Exactly a year ago, Riot Games released the Auto-Battler Teamfight Tactics (TFT), which is celebrated with an iconic legend.
“A year ago we started the trip with a sword-swinging penguin and all of you,” announced the developer on Friday via Twitter. The TFT release took place on June 26, 2019 a genre expansion at Riot Games was to usher in: Since then, an online trading card game followed with Legends of Runeterra and recently an FPS shooter with Valorant. Draft horse League of Legends is no longer alone in the hallway that TFT has the gate of diversification open.
Inspired by Dota Auto Chess, TFT started its triumphal march last summer: Riot Games benefited from the identification that many fans have with the beloved characters and skills from the LoL universe connects. The initial hype, which was underlined by hundreds of thousands of viewers in the Twitch streams, has faded somewhat numerically. However, the developer can now click on a committed and passionate community to build.
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Mobile launch and eSports beginnings
TFT – like its big brother League of Legends – is regularly refreshed, every two weeks Riot Games released a new patch. The Auto-Battler experienced a high last March when the mobile version was launched. The number of viewers on Twitch doubled compared to the previous month, TFT again catapulted into the headlines. The same succeeded with the installation of Ranked mode and the first eSport attempts.
With the Galaxies Championship TFT receives his first world championshipthat gives players an incentive to top the rankings. The qualification for the regional finals runs until July 28, and the first global crown will be awarded in August. But before that, the fans can pick up a special gift: If you play 10.14 TFT during the upcoming patch, you get the “sword-swinging penguin”that started it all – including a party hat.
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