Riot Games, maker of the SLOTXO popular "League of Legends" game, will "double down in China," its vice president told CNBC on Friday.

Game maker headquartered in the US. Announcing a new studio in Shanghai on Friday. by focusing on the development of new games for viewers around the world

“In China, we have a lot of players who are passionate about 'League of Legends' and Riot Games," Leo Lin, vice president and head of China at Riot Games, told CNBC.

“For this reason, we want to double down on China and continue to invest here. Not only working in e-sports but for example Game development and other things like entertainment.”

The Shanghai studio will hire "hundreds" of roles based on video messages posted by Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent.
Riot Games is 100% owned by Chinese gaming giant Tencent.