Mercedes-Benz this week unveiled an idea celebrating a partnership with “League of Legends” and the online game’s Riot Video games writer.
The idea is strictly for the digital world, and in consequence the design staff, led by Mercedes design chief Gorden Wagener, might create components not doable in the true world.
“Due to the digital area, there are not any limits to what we will do, which suggests we will push boundaries and provides our creativity the area for the surprising,” Wagener stated in an announcement.
The idea is a dramatic coupe that appears like it’s constructed from glass, together with the wheels that are maybe protected by some protecting protect. The hid wheel design might or is probably not a nod to Audi’s RSQ idea from 2004, whose proportions are considerably much like the Mercedes.
Whereas the Audi RSQ appeared within the 2004 sci-fi movie “I, Robotic,” Mercedes’ idea options in a music video tied with the 2022 “League of Legends” World Championship match which runs in North America from Oct. 29 to Nov. 5.
Mercedes since 2020 has been the unique automotive companion of Riot Video games, and in 2021 Wagener and his staff designed the championship ring for the “League of Legends” Championship. The ring options tiny Mercedes stars, in addition to an artificial diamond constructed from CO2 captured from the environment.
“Successful the hearts of gaming followers is an thrilling problem,” Britta Seeger, Mercedes’ head of gross sales and advertising and marketing, stated in an announcement. “Along with Riot Video games we’re in the very best situation to encourage the group and to efficiently form the way forward for esports.”