League of Legends Classic is real. After a few leaks here and there, Riot Games has revealed it. It’s coming to the League of Legends client “soon” in the form of a new Game Mode.
For now, this really was a teaser, with Riot Games clearly looking to fully reveal this at a later date. In fact, MSI is going to be when we get the full reveal, during the finals on July 11th at 11 pm PDT (8 am CET).
For now, though, this is all we officially get; the rest is pure speculation from different parts of the community. But, it will be a very different game. From Rune Pages, different-looking champions, entire toolkits re-reworked. This is going to be a very different experience for those playing LoL now.
Sadly, for some of us who remember when League of Legends came out, we get to relive nostalgia as we have with WoW Classic or Old School Runescape. This classic looks at old games, giving us a glimpse of what was. It’s not always pretty, but if you dig deep enough, you get something new.
League of Legends is a game that has changed a lot, but, is still at its core the same game. The fact that it’s likely to drop as a game mode within LoL is an interesting one. Given the popularity of ARAM, Arena, and Mayhem, this will add more fuel to the LoL client.
We’ll update this post or post future stories as we get more news.