Amazon Prime Gaming and Riot Games, developer of League of Legends, Valorant and more, have extended their partnership for 2023.
It’s a one-year extension, meaning the renewed collaboration will run through 2023.
Amazon Prime members will get more exclusive in-game content for several Riot titles including League of Legends, Legends of Runeterra, Valorant, League of Legends: Wild Rift, and new for this year, Teamfight Tactics (TFT).
The news comes after the usual monthly League of Legends Prime Capsule (which gives Amazon Prime members more in-game goodies, like RP, skins and more) was delayed earlier in 2023 as Amazon Prime Gaming and Riot Games discussed whether their 2022 partnership would be extended.
Now it’s been confirmed: Prime Gaming and Riot Games freebies will continue:
And Prime Gaming will also continue its role as a global sponsor across Riot’s esports titles, League of Legends Esports and Valorant Esports, as well as becoming the first global sponsor for Teamfight Tactics Esports, providing free content during various events throughout the year.
As part of the year-long collaboration, Prime Gaming and Riot Games will also focus on esports. Prime Gaming will be a global sponsor across League of Legends Esports, the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT), and TFT Esports competitions, as well as sponsor multiple LoL Esports events for the LCS and LEC, and VCT competitions in North America and EMEA regions in 2023.
It wasn’t mentioned whether the EU Masters would be called the Amazon EMEA Masters again or not, however, like it was last year (it was called the Amazon European Masters, but was renamed to EMEA Masters late last year).
Prime members will have the opportunity to claim exclusive esports emotes during LoL Esports global events (like they did for Worlds 2022). Upcoming LoL esports events include MSI London 2023 and Worlds.
And during VCT events, Prime Gaming will continue to present key broadcast moments including Agent Selects, Flawless and post-match highlights.
Prime Gaming and Riot Games offers – Prime members will have an opportunity to claim the following:
- League of Legends — Beginning in March, the Prime Gaming Capsule includes a Mystery Skin Permanent (guaranteed epic), a Champion Permanent, 350 Riot Points, 30-day XP boost, Mystery Ward Skin, two Series 1 Eternal Shards, and 200 Orange Essence.
- Teamfight Tactics — Beginning in April, for the first time, Prime members can claim content every month for an entire year (12 drops total) for the leading autobattler. This will include Emote, Icon, Little Legend and Star Shard bundle content.
- League of Legends: Wild Rift — Beginning in March, Prime members can grab content every month for an entire year (12 drops total) for the mobile game. Content will include random Baubles, Emotes, Recalls, Skins, and Skin Poses.
- Valorant — Beginning in March, players can grab timed-exclusive core content every month for an entire year (12 drops total) for Valorant gameplay. Planned content includes Player Cards, Gun Buddies and Sprays.
- Legends of Runeterra — Beginning in March, Prime members can claim content on a monthly basis including: Tier 3 Prismatic Chests, Epic Cards and Rare Cards.
Prime Gaming and Riot Games on the extended partnership
“We’re thrilled to continue our successful promotion with Riot Games,” said Josh Dodson, Director of Prime Gaming on the Prime Gaming and Riot Games partnership. “It’s clear to us that Prime Gaming members deeply value the regular content for several of Riot’s biggest and most popular games that we’ve offered to date. We’re excited to build on this success and continue delivering incredible value for Prime Gaming members and Riot fans.”
“Expanding the partnership with Prime Gaming across our games and esports is a win for players around the world, who will continue to enjoy benefits which enhance their fandom,” said Max Boigon, Head of Strategic Alliances & Partnerships at Riot Games.
“As we grow our portfolio of games and broader entertainment experiences, we are excited Prime Gaming is continuing along for this journey, sharing our long term mission of making it better to be a player across the Riot ecosystem.”
“Prime Gaming has been a longstanding partner for Riot, and we’re proud to share a mutual commitment toward providing deeper experiences that make it more rewarding to be a fan,” said John Needham, President of Esports for Riot Games. “We’re proud to have a partner like Prime Gaming supporting our broad fanbase across LoL Esports, the Valorant Champions Tour and Teamfight Tactics.”
For more Prime Gaming and Riot Games offers in the future, Prime members can claim in-game content for Riot titles as they become available by visiting gaming.amazon.com.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
