League Next: Massive LoL Updates Announced by Riot Games for 2027

Martin Arévalo-Östberg

One of the biggest League of Legends updates ever has just been announced to be coming our way in 2027. In a snippet of the next Dev Update, Riot Games has revealed that a new LoL client is finally in the works as a part of the overhaul, dubbed by the company as 'League Next'.

The arrival of a new client, plus other large updates like an entirely revamped Summoner's Rift map, promise to bring us about as close to League of Legends 2.0 as we're ever going to get.

League Next: The Future League of Legends

For League of Legends to remain of the largest video games, and esports, more than 15 years after its release, change has been the name of the game. Now, Riot Games has announced a sort of LoL overhaul for the coming years; one that will help keep the game at the very top.

Make no mistake, this will be no small update. As such, expect it to be a while before all of the coming changes are fully implemented to LoL. As revealed by Head of League Studio Andrei "Riot Meddler" von Roon, the coming League Next updates will include all of the following:

A brand new League of Legends client that will be fully integrated with the in-game experience.
- LoL's client will no longer be a separate application to the game itself.
A full visual overhaul of Summoner's Rift (the game's main map).
Gameplay changes tied to the visual update.
Changes to Runes and pre-game systems.
An improved new player experience.

If anything, the direction of these changes demonstrates Riot Games' eagerness to keep League of Legends fresh, and deliver on what they believe their playerbase needs and expects from the game.

More to Come!

Though several details are yet to be revealed, the idea of a new LoL client alone is one that will keep us excited all the way through 2026 for the arrival of everything relating to League Next. In any case, you can expect more information to arrive before Worlds 2026 takes place!

"We’ll share some more details with you next year sometime between MSI and Worlds, including approximately when in 2027 we’re aiming to have these updates land." -Riot Meddler

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