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It\u2019s official: Arcane \u2013 Riot Games\u2019 first foray into television \u2013 is returning for a second season.<\/p>\n
Set in the League of Legends universe, the series serves as a prequel to the hit video game, exploring the origin stories of retells the origin stories of characters from the realms of Piltover and Zaun.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re beyond happy about the positive response to Arcane\u2018s first season and are working hard with the creative wizards at Riot and Fortiche to deliver our second installment [sic],\u201d said co-creators Christian Linke and Alex Yee.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s perhaps no surprise to see the series earn such a quick renewal \u2013 not only has the first season earned acclaim from critics for its impressive animated visuals and complex characters, it also ranked top of Netflix<\/a>\u2018s top 10 chart in 52 countries.<\/p>\n But when can we expect the next batch of episodes? And what will happen next after the first season closed on a cliffhanger? Here\u2019s what we know so far about Arcane\u2019s second season.<\/p>\n Netflix announced in November 2021 that a second season of Arcane was officially green-lit \u2013 in fact, the exact wording used by the @NetflixGeeked Twitter account was \u201cin production\u201d, which bodes well in suggesting that work on the new episodes is already underway.<\/p>\n The streamer is yet to officially confirm a release date for season two, though if production is already underway we can\u2019t rule out a 2022 release date. Fingers crossed production doesn\u2019t suffer any more delays after production on the first set of episodes was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which meant pushing Arcane\u2019s planned 2020 release to November 2021.<\/p>\n Explaining the delay to the first season, Greg Street (also known as Ghostcrawler), Head of Creative Development for Riot Games, said<\/a>: \u201cCreative development and production is hard, especially in a world where you can\u2019t see your coworkers IRL. We have video meetings now, which help, but they are no substitute for being in a room where we can really get the creative energy flowing. Combine these issues, along with the technical difficulties of production at the international scale, and the problem becomes a lot bigger.\u201d<\/p> Netflix is yet to confirm an episode count for the second season, though it\u2019s feasible we could be looking at a release pattern akin to the show\u2019s first outing, which saw a total of nine episodes released between 6th November and 20th November in three-episode batches.<\/p>\n We can expect much of the main cast of the first season to return for any follow-up, including:<\/p>\n Less certain is the involvement of Jason Spisak, what with his character Silco being killed off in the first season\u2019s finale \u2013 though there\u2019s always potential for flashbacks.<\/p>\n A short clip accompanied Netflix\u2019s announcement that Arcane would be returning for a second season \u2013 though it\u2019s very much a teaser and doesn\u2019t include any new footage.<\/p>\n Ready yourselves, friends. Season 2 of Arcane is now in production. pic.twitter.com\/L9oYFzOn0X<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) November 21, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>Arcane season 2 release date rumours<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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