According to 2XKO Editor-in-Chief Ben Forbes, 2XKO will be releasing various updates “over the coming weeks.” The current topic of these community-facing updates is currently unknown, but those interested in Riot Games’ upcoming fighting game are encouraged to ask questions via 2XKO’s newly revealed social media channels.
Just days after the game’s official title was revealed, not only did we get a look at Project L, we also learned that a home test is planned for this year. After years of occasional updates, the output of information about 2XKO appears to be growing strongly.
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Topics raised and acknowledged include monetization, which is a key topic at the moment given Tekken 8’s recent implementation of an in-game store. 2XKO will be free-to-play, so the question of exactly how the game will be funded is still a big question mark hanging over the game. Other Riot games, like Valorant, keep the cash rolling in with expensive but flashy-looking cosmetics. We know 2XKO will have chroma skins (recolors of fighter models), and the character himself has years of League of Legends skins to draw from.
Then there is the situation of netcode, that is Bats signed to Tony Cannon for future explanation. Tom Cannon recently said that the game will have “server-based netcode,” and during the game’s 2021 launch, the Cannon brothers gave a brief overview of 2XKO’s online solutions. Tony Cannon, as the creator of GGPO rollback netcode, is well versed in this area, so expectations are obviously high.
What form will these updates take? I’m afraid there’s no news either. Maybe we’ll get a short video, but I personally would like to see a more comprehensive blog post. When the game was announced to be free-to-play, Shaun Rivera, Scott Hawkes, Mike Henry, and Caroline Montano wrote this excellent development blog for Illaoi that’s worth a read. It has been reported that a development AMA will indeed take place on the official 2XKO Discord server at some point in the future, which may be a better way to report directly to the community. I might enjoy reading thousands of words of development insights, but maybe a video or an AMA would be more suitable for casual fans, who knows.
So if you’re eager to learn more about 2XKO after recent reports, you’ll definitely want to keep your eyes peeled in the coming weeks. Why not follow it here? We’ll be covering all the news as the 2025 release date approaches, as well as reporting original stories about the game.