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Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game publisher that was established in 2006. Their main office is based in West Los Angeles, California. They currently have additional offices located in Berlin, Brighton, Dublin, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Mexico City, Moscow, New York, St. Louis, Santiago, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney, Taipei, and Tokyo.〔 ''League of Legends'', was released in North America and Europe on October 27, 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interactive Timeline )〕 Other than '' LoL'' the company has developed a free mobile game called ''Blitzcrank's Poro Roundup'', which was released on iOS, and Android in August 2015. Riot is also involved in ''Leagues competitive esports scene by organizing the League of Legends World Championship and the League of Legends Championship Series for Europe and North America. They also section leagues organized by third parties in other regions across the world. Riot develops and releases regular balance patch updates for ''League of Legends''. ==History== Riot Games, Inc. was founded as an indie game developer in 2006 by Brandon "Ryze" Beck, and Marc "Tryndamere" Merrill in Los Angeles.〔 The company announced its only game, ''League of Legends: Clash of Fates'', in October 2008, and released the game in October 2009 as simply ''League of Legends''. Their game uses a free-to-play model, supported by microtransactions rather than ads or boxed copy sales. In 2008, Riot Games obtained initial funding of US$7 million provided by venture capital firms Benchmark Capital and FirstMark Capital. In a second round of funding in 2009, the company raised $8 million from Benchmark, FirstMark, and Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings. In early 2011, Tencent Holdings bought out a majority stake in Riot Games. Tencent later reported the deal was for $231,465,000 in an interim report. Employees at the company include veterans of ''Defense of the Ancients'', such as the former lead developer Steve "Guinsoo" Feak, and the former official DotA-Allstars.com website founder Steve "Pendragon" Mescon. Riot Games also employs some former Blizzard Entertainment employees, including Greg Street, former Lead Systems Designer for ''World of Warcraft''.〔http://www.linkedin.com/pub/greg-street/7/644/b35〕〔http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1v6atn/greg_ghostcrawler_street_now_lead_game_designer/〕〔http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3694-Ghostcrawler-is-Now-Lead-Game-Designer-at-Riot-Games-Ghostcrawler-is-Now-Lead-Game-Designer-at-Riot-Games〕 On July 12, 2013, Business Insider named Riot Games #4 on its list of the top 25 technology companies to work for in 2013. On November 8, 2013 Riot Games announced that the company would relocate to a new building in West Los Angeles in 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Riot Games」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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