Riot has made a heavy investment in Fortiche Production, the producer company of the Arcane series, which aired on Netflix last year.
Riot Games, Netflix’s series of hits from last year Arcane sequenceannounced that it has invested in Fortiche Production, the animation studio behind . Arcane is a pretty standout show, and it seems incredibly successful at pushing League of Legends out of the usual audience.
Riot buys part of Arcane series producer Fortiche
Riot and Fortiche had collaborated on the music video Get Jinxed before Arcane and then on other short films like Warriors, Seconds, Pop/Stars, and Rise.
Fortiche is currently working on the second season of Arcane and other unannounced projects. According to the press release, it says that Arcane has been #1 on the platform since its launch on Netflix, making it into the top 10 in over 52 countries.
Pascal Charrue, Jérôme Combe, and Arnaud Delord are co-founders of Fortiche and said: “The various collaborations with Riot Games and especially Arcane have made Fortiche Production a new major player on the international animation scene. Riot Games, with confidence in us, said: It gave us the tools to achieve our common goals and showed that it is possible to deliver new content that can reach a wide audience. In 2023 we will celebrate ten years of cooperation”.
Riot CEO Nicolo Laurent said: “As we work with Fortiche, we collaborate to push the boundaries of what is possible and raise expectations for how games can be represented in the media. As proud as we are of Arcane, we know the best is yet to come.” said.