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They will be measured risks, Riot explained, but everything will be driven toward one dedicated goal: Find a world where Arena hits a permanent sweet spot among League\u2019s games. \u201cYou see that with Arena\u2014we sent it out, saw where players wanted to engage, then brought it back to the lab,\u201d Sope \u201cRiot Sopebox\u201d May explained. \u201cOur goal is to get it to that point where it\u2019s sustainable long term.\u201d Super popular side modes like Swarm or Arena won\u2019t ever overtake the gameplay set on Summoner\u2019s Rift, of course, but Riot has realized its mistake by leaving extra playlists on the backburner in the last few years. 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Arena has taken another big step towards permanency in League of Legends <\/em>with Riot Games now investing more experimentation and resources into the fast-paced mode to keep it around long into the future.<\/p>

League<\/em><\/a> <\/em>Arena has unquestionably been a success<\/a>, with players falling in love with the two-vs-two-vs-two-vs-two playlist<\/a> more and more each time it goes live. This clear victory\u2060\u2014as well as Swarm\u2019s massive hype\u2060<\/a>\u2014has inspired Riot to double down on new modes<\/a> and prop up those already running.<\/p>

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Many League <\/em>players have been hoping Arena will stay around long-term. Image via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>

What that investment entails wasn\u2019t made clear by Riot when the developers shared upcoming plans in a July blog on League <\/em>modes<\/a> this week, but there will be \u201cexperimentation\u201d on a level not seen in-house in some time. They will be measured risks, Riot explained, but everything will be driven toward one dedicated goal: Find a world where Arena hits a permanent sweet spot among League<\/em>\u2019s games.<\/p>

\u201cYou see that with Arena\u2014we sent it out, saw where players wanted to engage, then brought it back to the lab,\u201d Sope \u201cRiot Sopebox\u201d May explained. \u201cOur goal is to get it to that point where it\u2019s sustainable long term.\u201d<\/p>

Super popular side modes like Swarm or Arena won\u2019t ever overtake the gameplay set on Summoner\u2019s Rift, of course, but Riot has realized its mistake by leaving extra playlists on the backburner in the last few years. Instead, the team now wants to go in the other direction and \u201ckeep improving modes over time.\u201d<\/p>

This is all very good news for League <\/em>players who feared Arena could eventually go the same way as shelved playlists<\/a> like Nexus Blitz, Odyssey, and Twisted Treeline<\/a>.<\/p>

\u201cGames modes are important,\u201d  Yunfei Fei, who has worked on Wild Rift<\/em><\/a> and Swarm, declared. There are two reasons for that, the Riot dev continued: One, they keep the flagship title \u201calive\u201d (particularly important as the game clicks through its second decade<\/a>) and two, they shape as perfect staging grounds for any big changes that could head to the Rift eventually.<\/p>

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Arena will be a testing ground as well as a battlefield. Image via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>

For the time being, Arena will likely still stay on a rotating format<\/a>. Its current run definitely has an expiry date; doors will close in early September<\/a>. That shuttering should then lead to Riot taking the tools to the mode.<\/p>

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