Riot Games reviews

Riot's alleged "feedback culture" is hit-or-miss. If the sort of feedback Riot claims to value were seen consistently throughout the organization - without regard to sex, gender, age, political bent, team, physical location, nationality, or any of a number of other factors - it could be a powerful tool. Sadly, it isn't. Some parts of the organization are great, but others have more politics and manipulation than nearly all of the other big players in the gaming industry. There are entire teams at Riot wherein providing direct feedback to peers or leadership is a surefire way to get flagged as a troublemaker or worse. Woe to the Rioter who moves from a team with a good feedback culture to one with a toxic feedback culture; they won't be around for long.

-I have repeatedly experienced groups and senior leaders at Riot who too heavily weigh decisions based off of their desire for Riot to appear to be a AAA company, as opposed to what will be best for our players. -When a single music video takes as long to make as some AAA games and that's celebrated, there's a significant cultural problem. -The co-founders have stepped back from managing Riot and are being replaced by a Trio of very capable old school Rioters. They've all delivered at a high level for a long time, but Marc and Brandon operate at another level. We need to be honest: This is a downgrade. -Riot is suffering from corporate bloat: Most areas of Riot grew too big, and the result is a diluted talented pool as well as a lot of wasted time and money by people who can't help but create work and distractions for others, detracting from the company's mission to be player focused. -Product Riot is the name for the group of support initiatives and teams (Talent, Facilities, IT, etc.). It's a group of really smart people, but I find most of my interactions with the group to be frustrating and counter-productive. Instead of feeling like we're working together to deliver to players, I frequently feel like I have to battle bureaucracy, unnecessary process, and people who have lost track of why Riot exists and what we're here to do. Example: I've heard multiple people from Product Riot claim that Riot's mission is to be "the most diverse gaming company in the industry." Diversity is awesome, but that represents a huge misalignment with the mission most of the rest of Riot is prioritizing their efforts around. -Riot has fallen behind the market in terms of innovation. League is still the best Moba hands-down, but we are starting to feel the pain of the Innovator's Dilemma.