It did not take lengthy for Netflix to greenlight extra Arcane. Deadline reports Netflix has renewed the League of Legends-based collection for a second season now in manufacturing. Core stars Ella Purnell (Jinx), Hailee Steinfeld (Vi) and Katie Leung (Caitlyn) are already set to reprise their roles.

There’s no thriller behind the choice: the present is successful. Co-creators Christian Linke and Alex Yee mentioned they had been “beyond happy” with the response. The numbers additionally again them up — the primary season of Arcane racked up almost 34.2 million viewing hours in its first week on Netflix’s new high 10 chart, making it the second-most in style TV collection in any language behind Narcos: Mexico (nearly 50.3 million).

The reputation is not a shock. Both Netflix and League creator Riot Games closely promoted the present, to the purpose the place LoL included a number of crossovers. You knew Arcane was out there in the event you had been even vaguely within the recreation that impressed it. And sure, it helps that Arcane occurs to be well-received by many accounts.

The renewal does not essentially trace at a brand new wave of game-inspired Netflix exhibits. It does, nonetheless, recommend that comparatively high-budget recreation productions have a wholesome future on the streaming pioneer. Don’t be stunned if Netflix takes extra probabilities on initiatives like this.