Riot Games’ latest updates on the 2026 plans for the game 2XKO included console release answers and a competitive roadmap.
On Dec. 6, Riot Games released an update video for their upcoming plans for the game.
In the video, game director Shaun Rivera and esports director Michael Sherman gave a quick update.
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San Diego City College students who play on consoles can expect the game to be released in online stores in January 2026.
“We know how much folks have been waiting to hop in on console,” Rivera said in the video, “and can’t wait for you all to get your hands on it soon.”
2XKO will support cross-platform compatibility, so playing with your PC friends will be available on release.
For more competitive players, Riot has announced a 2026 competitive series spread across its five content seasons. Every season will also have a new character released alongside the content updates.
There will be 20 tournaments held in 2026. Every season, there will be one major tournament and three challenger tournaments.
“You can think of challengers as regional open tournaments meant to give communities more opportunities to compete,” Sherman said, “and majors as the five major competitive moments of the year each tied to a season.”
During the First Impact event for the first tournaments, Riot partnered with tournament organizers to add a bonus for competitors who had a teammate.
Frosty Faustings XVIII is the first major tournament for 2026 and has a new duo incentive. If your duo places higher than any other duo in the tournament, you will receive a bonus to your tournament earnings.
This four-day tournament will be hosted offline in Lombard, Illinois, starting Jan. 29. Over 20 games will be played across the four days.
To end their update, Rivera and Sherman announced a new character skin theme centered around competitive play called Frame Perfect.
When you purchase any skin from the collection, a portion of that money will go to funding tournaments and prize pools.
“This is one step of many,” Rivera said, “but we need your help to let us know what’s working and what we can improve.”
On Dec. 9, Riot Games dropped a small hotfix to make adjustments to 2XKO. The fix was to help online games from crashing due to character moves.
Riot has advised tournament organisers to host offline tournaments until they can fix further issues in the 2026 patch 1.1.0 in January.
If you’re interested in competing, click on the link to learn how to sign up for tournaments using Start.gg.
This story was edited by Sadja Sims and Gabriel Vasquez.