League of Legends: Wild Rift Open Beta’s release date & how to play

Lauren Bergin
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League of Legends: Wild Rift is well underway across the globe, but it’s finally come to North America as of March 29. Here’s everything you need to know about the Open Beta. 

League of Legends has become a behemoth in the online gaming and esports communities. The game attracts players and viewers from all across the globe, with its popularity forever on the rise. Therefore, when Riot Games announced a console and mobile version of the game, the gaming sphere went wild – literally.

With Wild Rift being announced earlier last year, the game has went from strength to strength, and here’s everything you need to know about what the Open Beta includes, as well as the dates that it’ll be dropping.

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Wild Rift’s gameplay is basically the same as LoL but on mobile and console.

When is the Wild Rift Open Beta coming?

The Open Beta of Riot’s newest title rolled out at the beginning of December for most places, however as it is being released by region the dates differ per area.

The important dates are as follows:

  • December 7 2020: Oceania, Taiwan and Vietnam.
  • December 9 2020: Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Russia and CIS, Turkey.
  • March 29 2021: North America

What does the Open Beta include?

In addition to the access to the beta version of the game Riot are releasing a collection of new skins, characters and bugfixes in order to make sure that this Wild Rift beta is the best that it can be.

It’ll be exciting to see how North America’s entry to the Wild Rift fray changes the game, especially as the competitive environment starts to open up too.

So, get excited! Wild Rift is coming to North America!

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About The Author

Lauren was formerly Dexerto's Features Editor and resident Diablo Sorceress. With two Master's degrees under her belt and a lot more Steam achievements, she specializes in all things Blizzard and Riot Games, with some Lost Ark and FFXIV on the side.