{"id":120123,"date":"2020-10-31T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/10\/ruined_king_a_league_of_legends_story_gives_lol_a_turn-based_rpg_twist_in_early_2021"},"modified":"2020-10-31T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T13:00:00","slug":"ruined-king-a-league-of-legends-story-gives-lol-a-turn-based-rpg-twist-in-early-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/31\/ruined-king-a-league-of-legends-story-gives-lol-a-turn-based-rpg-twist-in-early-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruined King: A League of Legends Story Gives LoL A Turn-Based RPG Twist In Early 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/db89617775b61\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/db89617775b61\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\"><\/aside>\n<p>The League of Legends IP is heading to consoles early next year in the form of <strong>Ruined King: A League of Legends Story<\/strong>, and thankfully &#8216;consoles&#8217; includes everyone&#8217;s favourite hybrid system, too.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, the game \u2014 developed by Airship Syndicate and the first to be published by Riot Forge \u2014 is coming to Nintendo Switch and is described as a &#8220;single-player and immersive turn-based RPG [which] invites new players to the LoL universe as well as players entrenched in the lore to enjoy exploring its mysteries&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>For League fans, seeing the IP from one of the world&#8217;s leading MOBAs on console may well get the blood pumping. If you&#8217;re not a League of Legends fan, however, the involvement of Airship Syndicate (the studio led by comic book artist Joe Madureira) should pique your interest \u2014 they&#8217;re the team behind <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/battle_chasers_nightwar\">Battle Chasers: Nightwar<\/a><\/strong> and, more recently, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/darksiders_genesis\">Darksiders Genesis<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Eager to know a little but about the story? Here&#8217;s a description from the official PR followed by some fetching character portraits:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The story is set in two regions of Runeterra, Bilgewater, a port town that is home to sea monster hunters, dock gangs, and smugglers from across the known world; and the Shadow Isles, a land cursed with the deadly Black Mist which shrouds the island and corrupts those it comes in contact with. In order to defeat a common and mysterious enemy, players will form an unlikely party of beloved <em>League of Legends<\/em> champions \u2013 Miss Fortune, Illaoi, Braum, Yasuo, Ahri, and Pyke.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Ahri\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/68611030d2ef8\/ahri.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/68611030d2ef8\/ahri.original.jpg\" alt=\"Ahri\"><\/a><a title=\"Braum\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/61579b3a2ac7a\/braum.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/61579b3a2ac7a\/braum.original.jpg\" alt=\"Braum\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Illaoi\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f7b951cf349fd\/illaoi.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f7b951cf349fd\/illaoi.original.jpg\" alt=\"Illaoi\"><\/a><a title=\"Miss Fortune\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5bd70b0acfc79\/miss-fortune.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5bd70b0acfc79\/miss-fortune.original.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Fortune\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Pyke\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b454ef88f5a9\/pyke.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b454ef88f5a9\/pyke.original.jpg\" alt=\"Pyke\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Yasuo\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e342c11431fab\/yasuo.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e342c11431fab\/yasuo.original.jpg\" alt=\"Yasuo\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Riot Forge says they&#8217;ll have more to share about the game in December. Until then, let us know below what you think of this console adventure to Runeterra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The League of Legends IP is heading to consoles early next year in the form of Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, and thankfully &#8216;consoles&#8217; includes everyone&#8217;s favourite hybrid system, too. Yep, the game \u2014 developed by Airship Syndicate and the first to be published by Riot Forge \u2014 is coming to Nintendo Switch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}