direction
Chico Bela
client
Riot Games
Welcome Back, Summoners
Just as players’ craving for nostalgia peaks, Riot Games announces “League Classic”: a “new” mode to League of Legends which takes players back to the game’s good old days. To mark that global moment celebration, Brazilian studio Histeria! directed and produced an animation that revisits moments and memes that defined a generation.
Histeria! aimed to honor that nostalgia while keeping the energy alive, crafting a piece that swings between the intensity of modern League and the lovingly rough charm of its early days. Zilean, a beloved meme figure within the community, guides players through it all as the host of the journey.
Our team built the piece around a deliberate contrast in animation styles. Modern League is rendered in high-fidelity 2D animation designed for fast, dangerous action. In contrast, the Memescape embraces a lower-fidelity, lovingly janky aesthetic. To achieve that, Histeria! even brought Crazy Boris to the team, the creator responsible for making Zilean go viral over 12 years ago. The result is a charming, funny piece that reflects the community’s love for the game and the era that shaped it.
