Riot Games responds to criticism over the controversial anniversary video for League of Legends: Wild Rift. It has been uploaded to the game's official Weibo account and is widely distributed online for the obvious use of artificial intelligence and visual inconsistencies.
The video is intended to celebrate the third anniversary of the mobile game, featuring popular characters such as Jinx, Yasuo, and Seraphine at fictional concerts.
However, the visuals quickly scrutinized for poor quality, including rare face animations, glitchy movements, and troubling design elements such as “anniversary” misspellings, as well as the distorted “third” logo.
Fans of platforms like Reddit and Twitter pointed out some features of AI-generated content, including inconsistent object rendering, unnatural character movements, and ambiguous lyrics such as “You can make the blower higher.”
Wild Rift executive producer David Xu admitted the backlash in a post on Weibo. “Yesterday we posted a creator-made video on our official Weibo channel. Frankly, we didn't reach the mark,” Xu wrote.
“When posting content on our official channels, it is our point to maintain a high quality bar and clarify where it comes from. We appreciate all the feedback.
Xu did not check if the video was generated by AI, but showed that it originated from an external creator. The report suggests that the video may have been received from a group called Outliers, known for its AI-based aesthetic content.
Riot has deleted the video from Weibo.
