The conversation appears to have ended shortly after a counteroffer was made to simply shut down the project. Refuse and we will,' the person said, threatening to hand the matter off to legal counsel. ' Give me what I'm looking for and we won't sue. The cease-and-desist letter was published by PC Gamer, which obtained confirmation that before it was sent, a member of Riot's security team reached out to the Chronoshift crew via Discord and asked not just for the website and source code, but ' identifiable information' they shared between each other. Related: Nintendo Removes Hundreds Of Fan Games In Worst DMCA Takedown Yet

League of Legends is an extremely profitable franchise that's led to several spinoff games and media. Nintendo has infamously shut down many such fan efforts, from a Pokémon MMO to Metroid 2 remakes, seeing them as cutting into its business or at least a violation of of its intellectual property. But spinning off a company's work in a way that replicates a core product is often a violation of legal terms, and indeed, Riot warned against continuing Chronoshift when the project was formally revealed in 2020. The Chronoshift project was in development for five years and made without any compensation. Riot Games, creator of League of Legends, has reportedly issued a cease-and-desist letter to the people behind Chronoshift, a fan-run server that allowed players to run a 10-year-old version of the game. The company has also denied claims of extortion in asking for the Chronoshift code and website, though it did acknowledge an informal exchange between the parties that went sour.

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