But it's doubtful that the company would need third-party resources to make that happen, so the more likely explanation is that it wants to preserve League of Legendsproperty and reserve the right to launch retro servers if it so chooses. The idea that Riot was attempting extortion could be based on speculation about it wanting the code to launch its own retro servers, much in the same way that Blizzard is now running World of Warcraft Classic. " Instead of opening a conversation about the future and interest in this kind of project, they attempted what could be seen as an attempt to take advantage of our work for free and start taking legal action against us." " We are incredibly disappointed by the way Riot chose to handle this situation," the message adds. Riot is presumably worried about Chronoshift becoming a more popular alternative to the mainstream version of League of Legends, but this is denied in a message on the the project's website. It also asks for the server and project to be shut down, and all related content to be pulled from social media channels. A Riot representative said that the company is " disappointed with the tenor of the conversation" and will be " addressing this internally." At the same time, its cease-and-desist letter does call for the Chronoshift team to hand over all related software, including not just source code but things like modified game clients. Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless. Pages modified between June 2016 and September 2017 are adapted from information taken from. Pages that were modified between April 2014 and June 2016 are adapted from information taken from. The conversation appears to have ended shortly after a counteroffer was made to simply shut down the project. Fandom's League of Legends Esports wiki covers tournaments, teams, players, and personalities in League of Legends. Refuse and we will," the person said, threatening to hand the matter off to legal counsel. " Give me what I'm looking for and we won't sue. The cease-and-desist letter was published by PC Gamer, which obtained confirmation that before it was sent, a member of Riot's security team reached out to the Chronoshift crew via Discord and asked not just for the website and source code, but " identifiable information" they shared between each other. Related: Nintendo Removes Hundreds Of Fan Games In Worst DMCA Takedown Yet League of Legends is an extremely profitable franchise that's led to several spinoff games and media. Nintendo has infamously shut down many such fan efforts, from a Pokémon MMO to Metroid 2 remakes, seeing them as cutting into its business or at least a violation of of its intellectual property. But spinning off a company's work in a way that replicates a core product is often a violation of legal terms, and indeed, Riot warned against continuing Chronoshift when the project was formally revealed in 2020. The Chronoshift project was in development for five years and made without any compensation. Riot Games, creator of League of Legends, has reportedly issued a cease-and-desist letter to the people behind Chronoshift, a fan-run server that allowed players to run a 10-year-old version of the game. The company has also denied claims of extortion in asking for the Chronoshift code and website, though it did acknowledge an informal exchange between the parties that went sour.
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