League of Legends – /dev: League Classic

Summary

We’re making some changes to League Classic with Season 3 Act II.

TL;DR:

• League Classic will be available through the end of Season 3 of 2026 and then end its current run. Our goal is to bring Classic back in the future, likely as an event mode with adjustments and additions.
• Some regions with lower play rates will be moving to a windowed queue, while JP and MENA will have custom matches only from the start of 26.21.
• The Act II Classic Battle Pass will have one unified, free track.We’ve seen a lot of players have fun revisiting the olden days with Classic. At this point though, most have gone back to other parts of League. So Classic will be available through the rest of Season 3 and will then end its current run in January 2027. We’ll then put Classic back in the box for now, with the goal of bringing it back, likely as an event mode with adjustments and additions.

There’s more we’re going to share in the future about what we learned from this run. That includes where we think we got Classic right, where we could have gone more classic, and where sticking too closely to the past may have held the experience back. Please continue to let us know what you love and don’t love about Classic. Your feedback is a vital part of how we make our games and is always appreciated.
…

Read the full news on leagueoflegends.com →

Excerpt – the full text belongs to the publisher.