The charitable side of League of Legends

Riot Games is an American company that develops video games. Its main title is the famous League of Legends but now it has expanded with the release of Legends of Runeterra and the highly anticipated Valorant.
League of Legends is a game known as the MOBA type, multiplayer online battle arena. Two teams of five players each face each other seeking to destroy each other's base. The game popularly known as LOL is free to download but was one of the first to earn money without having to charge for the original download. In other words, the user can enjoy the title without paying and that does not affect the profits of the company that has millions of revenues. The way to make a profit is by selling additional items including skins, the appearance of the character.
Given the large amount of money that a popular skin can obtain and with the aim of contributing in social situations that need collaboration, the latest news about League of Legends report on a large amount of money that Riot Games got by launching a skin for its tenth anniversary.

Partners for social purposes

In October 2019, during the year that League of Legends celebrated its 10th anniversary, Riot Games announced the creation of the solidarity branch of the company Riot Games Social Impact Fund. Through this division of the firm, as they affirm on their official site, they seek to "take social impact to the next level". The Riot Games Social Impact Fund seeks to make direct investments in global organizations that help causes that are necessary around the world.
One of the organizations it joined is ImpactAssets which defines itself as “a team with several decades of experience in impact investing, innovative financial services, philanthropy, and wealth management.”
The two entities together were part of the project that included one of the big donations of Legends of Legends.

A special skin

In order to raise money through the Riot Games Social Impact Fund and make donations, in December 2019 followers of the popular multiplayer game had the news about a special League of Legends skin. To celebrate that it was the number 1,000 that was being developed, Dawnbringer Karma was launched and was available to the champion Karma.
The money earned from the special edition skin was $ 6 million. Riot Games decided that between April 10 and 23, players could choose to which organizations to allocate the proceeds. The entity that received the most votes would take 50% of the money while the second and third places would be given 25%. In addition, the American company guaranteed that it would donate a minimum of $ 10,000 to each company. The entities that participated were from different countries from all over the world, including Japan, Germany, Ireland, Spain and Brazil, among others.

Donation Background

While the amount of money raised by the League of Legends Dawnbringer Karma special skin event was one of the largest, Riot Games has done similar things before. In March 2020, they donated one and a half million dollars to collaborate in the advance of the coronavirus pandemic. The sum was distributed among entities with social purposes and dedicated to health in Los Angeles in the United States.
In addition, according to the 2019 review report that Riot Games presented on May 12, the total amount of money raised by the Social Impact Fund division is $ 10 million and contributes 50 organizations in 15 different countries.

The latest news about League of Legends shows how such a popular and money-making branch can benefit both society and its players. In addition, Riot Games allows users to be part of the charity by letting them choose which organization to donate the most money to. League of Legends players can enjoy exclusive attire such as Dawnbringer Karma and at the same time perform a good action.