Michael
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Michael
@Graydiance
Senior Game Designer @leagueoflegends, Progression & Metagames. A guy (he/him) who loves interconnected systems of intricately, humanly crafted parts.



Fun Demacia Rising Dev Fact: the Guards' attack is based on a video of me wielding a broom in my living room after I watched like 45 minutes of historical French and English spear technique videos


HUZZAH DEMACIA RISING IS HERE. If anyone runs into any issues please message me.

Welcome to Season One 2026. @RiotPabro and @RiotMeddler are back to talk more about what you can expect in 2026 and beyond: 🐲Shyvana 🏰Demacia Rising metagame 🌉ARAM: Mayhem 🦹Lobby hostage intervention 🎈Skins 🥇Esports updates 🤔Plans after 2026 Timestamps: Intro: 0:00 Gameplay Recap: 00:37 Season One Changes: 01:50 Lobby Hostage Intervention: 05:05 Skins: 06:55 Esports: 10:41 Outro: 15:04

Welcome to Season One 2026. @RiotPabro and @RiotMeddler are back to talk more about what you can expect in 2026 and beyond: 🐲Shyvana 🏰Demacia Rising metagame 🌉ARAM: Mayhem 🦹Lobby hostage intervention 🎈Skins 🥇Esports updates 🤔Plans after 2026 Timestamps: Intro: 0:00 Gameplay Recap: 00:37 Season One Changes: 01:50 Lobby Hostage Intervention: 05:05 Skins: 06:55 Esports: 10:41 Outro: 15:04

With Demacia Rising coming out soon, here is the full credit list for everyone who worked on. It was a massive undertaking by everyone on the metagame team: Voice Actors: Lux: Carrie Keranen Tianna: Claudia Christian Production Project Lead, Principal Product Manager: Ryan 'Reav3' Mireles Production: Laith 'Talumar' Alkarmi Production, Missions: Nicholas Lee Localization Production: Dan Moore Additional Production: Richard 'Act of 1715' Chung Additional Production: Mike Tekle Narrative Lead Writer: Max 'TwoWeevils' Folkman Writer: Ty 'JustALilGuy' Sheedlo Writer & Editor: Mayura 'maymurr' Jain Art Art Director: @RiotDenwhat UI Designer: Allison 'FlyingReverie' Hao UI & Motion Graphics Designer: Tammy 'Aera' Wong VFX Artist: @Sirhaian In-Game Art Assets: @EnvarStudio Design Game Design Manager: Daniel 'Rovient' Leaver Game Design Lead: @Graydiance Technical Game Design: Ryan Shackleford Game Design: Ari 'Quiet' Goodman Game Design: Justin Yong Game Design: Sean Tan User Experience Design: Helen Ho Engineering Software Engineering Director: Richard 'SkiTeacher' Hensley Lead Software Engineer: Andrew Lumbang Software Engineer: Kevin Parisapogu Software Engineer: Michael Ortega Software Engineer: Jason Han Software Engineer: Chuen Yee Gan Quality Assurance Quality Assurance Manager: @HonestPillow Quality Assurance Lead: Peter Rambo Game Analysis Team QA Lead: @Tekshi Localization QA Release Manager: Megan Davies Localization QA Release Manager: Jihyun Park Localization QA Test Lead: Christopher Mason Localization QA Senior Tester: Filip Piątek Audio Composer: Bill Hemstapat Sound Designer: @RiotKDan Voice Over Designer: Austin 'Pumapet' Mullen Music: Riot Music Team Music Implementation: Michael Sweet





In the darkest hours, there is always a beacon of hope 🪽✨ Watch the full 2026 Season 1 Cinematic now on YouTube.





















