Arcane Season 2 will not premiere in 2023
Over a year has passed since Arcane: League of Legends premiered on Netflix, and it seems Season 2 is still (unfortunately) a long way off.
During an interview with League of Legends commentator Guan Ze Yua, Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent briefly touched on how Arcane’s second season is shaping up (thanks, IGN).
“I just watched the third episode of Season 2 before my flight to China, so we’re making progress on it,” Laurent explains. “It is not ready yet, and there are two reasons for that: one, you want the quality, you just don’t wanna rush, and so that takes time. So that’s the good reason.”
“The bad reason is, honestly, like, we didn’t know if Season 1 was gonna be a success,” Laurent continues. “If I had known, we could have started Season 2 way earlier, but we didn’t know, so we kind of waited a bit, and so now we’re paying the price, so it’s unfortunately not going to be this year.”
There’s also a video of this exchange available on Reddit, which you can check out below.
Riot CEO about ARCANE SEASON 2!
by u/03AtbLoLYT in leagueoflegends
While slightly disappointing, it’s no surprise that Season 2 isn’t coming out in 2023, as it was only greenlit in late 2021. Shortly afterwards, Riot Games invested heavily in Fortiche Productions – the animation studio that made Arcane. Everyone involved likely doesn’t want to rush things, especially after the first season won an Emmy.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.