It is secure to say that there is a ravenous starvation for Riftbound, the League of Legends TCG that is lastly getting an English launch this yr. Pre-orders went reside earlier right now, August 4, and inside minutes Riftbound appeared to promote out. Followers making an attempt to safe decks and packs of its first set, Origins, additionally needed to battle by way of checkout points and crashes on Riot’s web site. Now, the corporate has acknowledged the problems and says that it will be “holding a detailed eye on market demand” to make sure it will get in gamers’ fingers.
I bear in mind when Riot first revealed Riftbound (then identified merely as Undertaking Ok) on the tail finish of final yr. On the time, it was a shock to see Riot committing to remodeling League of Legends right into a Magic The Gathering-style card sport, however on reflection, it seems like a pure match. An enormous treasure chest of characters, talents, factions, and storylines to dive into, the world of Runeterra does make sense as a bodily TCG.
The following massive query, although, was whether or not LoL followers (or TCG lovers conscious of this universe by way of both Riot’s multiplayer video games or the Arcane Netflix collection) would gravitate in direction of it. Based mostly on right now’s occasions, I can confidently say that sure, they are going to.
For anybody with a Riot ID in good standing, pre-orders for Riftbound Origins went reside right now, and inside minutes there have been experiences on social media of merchandise being bought out, gadgets being faraway from baskets, checkout points, and basic web site sluggishness. Inside about quarter-hour of pre-orders opening, Riot had taken to X to inform followers that it was “working to resolve points” with its on-line retailer.
Now, Riot has launched a press release promising to enhance its pre-order expertise after it skilled “overwhelming demand” for Riftbound.
“We’re humbled by the help and enthusiasm for Riftbound: Origins to date forward of the English launch,” the assertion reads. “Because of the overwhelming demand for our preorders, the shop skilled extraordinarily heavy site visitors which resulted in loading or checkout errors for a lot of of you. The staff is trying into potential options to make future preorder experiences smoother. We’re additionally holding a detailed eye on market demand for Riftbound and we’ll be working in direction of growing provide to make sure that gamers have affordable entry to the product.”
Riftbound is slated to completely launch on Friday, October 31. Hopefully the method of getting some packs, booster packing containers, or decks will not be as scary as that date suggests.
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