It’s a bit odd to think that Project L’s existence was first unveiled to the world a bit over four years ago now though the League of Legends fighting game still isn’t in our hands yet.
Riot Games announced today that a Project L demo will be available for attendees at the 2023 Worlds Fan Fest later this month, but what of more reveals for the title?
As stated in their announcement, Project L is going to be available between November 16–19 at the Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, South Korea at the event connected to the League of Legends World Finals (though not at the same venue).
It’s unclear, but this is very likely the same demo that was opened up to the public at Evo 2023 in August considering it features the same four characters in Ahri, Darius, Ekko and Yasuo.
Considering this is an event to celebrate all of Riot’s games and IP beyond just League, the Worlds Fan Fest could provide a venue for more announcements for the fighting game that fans have been waiting a long time for.
As to what could be shown, we highly doubt we’re going to get anything like a release date or public beta reveal and the like.
A Project L demo will be available at 2023 Worlds Fan Fest November 16-19 at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul. Bring a friend and come play as Ahri, Ekko, Darius, or Yasuo. pic.twitter.com/TerZJrwMlc
— Riot Games (@riotgames) November 6, 2023
Since this Worlds Fan Fest is sounding more like a music festival with some side events than a traditional convention, we should probably keep expectations a bit tempered unless we’re told otherwise.
If anything, we feel the best we could end up seeing is a new fighter reveal or a sizzle reel to try to remind the League fans that a fighting game is indeed coming.
It could also serve as an appropriate venue to finally get the true name of Project L that it’ll be releasing under to give those fans something more concrete to talk and think about.
Up until this point, Riot has been approaching the trickle of information they’ve been putting out by largely doing controlled video messages and showcases not really connected to anything else, so there’s still the very strong possibility there will be nothing at all new for Project L either.
We’ll just have to keep our eyes open in a couple weeks between the League finals and Worlds Fan Fest to see if they’re ready to show any of what’s cooking on the grill.