Riot Games is cutting jobs from its League of Legends team. Marc Merrill, the studio's co-founder, co-chairman and chief product officer, announced the cuts today on X. "This isn’t about reducing headcount to save money—it’s about making sure we have the right expertise so that League continues to be great for another 15 years and beyond,

Then where did news of layoffs come from? A tweet on the X account of Marc Merrill, co-founder of Riot Games. The news comes in a very brief statement that doesn't mention the count of employees laid off, nor does it talk about what departments were most impacted.