Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in September 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill to develop
League of Legends and went on to develop several spin-off games and the unrelated first-person shooter game
Valorant. In 2011, Riot Games was acquired by Chinese conglomerate Tencent. Riot Games' publishing arm, Riot Forge, oversees the production of
League of Legends spin-offs by other developers. The company worked with Fortiche to release
Arcane, a television series based on the
League of Legends universe.