Riot Games Lays Off Half of 2XKO Development Team
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGCalifornia Employment Development Department· filed February 24, 2026View the filing ↗
What we know
Location: Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles County).
Department affected: 2XKO development team.
A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on February 24, 2026.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the CA state workforce agency.
Summary
Riot Games disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on February 24, 2026. The notice covers 26 employees in Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles County), with the layoff effective April 27, 2026.
That is roughly 0.7% of the 4,000 people Riot Games employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 20 layoff events at Riot Games since October 2023, including 418 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 17 additional events known from news reporting.
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