Riot Games has announced that it will end active development on free-to-play tag-team fighting game 2XKO at the end of 2026. Servers will remain online after December, and the game will continue to be free to download and play on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC — but no new champions, content, or patches will follow the final update.
What Riot Said About Ending 2XKO Development
In its official statement, Riot said it had been monitoring 2XKO’s trajectory closely across 2026 and found a “clear, consistent picture”: player numbers were not sufficient to sustain continued development. “We haven’t seen enough players stick with the game to get to a path toward sustainability,” the studio wrote, adding that 2XKO “costs us substantially more to operate than it brings in, and engagement has stayed relatively flat despite our larger updates.”
2XKO launched in Early Access on PC on October 7, 2025, followed by its full release across PS5, Xbox Series, and PC on January 20, 2026. The game positioned itself as a more accessible entry point for fighting games, featuring tag-team play and League of Legends characters with free-to-play pricing.
Final Content Before Development Ends
The remaining roadmap before December includes two more champions — Lux and Samira, both from League of Legends — alongside feature improvements. A final bug fix patch is planned for December. After that, servers stay on to support online play; offline play is unaffected throughout.
Refunds and Free Unlocks for Players
Riot is taking clear steps to look after existing players. All champions will be unlocked for free, and most cosmetic items will be bundled. Players who spent money in 2XKO on or before August 20, 2026 will receive a full refund; any content already owned is theirs to keep. Avatar and player profile items will become unlockable via Credits. These changes roll out in patch 1.3.1 in September. A full FAQ on the transition is available on the Riot support site.
What It Means for Singapore’s Fighting Game Community
2XKO had genuine traction in Singapore’s FGC. Local tournament organisers added it to weekly lineups after launch, and the game featured at EVO 2026 this year — as we covered in our Singapore FGC EVO preview. The game’s free-to-play model did bring new players into the genre locally, even if it ultimately wasn’t enough to sustain the studio’s investment.
For Singapore players who bought cosmetics or spent on the game, the September patch 1.3.1 is the key update to watch — that’s when refunds and champion unlocks come through. Players who want to keep competing can still do so; the online servers staying on indefinitely means ranked and casual play continue normally for now. Riot will give advance notice if that ever changes.
It’s a disappointing end for a game that showed promise for the FGC, but the studio’s transparency here — full refunds, free unlocks, servers kept live — is handled better than many similar wind-downs. More gaming news on GameTrader.SG.