Inside the 'League of Legends' studio's plans to dominate your smartphone

Jolly employees who stayed with Riot Games following the acquisition mostly ended up working on "Wild Rift." They helped develop Riot's vision for mobile gaming, which followed the development model gaining popularity in Asia. As of June, "Wild Rift" players have spent around $60 million on game purchases, according to App Annie and Sensor Tower, which provide estimates based on App Store and Google Play data. Riot said that over 70 million players in the world have tried Wild Rift so far, and logged a total of over a billion hours players since the first testing phase began.