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We’re going to have to get some games under our belts if we want to keep playing Arena. Image via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Now before you go cranking out 12 hours of Arena games every day for the next week\u2060\u2014though who am I to stop you\u2060\u2014none of this is to say Riot wants to bin the gladiator mode they\u2019ve brewed up.<\/p>