Riot Games completes acquisition of Wargaming Sydney

Wargaming Sydney will soon be rebranded as Riot Sydney.

By acquiring Wargaming Sydney for an undisclosed amount, American publisher Riot Games is getting its hands on a world-class development center with experience building next-generation tools and servers. In addition to making big games, the soon-to-be Riot Sydney studio is already working on several research and development projects, as well as prototyping new game features or porting to consoles.

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Learn more about the acquisition of Wargaming Sydney Studio and the creation of Riot Sydney in the latest blog post: https://t.co/hI0iu2h4Bx pic.twitter.com/a85Zjv7OJh

— Life @ Riot (@LifeAtRiot) October 17, 2022

Mark Merrill, co-founder and president of Games at Riot Games, says:

We are very excited to have these talented developers and teams on board. The rioters who have had the opportunity to work with members of the Sydney team have confidence not only in the technology they have created over the years, but more importantly in the people who created it. Naresh “Naz”Hirani, Director of Development at Riot Sydney, and the studio’s development teams have a long history of working to complement Riot’s ability to enrich the experience for our players, and we look forward to working with them.

Riot Games wants to be the cornerstone of the video game industry in Australia

Riot Sydney will share its experience in MMO and online gaming with League of Legends and Valorant teams. Riot Games’ tech teams will also be assisted by an Australian studio led by Molly Mason-Buhl, a video game industry veteran and director of development studios. Please note that the parent company Wargaming will remain the owner of Bigworld Technology and will continue to use it for its products (World of Tanks, World of Warplanes, World of Warships, World of Tanks Generals, World of Warships Legends).