As part of the 2025 season update, the League of Legends team has announced the decision to limit access to Hextech chests only through the store. Previously, players could earn and unlock these chests for free, allowing them to outfit heroes without spending money. However, earlier this year, Riot announced that the generosity ride is now closed.

The developers recognized that free Hextech gear had become the “primary way” to obtain looks for many players, leading to a decline in skin sales. As a free-to-play game, League of Legends depends on people actively buying skins, and it's not about immediate profits, but the long-term prospects of the project.

The League of Legends team realizes that this change is unpopular and is looking to remedy the situation with improved rewards in the battle pass. Future skins from the battle pass will have more “distinctive visuals”, and unlocking a skin from the battle pass will also unlock the corresponding champion for the player if it hasn't already been unlocked.

Not just League of Legends players around the world took notice of Arcane's second season. The lore of Zaun and Piltover piqued the interest of many Netflix subscribers and TV show fans, and some even installed League of Legends to play the game. 

Bloomberg claims that Arcane's popularity did not translate into financial success. According to the article, Netflix and Tencent's payments for the rights to broadcast the series worldwide and in China, respectively, did not even cover half of the costs of production.

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