Riot is Coming to Game Pass with all League Champions, Valorant Agents, and More

During the Xbox and Bethesda showcase today, Riot made a rather large announcement. Riot Games is bringing their most notable PC and mobile games to Game Pass, with some special offers. Those games are League of Legends, League of Legends Wild Rift, Valorant, Legends of Runeterra, and Teamfight Tactics. These games may already be free, but the in-game content, such as the full roster of characters and cards isn’t. Most of them require you to grind points or otherwise purchase new characters, but that’s all about to change for Game Pass members.

With a Game Pass subscription, you now automatically unlock all the champions in League of Legends, LoL Wild Rift, and all the agents in Valorant. For Legends of Runeterra the Foundations Set is unlocked and in Teamfight Tactics, select Little Legends can be unlocked. Marc Merril, Riot’s President of Games, who made the news, also mentioned there’s more to come in the future.

Not only is this a huge grab for Game Pass but it’s one of the biggest moves we’ve seen made by Riot. Since Riots games are free, their main source of income derives from in-game purchases. This is evidently why we’ve never seen a deal of this caliber for as long as these titles have been out.

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A Huge Incentive for Game Pass Subscribers

This sheer monstrosity of this deal can most clearly be seen in League of Legends. The game has a total of 159 champions, however, you only start with the base 16, which are all free. To get new champions you either have to purchase them or grind for Riot Points (RP) or Blue Essence (BE), which is a rather long grind just to unlock a single champion. So by subscribing to Game Pass, you are automatically getting all of these champions at your disposal.

The feature isn’t out yet, as the trailer noted the Riot Game Pass crossover will be “coming this winter”. That most likely indicates it will come in December 2022, or January 2023. The trailer also mentioned XP boost will come alongside this – As if the incentive wasn’t high enough already.

So, what’s your take? Are you excited Riot is coming to Game Pass? Let us know in the comments below or over on our socials here!