Someone has claimed to hack the Twitter account of the president and co-founder of Riot Games, the makers of League of Legends, using it to publish images and templates from a completed-but-unreleased League of Legends card-based game. āRiot doesnāt want you to play this game,ā said āJason,ā the hacker.
The breach occurred today at 1:16 p.m. EDT, with the following:
The hacker then linked a picture of placeholder login screen artwork for āLeague of Legends: Supremacy,ā seen above. That name was registered as a trademark (and in a series of web domains) by Riot Games a year ago, which gathered some attention at the time. Speculation had it that the name referred to a mode within the main League of Legends game, and little more was said after that.
āItās a standalone game,ā said the hacker in this tweet. āI have the server and client source.ā
Later he added:
As further proof, āJasonā posted imgur galleries of the deckās card templates and text icons
āJasonā later made this threat.
He then backed off that threat, saying about an hour after the takeover āI have decided to give marc his twitter back.ā
Kotaku emailed a Riot Games representative to inquire about the breach, the veracity of the images and Riotās plans for any new League of Legends game under the name Supremacy. Weāll update this story with any reply we receive.
[UPDATE]: Merrill has retaken control of his account and deleted the hackerās Tweets, but confirmed that someone else took control the feed.
As for āLeague of Legends: Supremacy,ā Merrill said the images in question are old and experimental in nature, and not evidence of any game that was due for release.
We're always working on a variety of new ideas for League & beyond. Lots of experimentation that may never see the light of day š
ā Tryndamere (@MarcMerrill) October 13, 2013
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