TL;DR: One of Riot’s first-ever employees, Paul Bellezza takes on new role as Executive Producer to lead the League of Legends team
Date: June 11, 2024
What you need to know:
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Riot Games is pleased to announce that longtime employee Paul “Pabro” Bellezza has been named the new Executive Producer of League of Legends
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Bellezza follows in the footsteps of former Executive Producer Jeremy “Brightmoon” Lee, who will be stepping into a new role at Riot
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One of Riot’s first interns and among the first ten developers to work on League of Legends in 2006, Bellezza has left his mark on the game over the years, having worked on champions, skins, in-game events, the store, and more
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Bellezza has also contributed to various projects across the company, having served as a producer, manager and director on VALORANT and most recently as the Director of Creative Game Production for League Studio, during which he led on projects tied to ARCANE and League of Legends: Wild Rift
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After six years, Bellezza is excited to return to League of Legends to serve players in an all new capacity
Quote from Paul Bellezza: “I am thrilled to be returning to work on League of Legends as its Executive Producer. I am deeply honored and ecstatic to be coming home to the game I know and love in order to help make amazing experiences for you all. I am at your service. For now, I will be busy catching up on all things League. See ya next time Summoners…oh wait…uh….we changed that. See ya players!"
Learn More: Check out the Riot Games website for Paul’s full bio
ABOUT RIOT
Riot Games was founded in 2006 to develop, publish, and support the most player-focused games in the world. In 2009, Riot released its debut title, League of Legends, to worldwide acclaim. League has gone on to be the most-played PC game in the world and a key driver of the explosive growth of esports.
With League in its second decade, Riot is continuing to evolve the game while delivering new experiences to players with Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, VALORANT, League of Legends: Wild Rift, and multiple work-in-progress titles. In addition, Riot Forge gives developers access to Riot’s IP to create games like Ruined King and plenty of other adventures across Runeterra. Riot is also expanding the world of Runeterra through multimedia projects across music, comic books, board games, and Arcane, its popular animated series.
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