Esports News: Legends of Runeterra (LoR) won a prestigious award, after being named the iPad Game of the Year.
Apple has honored LoR by bestowing it with the iPad Game of the Year award. The winners for the App Store Best of 2020 were announced today, Thursday (3/12), recognizing 15 apps and games for their quality, creativity, and positive cultural impact, reported Dot Esports.
Apple Fellow Phil Schiller, said this year’s awards event is more than ever, due to the occurrence of some of the most creative and fun moments on the app.
“This is thanks to the great work of the developers, who introduce new and useful application experiences throughout the year. Around the world, we are seeing the tremendous innovation efforts of so many developers, and these Best of 2020 winners are 15 great examples of such innovation,” said Phil Schiller as reported by Dot Esports.
Legends of Runeterra is a free-to-play digital card collection game developed by the developer, Riot Games. The game was released on April 29, and can be played on PC as well as mobile devices.
The game is set in the world of League of Legends, and features a gameplay that is similar in format to other online dueling card games such as Magic: The Gathering or Hearthstone, but with a typical Riot Games ‘touch’ in that genre.
The winner of the App Store awards also includes other game genre awards, even though LoR is the only competitive online game to win the App Store Best of 2020.
The action RPG game Genshin Impact, from the publisher miHoYo, won the iPhone Game of the Year award. Meanwhile, Mac Game of the Year ‘fell’ to the experimental RPG detective game from publisher ZA / UM, Disco Elysium.
Dandara Trials of Fear, a platformer published by Long Hat House is also able to take home the Apple TV Game of the Year award. Finally, Apple Arcade Game of the Year was won by Sneaky Sasquatch, a casual RPG published by RAC7.
We’ve been selected as iPad Game of the Year on the @AppStore! A huge thanks goes out to our players for your continued support! ❤️ #Bestof2020pic.twitter.com/ycaT3NjP2Z
— Legends of Runeterra (@PlayRuneterra) December 2, 2020
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