Riot warns that League of Legends TCG Riftbound's next set may be missing rares, admits launch "missed the mark"

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While Riot's League of Legends card game Riftbound is proving to be a hit, the company admits that it's had a somewhat rocky launch.

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Some things feel inevitable when major videogames launch. Servers crashing when a new multiplayer hit goes live; massive queues as players all scramble to play at once. But when a new TCG launches, it's pretty natural to expect something interesting to go awry, and while Riot has weathered the Riftbound release storm with grace and transparency, it knows that the card game's debut was far from smooth. In a new blog post, the League of Legends developer confirms that the rarity issues that left some packs without top-tier cards will impact Riftbound Set 2, Spiritforged, and that it's working as fast as it can to ship preorders to waiting customers.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Riot warns that League of Legends TCG Riftbound's next set may be missing rares, admits launch "missed the mark"

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Some things feel inevitable when major videogames launch. Servers crashing when a new multiplayer hit goes live; massive queues as players all scramble to play at once. But when a new TCG launches, it's pretty natural to expect something interesting to go awry, and while Riot has weathered the Riftbound release storm with grace and transparency, it knows that the card game's debut was far from smooth. In a new blog post, the League of Legends developer confirms that the rarity issues that left some packs without top-tier cards will impact Riftbound Set 2, Spiritforged, and that it's working as fast as it can to ship preorders to waiting customers. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Riot warns that League of Legends TCG Riftbound's next set may be missing rares, admits launch "missed the mark"

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11 November 2025, 12:18 pm

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title: Riot warns that League of Legends TCG Riftbound's next set may be missing rares, admits launch "missed the mark"
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While Riot's League of Legends card game Riftbound is proving to be a hit, the company admits that it's had a somewhat rocky launch.


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Some things feel inevitable when major videogames launch. Servers crashing when a new multiplayer hit goes live; massive queues as players all scramble to play at once. But when a new TCG launches, it's pretty natural to expect something interesting to go awry, and while Riot has weathered the Riftbound release storm with grace and transparency, it knows that the card game's debut was far from smooth. In a new blog post, the League of Legends developer confirms that the rarity issues that left some packs without top-tier cards will impact Riftbound Set 2, Spiritforged, and that it's working as fast as it can to ship preorders to waiting customers.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Riot warns that League of Legends TCG Riftbound's next set may be missing rares, admits launch "missed the mark"


content_text: Some things feel inevitable when major videogames launch. Servers crashing when a new multiplayer hit goes live; massive queues as players all scramble to play at once. But when a new TCG launches, it's pretty natural to expect something interesting to go awry, and while Riot has weathered the Riftbound release storm with grace and transparency, it knows that the card game's debut was far from smooth. In a new blog post, the League of Legends developer confirms that the rarity issues that left some packs without top-tier cards will impact Riftbound Set 2, Spiritforged, and that it's working as fast as it can to ship preorders to waiting customers. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Riot warns that League of Legends TCG Riftbound's next set may be missing rares, admits launch "missed the mark"
pub_date: 11 November 2025, 12:18 pm
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