Riot Games has announced that 2XKO will end active development in December 2026, and that the last major patch will release in October. The servers will remain online, though, and all champions will be unlocked for everyone.
In a post on its website, Riot outlines the game’s end:
2XKO’s active development will conclude at the end of 2026. Over the last few months, we’ve been monitoring 2XKO’s trajectory closely, and what we’ve seen is painting a clear, consistent picture: while a lot of you jumped in to try the game and there’s an incredible community that plays every day, we haven’t seen enough players stick with the game to get to a path toward sustainability.
Servers will remain on beyond 2026, and 2XKO will be playable on all platforms. Through the rest of 2026, we’ll be introducing content, feature improvements, and two new champions (Lux and Samira), with the intent to deliver our final bug fix patch in December of this year. After that, servers will remain on to support online play. Offline play is unaffected. We’ll give advanced notice if any of that changes.
We’re unlocking all champs. We’re also bundling most cosmetic items, and refunding all money spent in 2XKO on or before August 20. Any content owned is yours to keep. Avatar and player profile items will be unlockable for Credits. This will happen in patch 1.3.1 (September). More info on this below.
As of today, Riot has disabled all KO points purchases. On September 8, Lux will release with patch 1.3.1 as a “shoto-inspired character with a simple kit, who harnesses the power of light to illuminate her enemies.” All cosmetics will be available to purchase together for $39.99 after September as well. Finally, October will add the last character, Samira, and December will introduce any fixes needed as a result.
2XKO initially entered early access on October 7, 2025 for PC (client download), followed by the full launch on January 20 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The announcement of its end comes exactly 8 months since its full release.
