Cross-Game “Soul Fighter” announced from RIOT Games

I’m not sure if I have ever heard the term “Cross-Game” before in my gaming life. But, hey! I like the idea. Check out the official announcement from RIOT below.

LOS ANGELES – JUNE 26, 2022 – Today, game developer and publisher Riot Games announced Soul Fighter, a six-week, adrenaline-pumping event taking over the world of Runeterra with in-game content coming to “League of Legends”, “Teamfight Tactics”, “League of Legends: Wild Rift”, and “Legends of Runeterra”. Soul Fighter is Riot Games’ tribute to the fighting game genre, taking inspiration from the deep emotional resonance and unique character moments from fighting games and anime tournament arcs, and will feature brand new game modes, skins, gameplay features, and more across all four Riot Games Runeterra titles. The Soul Fighter event begins globally on Thursday, July 20 and ends on Monday, August 28.

The alternate universe that Soul Fighter takes place within immerses players in a colorful and diverse world where competitors fight to prove themselves through combat on the world’s biggest stage, the “Tournament of Souls”. The tournament is a competition hosted by the mysterious God’s Eye where fighters with extraordinary abilities battle it out until there is only one standing.

“We’re really excited for the range of different experiences across the League of Legends ecosystem that make up the Soul Fighter event,” said Andrei van Roon, Head of League Studio. “Arena, Soul Brawl, and Tag Duel will let players experience League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics and Wild Rift, respectively, in new ways that we think bring something really fresh to the table. We can’t wait to see what players think once they get their hands on them.”

Players will get to experience all the action in the Soul Fighter event across four titles:

• “League of Legends”, the world’s most-played PC MOBA, introduces an all-new game mode, 12 new Soul Fighter skins, an in-client metagame experience, a brand new champion, and more.

  • New Game Mode: Arena

    • Arena is a new game mode in League of Legends in which four teams of two players each fight one another in rotating combat rounds. After each round of combat, they will power up with unique Augments until only one team is left standing. Combat takes place on four different battlefields which vary in size, terrain density, and theme. Champions from the Soul Fighter universe will make occasional Cameo appearances in matches to either players’ benefit or detriment.

  • Champion Launch: Naafiri the Hound of a Hundred Bites

  • Skins: Soul Fighter Samira (Ultimate), Soul Fighter Viego (Legendary), Soul Fighter Naafiri, Soul Fighter Shaco, Soul Fighter Pyke, Soul Fighter Sett, Soul Fighter Lux, Soul Fighter Jhin, Soul Fighter Gwen, Soul Fighter Evelynn, Prestige Soul Fighter Shaco, and Prestige Soul Fighter Pyke

  • Soul Fighter 2023 Pass

  • In-Client Metagame Experience: Tournament of Souls (LoL Exclusive) 

    • Tournament of Souls is a style-rating-focused combo-battler that takes place in the client. Players will take on the role of Samira and gain Reputation by playing games of League, which in turn allows them to face new opponents and unlock new abilities for Samira to progress further in the tournament. The objective of the tournament is to defeat all ten opponent champions and become its new champion. Players can claim rewards after each victory and can unlock the Story and Expert difficulty levels, each with differing levels of challenge for players of all levels of skill and time commitment.

• “Teamfight Tactics”, the leading game in the auto-battler genre, welcomes an all-new game mode and around-game narrative experience, along with new Tacticians, an Event Pass, and the Tournament of Souls Mythic arena.

  • New Game Mode: Soul Brawl

    • Much like Fortune’s Favor during Lunar Gala at the start of this year, Soul Brawl is a temporary game mode coming to Teamfight Tactics as part of the Soul Fighter event. This game mode takes place across two stages; Training phase, where players compete for Soul Power that will strengthen their Soul Crown and provide additional loot options, and Tournament phase, where players will be eliminated in a best-of-three bracket tournament.

  • ln-Client Narrative Experience (TFT Exclusive)

    • Alongside the game mode is the in-client narrative experience, The Choncc Dome. Here, Champions and Tacticians team up to prepare for the Tournament of Souls. The Choncc Dome marks the first time a TFT in-client experience has been brought to mobile platforms, and the first time an Event has had an exclusive Pass+! .

  • Cosmetics

    • Tacticians: Chibi Gwen; Chibi Soul Fighter Gwen (Mythic)

    • Arena: Tournament of Souls Arena

    • Soul Fighter Event Pass with New Rewards

• “League of Legends: Wild Rift”, Riot Games’ made-for-mobile MOBA, features six new Soul Fighter skins, its own in-client narrative experience, and a completely new game mode designed exclusively for Wild Rift. 

  • New Game Mode: Tag Duel

    • Tag Duel is a new game mode that pits players against each other in one-on-one combat. Each player will select three champions before entering combat, which can be seamlessly swapped between when off cooldown, leading to all sorts of combos previously only possible with teammates. The first player to reach four kills will emerge victorious.

  • Champion Launch: Nilah the Joy Unbound

  • Skins: Soul Fighter Nilah, Soul Fighter Draven, Soul Fighter Yasuo, Soul Fighter Irelia and Soul Fighter Xin Zhao, and Soul Fighter Draven (Special Edition)

  • Soul Fighter Event Pass

  • In-Client Narrative Experience (WR Exclusive) 

    • Players will experience an original story set within the world of Soul Fighter, which is primarily told through the eyes of Draven and Yasuo as they battle in the Tournament of Souls and venture into the Lands Beyond. Players will progress through a visual novel, which also features minigame combat that will test their speed and accuracy, by playing matches of Wild Rift. By progressing through the event, players will be rewarded with tokens, which can be spent on various items in the event shop, and unlock Arcade Mode. In Arcane Mode, players will get to play through a series of minigames as their favorite Soul Fighter champion, earn an exclusive emote, and more.

    • “Legends of Runeterra”, the award-winning digital card game, brings a new event pass and cosmetics to the battlefield.

      • Skins: Soul Fighter Nidalee (Epic), Soul Fighter Viego (Epic), Soul Fighter Sett (Epic), Soul Fighter Samira (Rare), Soul Fighter Jhin (Rare), Soul Fighter Gwen (Rare), Soul Fighter Pyke (Rare) and Soul Fighter Evelynn

      • Soul Fighter Event Pass

      • New Emotes & Cardbacks

From July 20 to August 28, Riot will contribute 20% of proceeds from Soul Fighter Samira, the Soul Fighter Event Pass, and all related bundle sales in League of Legends to the Riot Games Social Impact Fund, a donor advised fund account sponsored by ImpactAssets. Here’s everything that qualifies:

• Soul Fighter Samira (skin only)

• Unmatched Bounty Hunter Bundle

• Soul Fighter Event Pass

• Soul Fighter Event Pass Bundle

In celebration of the Soul Fighter event, Riot Games is also proud to present Soul Fighter: Fight Night, a broadcast experience featuring 16 content creators who will compete both in- and out-of-game for the chance to win the title of Fight Night Champion. The event will be hosted in Los Angeles, California, and livestreamed on Twitch on Monday, July 17 at 6:00PM PT. Stay tuned for more details on Riot Games’ official channels.

For more information on Soul Fighter, please visit riotgames.com or check out @leagueoflegends, @TFT, @wildrift, and @playruneterra on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.