Quieren ponerle una «S» a Riot Games
Los fundadores de Riot Games Brandon «Ryze» Beck y Marc «Tryndamere» Merrill han anunciado su intención de volver a las trincheras del desarrollo en un esfuerzo, para poner la «s» a la empresa, declararon. Al parecer están trabajando en algo aparte de League of Legends. Los rumores giran en torno a que Riot esta desarrollando un MMO, pero por el momento no hay nada confirmado.
La nota de prensa nos dice que cuando iniciaron su andadura, en 2006, la mayoría del tiempo lo dedicaban al desarrollo. Sin embargo, conforme League of Legends iba creciendo y convirtiéndose en uno de los títulos más jugados del mundo, tuvieron que dejar esa labor para centrarse en la gestión. Ahora quieren volver al desarrollo, que es lo que realmente les encanta.
Las tareas de gestión que actualmente venían desempeñando se delegarán en tres personas de confianza que llevan mucho tiempo trabajando en Riot Games: el CFO (director de finanzas) Dylan Jadeja, el CTO (director de tecnología) Scott Gelb y el presidente Nicolo Laurent. A partir de ahora Brendon y Marc se centrarán, en sus palabras de poner la ‘s’ a Riot Games.
Hey everyone,
We wanted to share an exciting piece of news with you all: the two of us are actively changing our roles to be much more focused on games again.
When we founded Riot eleven years ago, we spent virtually every waking hour of the day (and night!) thinking about how to make League of Legends as great of an experience as possible. As League started having success however, Riot Games grew from those humble beginnings where we could feed the whole team with a handful of pizzas to now having over 2,500 Rioters across 20 offices around the world. This growth has lots of benefits: our capabilities improved, our reach broadened, and we could deliver League of Legends and esports to more players than ever before. But this growth also meant that the majority of our time is allocated to “managing” the company rather than focusing on creating incredible experiences for players, which is what we really love to do.
We haven’t been on this journey alone of course, and have been lucky to assemble a very capable and driven leadership team of gamers over time who believe in our mission just as much as we do. In our new roles we’re going back to focusing on what is ultimately the most important thing we do: making great games. Dylan Jadeja (CFO), Scott Gelb (CTO), and Nicolo Laurent (President) will tank company operations; all three are longtime Rioters who have been integral to shaping our company’s vision, strategy, and culture over the last decade. We are thrilled to be able to have a great team of such capable leaders and look forward to working with them to finally put the “s” in Riot Games.
We’re incredibly excited to jump back into the trenches for this next chapter and look forward to sharing what we’re up to along the way. Thanks to all of you for continuing to make our dream jobs possible.
Tryndamere & Ryze
