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Earlier this month, Riot Games announced Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story<\/a>, a beat-matching game with some serious side-scrolling\/platforming gameplay. Riot calls it a \u201cfast-paced rhythm runner,\u201d and that phrase was personified in Hextech Mayhem\u2019s explosive (literally) launch trailer that premiered during today\u2019s Riot Forge Showcase with Nintendo Switch. You can watch the gameplay footage below.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Piltover, Valoran\u2019s cultural center with a gorgeous steampunk aesthetic, serves as the primary backdrop for Hextech Mayhem. You star as Ziggs, a zany yordle (a spirit that takes the form of a mammal) with a deep love and appreciation for big bombs. Instead of using his explosives to take down other champions in the arena, this time around, Ziggs embarks on a journey to build the one bomb to rule them all while avoiding his strict and rigid nemesis Heimerdinger.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As Ziggs, you\u2019ll \u201cbomb to the beat,\u201d running over floating icons that change your orientation (e.g., launch you in the air, drop you back down to the ground, etc.) across a horizontal map of Piltover while simultaneously decimating waves of foes and large-scale bosses with fiery explosions. Heimerdinger is the resident party pooper and his armed troopers and weaponized machinations stand between you and your musical escapades.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It seems as if the challenge of Hextech Mayhem derives from its utilization of sensory overload. You\u2019ll be moving in tandem with the music, but balls of fire emitted after hitting enemies and objects alike with bombs fill the screen and make navigation a disorienting activity. You\u2019ll have to pay attention and try your best to disregard the colorful carnage to stay alive.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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If this gameplay loop excites you, then you\u2019re in luck. Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story\u00a0launches today on Nintendo Switch and PC.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Are you excited to sprint down the streets of Piltover, laying waste to everything and everyone you encounter?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Earlier this month, Riot Games announced Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story, a beat-matching game with some serious side-scrolling\/platforming gameplay. Riot calls it a \u201cfast-paced rhythm runner,\u201d and that phrase was personified in Hextech Mayhem\u2019s explosive (literally) launch trailer that premiered during today\u2019s Riot Forge Showcase with Nintendo Switch. You can watch the gameplay footage below. Click here to watch embedded media Piltover, Valoran\u2019s cultural center with a gorgeous steampunk aesthetic, serves as the primary backdrop for Hextech Mayhem. You star as Ziggs, a zany yordle (a spirit that takes the form of a mammal) with a deep love and appreciation for big bombs. Instead of using his explosives to take down other champions in the arena, this time around, Ziggs embarks on a…<\/p>\n

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