Founder of Riot Games. “The Rioters that have had the opportunity to work with members of the Sydney team are confident not only in the tech they’ve built over the years but, more importantly, in the people who’ve built it. Naz (Naresh Hirani, Head of Development, Riot Sydney) and the dev teams at the studio have a long history of working in ways that will complement Riot’s ability to deliver value to our players and we really look forward to collaborating with them.”
At this time, VentureBeat is reporting that Riot has only acquired the company’s development team and not its publishing team. Additionally, it’s unclear if these staffing changes will affect Wargaming Sydney’s status as Australia’s largest AAA studio.
Prior to its acquisition by Riot Games, Wargaming Sydney served as the Australian arm of the video game company Wargaming Group Ltd. The business is best known for competitive war vehicle combat MMOs including World of Tanks and World of Warships.
(All information was provided by Riot Games, VentureBeat, Wargaming Sydney [1,2], and Wikipedia)
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