Riot Games shares a video with League of Legends players explaining why it removed Hextech chests and outlining some of the ...

The League of Legends community is currently in turmoil as Riot Games has made significant changes by removing free Hextech Chests.

Every time I open the comments section of any post from League of Legends‘ official X account, it’s swamped with screenshots of Hextech Chests – gone but very much not forgotten. As backlash ...

Riot Games posted a “check-in” video regarding the current season and monetization woes in League of Legends. The video begins with head of League Studio Andrei Van Roon and executive producer Paul ...

LoL’s devs have come clean about why free Hextech Chests were removed, and players were infuriated by their explanation.

Player dissatisfaction seems to be at an all-time high in the League of Legends community, driven primarily by Riot Games’ decision to remove Hextech Chests and other rewards from the game. In a ...

shook the faith of a lot of players – especially with Hextech Chests and level-up rewards biting the dust coming into 2025. League of Legends patch 25.S1.2 fixes a lot of these issues ...

although quite a few players on X and the League of Legends subreddit are calling for a reversion to the old rewards system, or at the very least the return of Hextech Chests. But there's still ...

League of Legends (LoL) developer Riot Games has been under fire since the beginning of Season 2025, and it looks like ...

The Feb. 7 League of Legends dev update did not go over very well with players. In it, Riot doubled down on its reasoning to remove Hextech chests as a free-to-earn loot reward. According to Riot, the ...

As for the video, time is spent on the dev team’s decision to remove Hextech Chests from the MOBA as well as changes to the ...