League of Legends is getting a new game mode, Nexus Blitz, as part of a new Experimental Modes programme, and it might borrow one or two things from that other genre dominated by a brightly-coloured free-to-play game, battle royale.
Developer Riot Games announced Experimental Modes – and the first one, Nexus Blitz – in a forum post last night, where they explained their intent for them to pop up at a rate of about “one or two a year” and bring a bit of satisfaction for those out for a faster moving game.
The aim is that they’ll release in “early access” form, where they’re then “aggressively patched” on live servers, before hopefully moving into a permanent place in the game – like Summoners Rift and ARAM are now, and the sorely-missed Dominion mode once was.
Source: Eurogamer League of Legends is getting a new game mode that might borrow from battle royale