LoL’s 2025 season cinematic is one of Riot’s best ever—and its viewership shows it
Though a yearly endeavor, it appears Riot Games has truly hit the home run with their latest League cinematic, with the 2025 season trailer already miles above the previous season’s in terms of viewership, boosted by Arcane and its sheer quality.
Compared to 2024’s Still Here trailer, which amassed an impressive 131 million views over the course of the last year, 2025’s Welcome to Noxus trailer has already shot up to around 170 million, despite being out for less than a week. The new season’s cinematic showcases numerous characters and is wrought with references to popular media, including Riot’s own Arcane series, whose style and tone it appropriates with stellar effect. It grants us valuable insight into the characters of Trundle and Darius, the Noxus mentality, gives us Eyes Wide Shut-inspired shots of Katarina and Elise, and simply breathes life into the world of Runeterra more than any other Riot cinematic. The incredible accompanying track “Bite Marks” by TEYA also adds to the cinematic’s quality and gives it replay value if for no other reason than the song.
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