After months of being unable to pay staff, Riot Games have forced Talon Esports out of both League of Legends and Valorant.

Talon has been around for almost 10 years, with success across several esports. However, rumors of financial woes within the organization have been circulating for months now.

They left Dota 2, Counter-Strike 2, TFT, and fighting games in 2025 alone, indicating that they were making cuts. And despite their best efforts, these cuts weren’t enough to fund their teams in Riot esports.

According to Talon, they weren’t able to secure enough backing to pay players and stay in both esports, so Riot have cut them off and are now looking for new orgs to fill their spots in both LoL and Valorant.

Talon Esports Has Run Out of Money

PSG Talon – a partnership between Talon and top European football club Paris Saint-Germain – has arguably been the strongest minor region team in recent League of Legends history. They have taken matches off of major region teams at big internationals and proved that the LCP deserved to be a major region before they even formed.

Unfortunately, Worlds 2025 was a bitter, winless end to their decorated history in the esport.

Although Talon Esports didn’t quite have the same impact on Valorant as they did on League of Legends, they managed to participate in a few international tournaments during their time as an organization and could have had a bright future.

Their statements after getting kicked out of both the Valorant and League of Legends Tier 1 leagues were almost identical, so here’s their explanation for why they’re leaving both esports:

“We fully accept Riot’s decision and appreciate their continued efforts and collaboration over the past month to address outstanding issues. While we remain confident that these matters can be resolved, we understand and respect Riot’s need to proceed with this course of action.

“Our current financial difficulties are primarily the result of several months of delays in funding from our current financing round, which was originally scheduled to be completed much earlier this year. These delays have significantly affected our esports business operations across the board.”

The only difference between their departures from LoL and Valorant is that PSG will be seeking a new organization to acquire the Valorant players they have signed in the VCT Pacific region. Meanwhile, the LoL players have been left out in the cold.

And, while Talon still has teams in Arena of Valor and Rainbow 6, their current operations across almost every esport have completely ceased, and these two could be next.