2XKO Early Access Goes Live Oct. 7 — See Your Local Start Time (Plus Teemo!)
Riot Games’ 2XKO moves out of closed beta and into early access on Tuesday, Oct. 7 — so grab a partner and get ready to learn tag mechanics, assist combos, and who explodes fastest in a 2v2 ring.
2XKO early access release time in your time zone
2XKO early access will launch at 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Oct. 7 for Windows PC. This is the official start time announced by the game’s account on X, so you can plan your download and warm-up matches accordingly.
For convenience, here are the listed local times:
- 8 a.m. PDT — west coast of North America
- 11 a.m. EDT — east coast of North America
- 12 p.m. BRT — Brazil
- 4 p.m. BST — United Kingdom
- 5 p.m. CEST — western Europe
- 12 a.m. JST on Oct. 8 — Japan
- 1 a.m. on Oct. 8 — east coast of Australia
hey yall.
we need a little more time to get early access up and running, so we'll be shutting down closed beta a few days early on oct 3 @ 9pm pt.
offline mode will still work tho. early access will be up oct 7 @ 8am pt as planned.
thx for waiting 🙏— 2XKO (@Play2XKO) September 29, 2025
What to expect from 2XKO early access
Riot’s fighting game adapts League of Legends champions into 2v2 matches where tagging and assists matter as much as individual combos. Consequently, you won’t be buying items like in a MOBA; instead, you’ll learn movesets and team synergies.
Early access adds at least one new playable champion: Teemo. He brings his trademark dart shots to the roster, which should change match pacing and zoning strategies when he’s in play.
Moreover, Riot will start 2XKO’s first season with early access. According to Riot’s announcement, there will be five seasons in 2026. Each season will:
- add a new character to the roster,
- reset player ranks at the season start, and
- roll out a new battle pass and seasonal content.
Finally, if you played the closed beta, note that Riot says there will be no more content resets once early access begins, as executive producer Tom Cannon explained in the early access announcement video posted above.
