It appears that Riot Games, the developer behind League of Legends, has “succumbed” to Tencent's pressure to bring the game to mobile. Now that China's Tencent Holdings Ltd owns Riot Games, there's nothing much that the studio can do then follow its owners guidelines.

Reuters reports that three sources with knowledge of the matter claim Riot Games is now developing a mobile version of League of Legends. The US studio refused to be part of such a project a several years ago, which is why Tencent has decided to launch a similar game called Honor of Kings, which was only available in China. ...