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09-13-2016, 08:31 PM
'League of Legends' surpasses 100 million monthly players
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If there was any doubt before today, League of Legends is definitely the most popular PC game in existence.*
Over 100 million players (http://www.riftherald.com/2016/9/13/12865314/monthly-lol-players-2016-active-worldwide) are logging into League of Legends every month, Riot Games co-founders Marc Merrill and Brandon Beck told Polygon in an in-depth interview. The last time Riot Games released player numbers was back in 2014 when 67 million people were playing every month.
The second most-popular MOBA game, Dota 2, revealed a player base that's 13 million-strong in June (https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/4nq2ix/dota_2_**w_has_over_13_million_active_monthly/), a fraction of League's numbers.
The fact that League has grown so much surprises its creators.
"We’ve kind of been in a reactionary mode," Beck told Phil Kollar (http://www.riftherald.com/2016/9/13/12865314/monthly-lol-players-2016-active-worldwide). "Just like, holy crap, the game is getting really big and we have to keep up with the demands of our players." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/13/league-of-legends-100-million/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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If there was any doubt before today, League of Legends is definitely the most popular PC game in existence.*
Over 100 million players (http://www.riftherald.com/2016/9/13/12865314/monthly-lol-players-2016-active-worldwide) are logging into League of Legends every month, Riot Games co-founders Marc Merrill and Brandon Beck told Polygon in an in-depth interview. The last time Riot Games released player numbers was back in 2014 when 67 million people were playing every month.
The second most-popular MOBA game, Dota 2, revealed a player base that's 13 million-strong in June (https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/4nq2ix/dota_2_**w_has_over_13_million_active_monthly/), a fraction of League's numbers.
The fact that League has grown so much surprises its creators.
"We’ve kind of been in a reactionary mode," Beck told Phil Kollar (http://www.riftherald.com/2016/9/13/12865314/monthly-lol-players-2016-active-worldwide). "Just like, holy crap, the game is getting really big and we have to keep up with the demands of our players." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/13/league-of-legends-100-million/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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