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'Arcane' Spinoffs Are Still In A "Developing and Exploration Phase," Creators Tease

Season Two of 'Arcane' wrapped up on Netflix and the showrunner sat down to talk about defying fan expectations, where the stories can go next, and how gaming is not Hollywood's little sibling.

Inverse

'It unfortunately won't be happening in the foreseeable future': Fortnite's Arcane skins continue to be in crossover jail as Riot boss confirms they won't be back anytime soon

A real shame for new Fortnite and Arcane fans.

PC Gamer

Predator: Killer of Killers director breaks down the surprise new animated movie releasing very soon, Arcane inspiration, and bringing back "R, crazy carnage" to the franchise

A surprise new Predator animated movie is headed to Disney Plus and Hulu in June

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Arcane Season 2 gets one last dance as the League of Legends spin-off animators return to bring Jinx and Ekko back to the series' most iconic song

Timebomb shippers stay winning

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“I aimed to reimagine her design while staying true to the character” – how this 3D modeller created a fresh new take on a fan-favourite Arcane character

3D art of the week: Ama Ro

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3 best sci-fi shows to watch after Secret Level

Have you enjoyed the animated adventures in Amazon's Secret Level and fancy some more? Here are our three recommendations of what to stream next.

League of Legends' new season trailer is basically an epilogue to Arcane with 6 new Fortiche champion redesigns in it—so if it's not a preview of the upcoming Noxus show, I'll eat my hat

Just boys being boys, wrestling in the tundra.

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The Best Sci-Fi Shows Of 2024 Set A Dangerous Precedent For Diversity

2024's best sci-fi shows made leaps and bounds when it came to diversity, only to waste that potential in the final hour.

Inverse

Riot Games' Arcane Netflix Series Reportedly Failed To Make Money Back Despite Critical Success

Riot Games' Arcane series reportedly did not become profitable despite its successful two-season run.

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Riot's co-founder says money isn't everything: 'People think we make things like Arcane to sell skins when in reality, we sell skins to make things like Arcane'

"To be clear, Arcane crushed for players, and so it crushed for us."

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League of Legends co-creator responds to report that Arcane was a "financial miss," says "people think we make things like Arcane to sell skins, when in reality we sell skins to make things like Arcane"

"Arcane crushed for players and so it crushed for us"

Total Film

Arcane writer says "it was always our hope" to get a character from the show into League of Legends

And Mel might be the most likely candidate

Total Film

Arcane writer shares where she wants to go with a new story in the League of Legends universe

"To me, it would be like 'let's do something totally new'."

Total Film

I didn’t expect Fallout to win Best Adaptation at The Game Awards 2024 when Netflix’s Arcane was such a hit

It's surprising to see that Arcane lost to Fallout for the Best Adaptation at The Game Awards 2024.

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League of Legends co-creator reveals the "ballpark" number for Arcane's real budget – and it's not even close to the reported $250 million figure

Calculators at the ready

Total Film

Arcane showrunner teases that future spin-offs could be focused on individual characters from the hit Netflix show: "We want to continue telling stories"

Timebomb 2.0, please and thank you

Inverse

Netflix's Best Steampunk Show Already Knows Where It Wants to Go Next

Is Singed the true mastermind behind 'League of Legends'? What can we expect from the 'Arcane' spinoffs?

PC Gamer

Turns out the Arcane creative team always had the go ahead to kill any fan-favourite League of Legends characters it wanted: 'Riot embraced whatever story we wanted to tell with any of the characters'

And the show overriding the game's canon was very much part of the plan.

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Arcane writer explains that there's one thing the League of Legends show could do that The Witcher or The Last of Us' adaptations couldn't - change their source material

"Not a lot of games are as mobile, and moving, and changeable, as League of Legends is"

Total Film

Arcane writer says Riot let them kill anyone they wanted, even fan-favorite characters: "There were no limits to what we could do to make a good story"

Arcane isn't a video game, sometimes people die

Total Film

Arcane writer says they've been sitting on the show's final scenes, mostly unchanged, for 6 years: "We always kind of knew where we were going"

Amanda Overton says "that Vi-Jinx scene, the very last scene between them, is nearly the same as when we wrote it six years ago."

Total Film

Arcane producer has the final say on explaining the Netflix show's $250 million budget: "We are a game company… We didn't lease out the work"

Executive music producer Alex Seaver on why Arcane's budget was worth it

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Arcane showrunner reminds fans that they "always will" listen to feedback, as long as it doesn’t overpower their vision: "At the end of the day, nobody asked for Arcane"

Christian Linke doesn't mind the criticism

Inverse

'Arcane' Showrunner Christian Linke Interview On Disappointing Fans

Arcane showrunner and co-creator Christian Linke tells Inverse that he’s still taking fan backlash in. "We wanted to do something different."

Total Film

Arcane creator issues a 500-word response to clear up rumored behind-the-scenes issues amid negative fan reaction to season 2: "It would have been great to have more time... but we didn't have it"

The final say on Arcane season 2

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