Last November, the series of animation _ Arcane _ marked the players like the criticism – the series inspired by the universe of League of Legends is an imposing success of hearing and was new Awarded times at Annie Awards who rewards animated productions. As we know, the series marked the culmination of the collaboration between Riot Games (at the origin of the MOBA) and the French Studio Fortish Production which made the series – after signing the number of trailers, short films animation and other clips to expand the world of League of Legends.
At a time when Fortiche works on Arcane season 2 and additional non-formalized projects, Riot Games announces participation in the capital of the production studio – the amount of the investment is not unveiled but By way of communiqué, the duo refers to a “important minority participation” and “a role of consulting” which takes the form of integration into the Board of Directors of Fortish by Brian Wright (general director of the content of Riot ) and Brendan Mulligan (Director of Society Development at Riot), alongside co-founders of Fortish Pascal Plow, Jérôme Combe and Arnaud Delord, as well as Hervé Dupont, Executive Director of the production studio. Always by way of communiqué, the duet specifies, however, that Fortiche is intended to “remain independent in its operations”.
The future will say the concrete consequences of this participation, but we will remember that Riot and Forthe tightened the links that have already united them for almost ten years, with the ambition to strengthen the positions of the studio as ” A major player on the scene of international animation “. To date, Forthe has 350 employees and collaborators in Paris, Montpellier and Las Palmas in Spain, let’s bet that the financial and operational support of Riot will allow the studio to continue its growth.