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2XKO director wants to rub shoulders with giants like Street Fighter, but the League of Legends fighting game has “got to earn that spot”

Kaan Serin

20 September 2025

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The director of 2XKO, the upcoming tag-team fighting game starring League of Legends heroes, wants the free-to-play title to be able to stand tall with genre giants like Street Fighter. That’s a lofty goal, of course, but director Shaun Rivera is also aware that 2XKO will need more than League of Legend’s brand recognition to “earn that spot.”

Speaking to Edge Magazine’s 215 issue, Rivera hoped that 2XKO could rub shoulders with Street Fighter and other EVO mainstays by the time the annual fighting game esports event rolls around next summer. He knows it’s not an easy ask, though.
“We’ve got to earn that spot,” Rivera told the magazine. “We’ve got to earn the right to be there from our players. Our team fully believes that. We’ve got to make a game that players love and believe in, and that is constantly getting better for them over time. Nothing is guaranteed, and so you better believe we’ll work our butts off to try to get there.”

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