League of Legends Patch 26.20 Makes Match Replays Private

Riot Games has made match replays in League of Legends private with the release of Patch 26.20, so players can now only view matches they took part in. The studio said the change is intended to close security vulnerabilities that cheat developers and other bad actors had exploited to build unauthorized tools around League game data.

According to PCGamesN, the patch notes state the replay restriction is one of two measures aimed at the same problem. Patch 26.20 also limits third-party access to game memory, again citing the same security concerns.

The patch notes link to a support article that is meant to give full context for the memory access change. That link was broken at the time of writing, leaving players without the detailed explanation Riot had pointed them to.

Riot has not said whether either restriction is temporary or how the replay system might work in future updates.