League of Legends fans aren't too happy with Riot right now. Since 2018, the beginning of every season for the MOBA has been marked with a cinematic. Hopes were high after Season 2022's stun
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League of Legends fans aren’t too happy with Riot right now. Since 2018, the beginning of every season for the MOBA has been marked with a cinematic. Hopes were high after Season 2022’s stunning trailer The Call (opens in new tab) absolutely nailed it.
Sadly, the same thing can’t be said about The Brink of Infinity, Riot’s newest cinematic for League of Legends’ 2023 season. Coming in at half the time of 2022’s trailer, there’s a notable lack of champs, action and… well, anything really. The two-minute video is little more than a flythrough of Summoner’s Rift, and the juxtaposition between this year’s cinematic and last year’s hasn’t gone unnoticed.
It’s so noticeable, in fact, that Riot has (sort of) issued an apology in the face of an incredibly critical response. In a five-tweet thread on the League of Legends account, the team acknowledges that the cinematics are well-loved by fans. It went on to claim that there was a reason why this year’s was considerably lower quality than previous ones. « There were some unprecedented circumstances that had us choose an alternate approach to the Season 2023 video, » the account tweeted.
