I’ve played like one match of League and don’t fancy ever jumping into a MOBA again, so I’m looking forward to trying these. RPGs are much more my thing, plus I know League has a load of juicy lore that’d be fab to explore outside of the competitive PvP stuff. Ruined King is a singleplayer turn-based RPG developed by Airship Syndicate, the folks who made Darksiders Genesis. You’ll have a party of League characters (Miss Fortune, Illaoi, Braum, Yasuo, Ahri, and Pyke), and will have to deal with the baddies causing a spooky mist that’s fallen over Bilgewater and the Shadow Isles. Hextech Mayhem seems like a much lighter affair, where you’ll be bomb-jumping across piltover as fluffy lil Yordles. Having just watched the latest episodes of Arcane, it does seem a little odd that they’re so joyfully bombing Piltover. I think that place has had quite enough explosions. Both games are published by Riot Forge, Riot Games’ new-ish publishing label. They announced another new spin-off on the way too - Song Of Nunu, a singleplayer adventure from Tequila Works (who made Rime). Nunu and their 2D action platformer Conv/rgence will both arrive in 2022. Ruined King is available now on Steam, the Epic Games Store and GOG priced at £25/€30/$30. It’s also on PS4, Xbone and Nintendo Switch. Hextech Mayhem can also be found on Steam, Epic, GOG and the Switch priced at £8/€9/$10.
