Update August 5, 2025: Riot Games published a statement regarding the controversial league Legends: Wild Rift Anniversary Video published yesterday on Weibo.
David XU, executive producer Wild Rift X/Twitter To solve concerns about the quality and origin of the video. The message says that “video made by the creator” has not reached the sign “, but it does not directly concern how Riot can use artificial intelligence to develop marketing materials in the future. Below you can read the full instructions.
Hey, people, yesterday we published a film made by the creator on our official Weibo channel, which, to be honest, did not go to the sign. When we publish content on our official channels, it maintains a high -quality strap on us and clearly determine where it comes from. Thank you for all opinions, …
– Papasmoothie (@papasmoothie) August 5, 2025
Original story August 5, 2025: Games Riot and the mother company TENCENT were under fire after the fans noticed that they allegedly published a shocking trailer generated by AI for League of Legends: Wild Rift.
Reddit user Winter_underdog was one of the first to share the filmPaying attention to what is said as a two -minute trailer of the third anniversary of League of Legends Spinoff. Riot allegedly published the material on Chinese social media Weibo before he removed it after the fuss from players. At least there is no trailer AI for League of Legends: Wild Rift on Weibo, but this did not stop the fans from publishing him elsewhere.
Wild Rift China released a film made with AI and is devilish 😭 thinking that it was an official edition, that several people approved 🙄
Contains Seraphine, Jinx, Aurora, Yasuo and Ezreal. pic.twitter.com/8fxtfdyl4s– ARUSH (@Aroushthekween) August 4, 2025
The above video contains elements that can be found in one of the most glaring content generated by AI, including strange facial expression, bizarre eye movement and visualizations that look like a cobbled Pixar movie. Although there are also recognizable faces such as Jinx, Seraphine and Aurora, it is not always easy to determine what they do exactly when the group puts on something that seems to be the smoke inspired by KPOP Hunters Concert for League of Legends: Wild Rift Fans.
“Oh, who are these skinwalkers?” one Reddit said.
“What is in League of Legends Fever Dream to”, Another added.
I am dying of laughter from how bad it is. Jinx uses Glock, Serafin copies, as if he wants to be Lee Sin, Yasuo uses a light sword, Ezreal also uses Glock. Jinx uses a flamethrower?
– Telah_Hi🔫🤠 (@tellahh) August 4, 2025
This is not only the appearance of League of Legends: Wild Rift Trailer, which has suspicious fans, that artificial intelligence has played a role in its creation. Audio for the film is also a bit disgusting because it leads to a song with similarly dubious lyrics.
Regardless of how you turn it, the fans are not satisfied with the movie circulating online and what it means, how Riot is approaching the League of Legends: Wild Rift. One sec Some They are joyful that they write a movie from the third price as “Bootleg Kpop Demon Hunters”, others are afraid of what the future of League of Legends looks like.
“Why FK with artificial intelligence, if you have the right animators?” One user was added. “The exploit of such a huge artificial intelligence is not disregarding not only for fans, but also in the animation industry.”
First of all, Seraphine is a mess 😭 Girl What happened to your voice?
But to be honest, it is as disappointing as Riot allowed. This is a blow to the face for every artist who has worked on the revival of the Runterra world through his art for the last 15 years! 😢 pic.twitter.com/yle7xaskfi– ARUSH (@Aroushthekween) August 4, 2025
It is so depressing, because it would be so cool if it just wasn’t AI, as if the idea was sweet, but … seriously? There is not even an effort for their anniversary? 😭💔
– inserts !!! (@Xtypits) August 4, 2025
Ign contacted the riots to comment.
Companies around the world have mainly adopted the use of content generated by AI in their marketing products and strategies, because the technology has improved over the last five years. Although the fans were particularly loud when it comes to how riot can use artificial intelligence to drive their games, it is far from the first unit in the space for games to double.
Activision confessed to the use of AI for some Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 content after fans called at the beginning of this year. ARK: Fans developed by Survival also quickly indicated AI noticed in the trailer of one of the new extensions.
While companies such as Microsoft are progressing with plans to integrate artificial intelligence with a digital ecosystem, not everyone is on board the role that artificial intelligence can play in the future. Mojang, a minecraft developer, said in March that there are no plans to include artificial intelligence in the development process. Meanwhile, the director of NieRo Yoko Taro warned that game developers lost their jobs because of technology as progressed.
Michael Cripe is an independent writer with IGN. He is best known for his work in sites such as the pitch, escapista and only. Remember to observe him on BlueSky (@mizecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCRipe).
