Brandon Beck first worked at Bain & Company. He joined the firm in 2004, and he held the position of a management consultant in the company until he left two years after. After leaving the company, Beck started his own company, Riot. He teamed up with Marc Merrill to found the company.
Their main focus was on making quality online games that would bring gamers around the world together. They announced their first game called Legends of Legends in 2008. They sought for initial funding worth $7 million from Firstmark Capital and BenchMark Capital. They finally released their first game in 2009. The game was designed to run on Windows and Mac operating systems.
Riot also released mini-games in the subsequent years. They released their first mini-game, an arcade game titled “Astro Teemo” in 2013. This game was followed by “Cho’gath Eats the World” in 2014. The company released a video game titled “Blitzcrank’s Poro Roundup´in 2015. In 2016, the company took time off the production of mini-games to focus on a major game release.
“Mechs vs. Minions” was released in October 2016, making it the second major game released by the company. The company released a mini-game called “Ziggs Arcade Blast” in 2017. This game runs on windows only. Riots distribute its games in many countries, including the United States, Canada, South Korea, Thailand, Europe, Japan, and Brazil.
