Riot Games shares a video with League of Legends players explaining why it removed Hextech chests and outlining some of the ...

League of Legends (LoL) developer Riot Games has been under fire since the beginning of Season 2025, and it looks like ...

The League of Legends community is currently in turmoil as Riot Games has made significant changes by removing free Hextech Chests.

Riot Games has had a challenging couple of weeks, although many would attribute it to its own actions. The developer doubled down on removing Hextech chests, and it’s also figuring out how to balance ...

After a rocky start to 2025, Riot has released a new League of Legends dev diary, discussing the removal of Hextech Chests ...

LoL’s devs have come clean about why free Hextech Chests were removed, and players were infuriated by their explanation.

As for the video, time is spent on the dev team’s decision to remove Hextech Chests from the MOBA as well as changes to the ...

The Feb. 7 League of Legends dev update did not go over very well with players. In it, Riot doubled down on its reasoning to remove Hextech chests as a free-to-earn loot reward. According to Riot, the ...

We also learn more about the second half of season one ...

Removing free Hextech Chests upset players who relied on them for skins, leading to boycott calls. Riot Games' attempt to simplify rewards backfired, angering the community over the removal of key ...

Cass Marshall is a news writer focusing on gaming and culture coverage, taking a particular interest in the human stories of the wild world of online games. Hextech Chests were rewards that were ...