Convergence: A League of Legends Story – the time-manipulating parkour platformer (and, yes, League of Legends spin-off) from developer Double Stallion and Riot Games publishing arm Riot Forge – launches for Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC on 23rd May.
Convergence (or CONV/RGENCE, if you really must) is the third entry in Riot Forge’s genre-hopping, externally developed A League of Legends Story series, which takes familiar faces from Riot Games’ wildly popular MOBA and deposits them in their own standalone adventures.
So far, the series has featured a turn-based RPG from developer Airship Syndicate, titled Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, as well as Choice Provisions’ puzzler Hextech Mayhem, and last month’s action-RPG The Mageseeker, created by Digital Sun. It’s all change again for Convergence, which shines a spotlight on League of Legends’ dimension-hopping, time-manipualiting Ekko, and brings yet another a new genre focus.
This time around, the series is diving into the realm of 2D action-platformer as Ekko navigates the city of Zaun. Parkour-style traversal is promised, as is “tight dynamic combat” and “unique exploration opportunities”, both making use of Ekko’s ability to travel in space and time.