Riot Games to Pay $100 Million to Settle Class-Action Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

Video game company was on track for $10 million settlement until two California employment agencies got involved

Riot Games
Riot Games

“League of Legends” creator Riot Games agreed Monday to pay $100 million to settle a class-action gender discrimination lawsuit brought against the video game company by more than 2,000 current and former female employees.

“Three years ago, Riot was at the heart of what became a reckoning in our industry,” Riot Games said in a statement to TheWrap Tuesday. “We had to face the fact that despite our best intentions, we hadn’t always lived up to our values. As a company we stood at a crossroads; we could deny the shortcomings of our culture, or we could apologize, correct course, and build a better Riot.

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