Riot Opens 2XKO Early Access on PC Oct 7 With 10 Champions

Riot Games will open its long-awaited League of Legends fighting game 2XKO to all PC players on October 7, 2025, the company announced, marking the start of Season 0 and the debut of the title's 10th champion. The early access release ends the game's closed beta period and will allow anyone to download and play via the Riot Games launcher without an invite code. Riot said the early access build will be free to play.

2XKO is a 2 versus 2 tag team fighting game that draws characters and lore from the wider League of Legends franchise and its animated series. Riot confirmed the early access roster includes 10 playable champions at launch, nine of which have been publicly revealed: Vi, Jinx, Braum, Illaoi, Darius, Ahri, Ekko, Yasuo and Blitzcrank. The identity of the 10th champion will be unveiled with early access; datamining and community speculation have pointed to Teemo but Riot has not confirmed that report.

Riot said everything unlocked during early access, including champions, skins and mastery rewards, will carry forward into future updates. The company also laid out a development cadence for 2026, announcing five seasons next year. Each season will introduce a new champion...