Riot Games previously laid off 530 employees in January 2024, or around 11% of the company staff at the time. It's not clear how many Riot employees have been laid off in this new wave of cuts.

Thankfully, some are telling workers to stay safe instead of coming to work, and others are preparing for if the wildfires reach them. On LinkedIn, Riot Games CEO A.Dylan Jadeja posted: ...

Riot’s “anti-cheat artisan” Phillip Koskinas explains how he and his team go after cheaters and cheat developers to protect the integrity of games, such as Valorant and League of Legends.