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Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles.It was founded in September 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill to develop League of Legends and went on to develop several spin-off games and the unrelated first-person shooter game Valorant.
Element (formerly Riot and Vector [13]) is a free and open-source software instant messaging client implementing the Matrix protocol. [ 14 ] Element supports end-to-end encryption , [ 15 ] private and public groups, sharing of files between users, voice and video calls, and other collaborative features with help of bots and widgets.
The free-to-play model was untested outside of Asian markets, [39] so publishers were primarily interested in a retail release, and the game's capacity for a sequel. [40] In 2008, Riot reached an agreement with holding company Tencent to oversee the game's launch in China. [40] League of Legends was announced October 7, 2008, for Microsoft Windows.
Valorant is a 2020 first-person tactical hero shooter video game developed and published by Riot Games. [3] A free-to-play game, Valorant takes inspiration from the Counter-Strike series, borrowing several mechanics such as the buy menu, spray patterns, and inaccuracy while moving.
RIOT is a small operating system for networked, memory-constrained systems with a focus on low-power wireless Internet of things (IoT) devices. It is open-source software , released under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
A riot shield is a lightweight protection device, typically deployed by police and some military organizations, though also utilized by protestors. Riot shields are typically long enough to cover an average-sized person from the top of the head to the knees, though smaller one-handed models may also be used.