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Controlled bibliography

Riot Games Research Sources

The 100-entry bibliography supplied with the Riot Games research package, plus a separate set of current product-status checks used by public pages.

Reviewed Controlled entries 100 Supplemental checks 6

100controlled bibliography entries
63entries published by Riot Games
38secondary-source entries
6supplemental 2026 live checks
A bibliography is an index, not an endorsement 63 of the 100 controlled entries are Riot-published first-party sources. They are direct evidence of what Riot announced or documented, but they are not independent corroboration of disputed outcomes, motives, or performance. The mix of sources should be considered claim by claim.
Corpus integrity limitation The supplied package is incomplete and its included validation report no longer describes the current working directory. Some manifest-listed files survive under flattened or renamed paths, while many are absent. This page renders the controlled bibliography that is actually available; it does not imply that every draft or dataset named by the older package manifest was recovered or validated.

60 entries

Primary records

Company, product, executive, partner, government, filing, and other direct records as classified by the supplied manifest.

Who We Are

S001

Riot Games · 2026

Manifest category
Riot primary
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
live check required

Update on Our CEO Transition

S002

Riot Games · 2023-09-22

Manifest category
Riot primary
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
current url available

Global Offices

S007

Riot Games · 2026

Manifest category
Riot primary
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
live check required

Tencent Annual Report 2011

S013

Tencent Holdings · 2012

Manifest category
Tencent filing
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
pdf snapshot recommended

Tencent Annual Report 2025

S017

Tencent Holdings · 2026-04-09

Manifest category
Tencent filing
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
pdf snapshot recommended

Financial Reports

S018

Tencent Holdings · 2026

Manifest category
Tencent primary
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
live check required

Upcoming Changes to VPNs

S058

Riot Games · 2020-10-16

Manifest category
Game primary
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
current url available

An Update on 2XKO

S062

Riot Games · 2026-02-09

Manifest category
Riot primary
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
current url available

August 2026 State of the Game

S067

Riftbound / Riot Games · 2026-08-03

Manifest category
Product primary
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
current url available

Hytale Is Saved!

S069

Hypixel Studios / Hytale · 2025-11-17

Manifest category
Partner primary
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
current url available

K/DA — POP/STARS

S073

Riot Games · 2018-11-03

Manifest category
Riot music primary
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
current url available

K/DA — THE BADDEST

S074

Riot Games · 2020-08-27

Manifest category
Riot music primary
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
current url available

HEARTSTEEL — PARANOIA

S075

Riot Games · 2023-10-23

Manifest category
Riot music primary
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
current url available

Riot Settlement

S082

Riot Games · 2021-12-27

Manifest category
Riot primary
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
current url available

Social Impact

S087

Riot Games · 2026

Manifest category
Riot primary
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
live check required

Annual Impact Reports

S088

Riot Games · 2026

Manifest category
Riot primary
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
live check required

38 entries

Reporting and retrospective sources

Contemporary journalism, trade reporting, investigations, and retrospective accounts as classified by the supplied manifest.

Riot Direct

S027

Riot Games · 2016-05-17

Manifest category
Riot engineering
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
current url available

A Taxonomy of Tech Debt

S036

Riot Games · 2018

Manifest category
Riot engineering
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
current url available

Incoming: Vanguard On-Demand

S040

Riot Games · 2026-06-24

Manifest category
Riot security
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
current url available

The Tech Behind Swarm

S091

Riot Games · 2024

Manifest category
Riot engineering
Accessed
2026-08-25
Archive flag
current url available

2 entries

Academic research

Research papers included for independently studied technical or behavioral questions.

Separate from S001-S100

Supplemental live sources

These records were added for public launch checks on August 25, 2026. They test whether selected products had current first-party update evidence; they do not retroactively alter the controlled 100-source manifest.

League of Legends Patch 26.16 Notes

L001

League of Legends / Riot Games · 2026-08-11

Supports
League of Legends
Role
Launch-date live-status check
Evidence type
First-party product update

VALORANT Patch Notes 13.02

L002

VALORANT / Riot Games · 2026-07-28

Supports
VALORANT
Role
Launch-date live-status check
Evidence type
First-party product update

Teamfight Tactics Patch 17.8

L003

Teamfight Tactics / Riot Games · 2026-07-28

Supports
Teamfight Tactics
Role
Launch-date live-status check
Evidence type
First-party product update

Wild Rift Patch Notes 7.2c

L004

Wild Rift / Riot Games · 2026-08-12

Supports
League of Legends: Wild Rift
Role
Launch-date live-status check
Evidence type
First-party product update

Legends of Runeterra 7.7 Patch Notes

L005

Legends of Runeterra / Riot Games · 2026-07-14

Supports
Legends of Runeterra
Role
Launch-date live-status check
Evidence type
First-party product update

August 2026 State of the Game

L006

Riftbound / Riot Games · 2026-08-03

Supports
Riftbound
Role
Launch-date live-status check
Evidence type
First-party product update

How to use this list

Open the cited record and check the passage, date, and scope that support the claim. A source being present here does not mean it supports every statement associated with its subject. Mutable pages can change after the recorded access date, and external links can move or disappear.

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