The Riot MMORPG could be named World of Runeterra. It was discovered that the website www.worldofruneterra.com redirects all traffic to the Riot MMORPG recruiting page. This was initially identified by Redditor u/Razur
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In addition, a couple years later content creator RhyveGenesis shared via Twitter where it was brought to our attention. Not only that, he links the WHOIS database to reveal the domain registrar info and more.
For context, RyveGenesis’ quote tweet refers to a response from the former Riot MMO executive producer, Greg Street. In the original tweet, a fan asks if Direct Storage will be implemented into WoR (World of Runeterra).
WHOIS World of Runeterra
Ryve Genesis provided a second link in his tweet for the World of Runeterra WHOIS. For those unfamiliar, WHOIS is the most widely used domain ownership database. Users can find the domain owner, registrar contact information, and retrieve nameserver information and more. We archived the World of Runeterra WHOIS in case of any changes.
World of Runeterra Domain Information
World of Runeterra was registered with Google LLC. Interestingly, Google has began providing domains to the public likely due to upsell their plethora of digital services offered to webmasters and business owners.
Furthermore, World of Runeterra was registered on October 17, 2019. This was just over a year prior to the first public announcement of the Riot MMORPG by Greg Street on Twitter on December 17, 2020.
More importantly, the time this domain was registered was the same month Greg Street began working as the Vice President of IP and Entertainment, according to his LinkedIn profile. The soft commitment to the Riot MMORPG could have very well began in October 2019.
World of Runeterra DNS Records
Using DNS Checker, www.WorldofRuneterra.com does indeed use MX records. This simply means this website can receive emails to their domain. In fact, is appears they are using Google Workspace as their email software.
Email World of Runeterra
We’ve established WorldofRuneterra has intentionally set up their email. We can confirm there is an email address associated with the WoR domain because they’ve opted to use anonymized email address forwarding on WHOIS through Google Domains. When chosen, the domain registrant, in this case, Google LLC, provides WHOIS with an anonymous email address. Google changes these emails every couple of days to reduce spam.
Below is a screenshot of a temporary proxy email provided by Google which is forwarded to the real email address for WorldofRuneterra.com
Contact information is unavailable as expected, although the administrative contact information appears to be the domain name service provider. Tucows’ information is present and they are offering Riot Games domain privacy protection to mask the their information.
Will Riot’s MMO Be Called World of Runeterra?
At this point, we don’t know if Riot Games will call their upcoming League of Legends MMO the World of Runeterra. On one hand, the WoR domain registration and redirect gives to their Riot MMO recruiting page adds some credibility to the idea. Meanwhile, there could be several other World of Runeterra type names that redirect traffic to the Riot MMO recruiting page as well. Furthermore, it is possible Riot Games just didn’t want to hassle of having to purchase such an obvious potential MMO name several years after the idea of a Riot MMO came about. Finally, Greg Street did say the Riot MMO definitely wouldn’t be called World of Runeterra. Of course, decisions on the Riot MMO’s name can change. Nonetheless, Greg Street’s Twitter history has been impressively credible.
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