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Riot teams up with OperaGX for League of Legends World ChampionshipSep 12, 2024 - PCGamesNGaming browser OperaGX is teaming up with Riot Games, making it the preferred browser for the 2024 World Championship. When the championship starts later this month, OperaGX will be the browser you need for exclusive access to the co-streamer hub, unlocked digital drops, and a special hub for tracking the tournament matches. The annual League of Legends World Championships is the biggest esports event of the year, and by far the biggest advantage of watching LoL Worlds 2024 using OperaGX is getting access to the co-streaming hub. Here, you'll find the official Worlds 2024 stream, as well as 75 official co-streamers, covering the tournament in a range of languages with their unique presenting styles. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: LoL tier list patch 14.18 - best League of Legends champions How much have I spent on LoL? League of Legends is getting a card game, but you can't play it League of Legends is getting a card game, but you can't play itSep 11, 2024 - PCGamesNI'm a sucker for League of Legends merch. I have statues, t-shirts and hoodies, and even one of the old Star Guardian keycaps - remember those? But I'm also a sucker for card games like Magic: The Gathering, where I've forked out far too much cash on putting together the perfect Lord of the Rings Nazgul deck. Imagine, then, if you combined the two and created a physical League of Legends card game; pure perfection, unless you're my bank accoumt. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: How much have I spent on LoL? Which League of Legends skins are currently on sale? League of Legends Worlds 2024 Pick'em rewards skin honors go to Viego League of Legends Worlds 2024 Pick'em rewards skin honors go to ViegoSep 9, 2024 - PCGamesNWe're fast approaching LoL Worlds 2024, and for League of Legends players that means another chance at achieving immortality by guessing the perfect Pick'ems. As is customary, a Worlds-themed skin is up for grabs for those that smash their predictions, and this year 5,000 lucky players will be in for a chance of grabbing a striking new Viego skin. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: League of Legends is getting a card game, but you can't play it Which League of Legends skins are currently on sale? The best League of Legends skins Arcane: Season 2 gets the mother of all trailers in the lead-up to its release in November—teases an explosive finale to the war between Piltover and ZaunSep 5, 2024 - PC GamerArcane: Season 2 is fast-approaching after the first season basically took the world by storm in 2022. Having been an avid episode-by-episode watcher when it came out, it's been lauded for a lot of good reasons—drop-dead gorgeous animation, a tightly written script, a banger score, and an ability to successfully twist the knife into my heart. Now there's a new trailer, and hoo boy does it look like it's going to follow through on that stellar first swing... Read more.The best League of Legends skinsSep 4, 2024 - PCGamesNWhat are the best League of Legends skins? You aren't made of money, but you do want to look good while racking up pentakills and taking down the enemy nexus. Whether you're trying to ration your Riot Points, or are simply in need of inspo, we've got you covered. We've rifled through every single one of League's massive 1,700+ skin catalog and picked out the best LoL skins available. Our list of the best League skins covers champions from every role in the MOBA game, ensuring you're dripped out for that 1v1 top lane, or can roam the map in style as a support. While, yes, there will be plenty of Legendary and Ultimate-tier skins featured, we've also made sure to include plenty of top-notch League of Legends cosmetics from the lower pricing tiers - some of them are iconic. So get in, Summoner, we're going shopping. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Riot increases regional League of Legends currency costs by up to 70% How much have I spent on LoL? Which League of Legends skins are currently on sale? Riot increases regional League of Legends currency costs by up to 70%Sep 4, 2024 - PCGamesNThe price of virtual currency in League of Legends - and Riot's other live games - is changing. Some prices are going down, but most are going up. Sharing a full list of the price changes, Riot says they are intended to combat regional third-party traders, who sell currency for games including LoL, Valorant, and Legends of Runeterra at discount rates. The new prices differ per region, but in some cases, they have been increased by as much as 70%. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best League of Legends skins How much have I spent on LoL? Which League of Legends skins are currently on sale? LoL honor system revamp lets you praise your enemies once againAug 22, 2024 - PCGamesNWhile League of Legends has earned itself a bit of a reputation over the years for being a frustrating, rage-inducing, and often hostile game to play online, let's not forget that there are plenty of brilliant, wholesome people in the LoL community too. The MOBA's honor system is one way to show your appreciation in-game, but after admitting that it's a bit lackluster, Riot is giving it an overhaul, and that includes bringing back the ability to honor your opponents. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: How much have I spent on LoL? Which League of Legends skins are currently on sale? League of Legends Mythic shop August - what's on sale now? Olympic heroes like Noah Lyles are going for the only gold that matters: The one in League of LegendsAug 9, 2024 - PC GamerNoah Lyles is, essentially, a superhero. The sprinter has enough gold medals to his name to establish his own personal Bretton Woods system, and he's just cinched another one—in the men's 100 metres—at the 2024 Paris Olympics... Read more.League of Legends ranked requirements to change as Riot tackles smurfsJul 27, 2024 - PCGamesNNew League of Legends ranked requirements are coming in LoL patch 14.15 as Riot Games targets alt accounts and smurfs. The update will see players forced to play unranked matches on Summoner's Rift before they can start queuing for ranked mode, in a change that lead gameplay designer Matt 'Riot Phroxzon' Leung-Harrison says "is a long time coming." Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: How much have I spent on LoL? LoL tier list patch 14.14 - top, jungle, mid, ADC and support Which League of Legends skins are currently on sale? LoL, Legends of Runeterra, and Dota 2 voice actor Sam Mowry has diedJul 23, 2024 - PCGamesNSam A. Mowry, an actor who has voiced characters in videogames such as Dota 2, League of Legends, and Legends of Runeterra, has died at the age of 64. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dota 2 Crownfall is a new, ongoing story event packed with rewards Valve is banning Dota 2 accounts in the Christmasiest way possible Dota 2's hottest custom game is a legally iffy Vampire Survivors clone Heads up, Arcane fans: Riot's released a new season two teaser, and preorders are up for the fancy Blu-ray of season oneJul 22, 2024 - PC Gamerttention, fellow Arcane fans: Riot knows of our anguish at there still being about three and a half months left to wait for season two's November launch, and has seen fit to keep us going with another little crumb of a teaser. Behold: about 50 seconds of not very much happening... Read more.I've never been interested in League of Legends but its new Vampire Survivors mode might be the thing that kickstarts my esports careerJul 18, 2024 - PC GamerI'll admit I've never been a fan of League of Legends. I gave it the old college try after a group of friends convinced me to play about six years ago, but that's as far as my experience goes. My partner on the other hand is an avid fan. Having spent over a decade playing, with his first ranked season being season two, he's been trying to get me back in the saddle to no avail—until now. But that's thanks to its new game mode and my partner convincing me it's pretty much Vampire Survivors... Read more.League of Legends bullet heaven mode out now for Anima Squad eventJul 17, 2024 - PCGamesNAs someone who's toes have only tentatively dipped into the League of Legends waters, the game has a near-endless capacity to surprise me. If I were a haruspex who read the future in chicken entrails, the last thing I would expect to see LoL unveil is a PvE bullet heaven mode - and yet, here we are. You can play the brand new Anima Squad event right now, so grab some friends and get ready to unleash your fury on the incoming Primordian forces. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: How much have I spent on LoL? Which League of Legends skins are currently on sale? League of Legends Mythic shop July - what's on sale? Riot was working on a Smash Bros-style fighting game, but MultiVersus helped convince it to pull the plugJul 10, 2024 - PC GamerRiot Games was reportedly working on a League of Legends-based platform fighter inspired by Super Smash Bros Melee but ultimately decided to pull the plug on the project in late May... Read more.Unannounced League of Legends fighting game canceled, staff reportJul 10, 2024 - PCGamesNRiot Games has canceled work on a League of Legends fighting game in the style of Nintendo mega-hit Super Smash Bros, a new report reveals. The project, codenamed Pool Party, was set to bring the heroes of Riot's word-leading MOBA to a platform fighter format, leaning into the game's competitive esports scene, but it has now been pushed aside. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: LoL tier list patch 14.13 - top, jungle, mid, ADC and support How much have I spent on LoL? Which League of Legends skins are currently on sale? League of Legends game director asks the community how players who throw games should be punished: 'Immediately or some lenience?'Jul 9, 2024 - PC GamerLeague of Legends game director Pu Liu has confirmed that not only does Riot have the capabilities to increase detection of soft inting, but it's also looking at ways to punish transgressors... Read more.Save $50 on this Logitech League of Legends gaming keyboardJun 24, 2024 - PCGamesNIf you require a new keyboard and just happen to be passionate about League of Legends, then have I got the gaming keyboard deal for you? Logitech's Pro Keyboard with the LoL wrap is available for just $80 on Amazon right now, down from $129.99. It's no longer available from Logitech, so if you missed it before, now may be your final chance. Logitech is no stranger to branded products, and the company released a whole line of League of Legends peripherals that are no longer available brand new. This just makes Amazon's deal all the sweeter, as you not only save $49.99 over the MSRP, but you also get a rare opportunity to buy it brand new. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Which League of Legends skins are currently on sale? League of Legends Swarm fixes LoL's summer event problem New League of Legends mode Swarm is a leveled-up Odyssey League of Legends Swarm fixes LoL's summer event problemJun 21, 2024 - PCGamesNRiot has finally unveiled League of Legends' four-player Vampire Survivors style mode, Swarm. Fully PvE, you and three friends (or just you, whatever you prefer) are thrust into the colorful shoes of the Anima Squad and tasked with fending off legions of cascading Primordians. League of Legends Swarm is the first non-PvP mode we've seen in quite a while, with Odyssey: Extraction being the last one back in 2018. At an exclusive event in Riot HQ in sunny Santa Monica, Los Angeles, I ask the team why they've decided to bring back PvE after all this time. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New League of Legends mode Swarm is a leveled-up Odyssey New League of Legends champion Aurora is cute, but absolutely deadly LoL tier list patch 14.12 - top, jungle, mid, ADC and support Riot unveils League of Legends' summer event and, by jove, I think that's just Vampire SurvivorsJun 21, 2024 - PC GamerI admit it, when I turned up at Riot's LA HQ to learn about its League of Legends summer event, I was fully resigned to having the snot kicked out of me. My MOBA experience consists of a couple hours spent in an apartment where two Russian lads were getting incredibly heated about something happening in Dota 2, and that's about it. My task, as I saw it, was to Forrest Gump my way through proceedings before reporting back to one of PCG's actual MOBA-knowers... Read more.Not even Riot wants to try competing with Fortnite on user-generated content: 'I'm not gonna go pick that fight with Epic'Jun 18, 2024 - PC GamerRiot has tried its hand at a lot of things to bring its already massively-popular MOBA League of Legends to a wider audience, from spinoff games to animated series and even some high-profile musical crossovers. But one area it's not interested in venturing into, for the core game at least, is the realm of user-generated content: UGC has been a massive boon for some games, but Riot doesn't see it as a good fit for League... Read more.League of Legends Worlds 2019 Breaks the All-Time Peak Concurrent Viewer Count Record on TwitchNov 10, 2019 - GitHypThis year's League of Legends World Championship tournament in Paris ended early Sunday morning for Twitch's primary viewer base in the States.
But despite a 4:00 AM West Coast start time and quick 3-0 sweep by FunPlus Phoenix over G2 Esports, that didn't stop LoL's biggest event of the year from breaking records.
Just last month, Fortnite's “game-breaking” Black Hole event set the record for most concurrent viewers on Twitch with a peak of 1.6 million viewers. Riot Games' MOBA easily surpassed that number with 1.7 million viewers tuning into Twitch to watch the Grand Finals of Worlds 2019.
Earlier this year, Fortnite's most popular streamer, Ninja, left the platform allowing League of Legends to take back its position as the most watched game on Twitch in 2019 based on average viewers per hour.
Now, LoL also holds the record for 2019's most watched stream and the most watched event ever on Twitch. Certainly, a great year for Riot Games, whose game struggled last year after the rise of Fortnite and is now making an amazing comeback.
League of Legends' biggest competition in the MOBA genre, Dota 2, also had a record-breaking finale earlier this year at The International 2019 with 1.1 million viewers. Valve's tournament set its own record with a $34 million prize pool.
Despite cutting back on their esports budget and coming nowhere close to topping the biggest prize pool in esports history with only $2 million on the line, Riot's 10-year-old MOBA impressively continues to stay ahead of the competition at the top.
Riot also just announced that next year's World Championship event will take place in Shanghai, China. With the recent Blitzchung controversy causing Blizzard so many problems, it'll be interesting to see how the Chinese-owned company, Riot, handles the situation next year while promoting their own new arsenal of games that looks to take aim at Blizzard's portfolio.League of Legends Worlds 2019 Breaks the All-Time Peak Concurrent Viewer Count Record on TwitchNov 10, 2019 - GitHypThis year's League of Legends World Championship tournament in Paris ended early Sunday morning for Twitch's primary viewer base in the States.
But despite a 4:00 AM West Coast start time and quick 3-0 sweep by FunPlus Phoenix over G2 Esports, that didn't stop LoL's biggest event of the year from breaking records.
Just last month, Fortnite's “game-breaking” Black Hole event set the record for most concurrent viewers on Twitch with a peak of 1.6 million viewers. Riot Games' MOBA easily surpassed that number with 1.7 million viewers tuning into Twitch to watch the Grand Finals of Worlds 2019.
Earlier this year, Fortnite's most popular streamer, Ninja, left the platform allowing League of Legends to take back its position as the most watched game on Twitch in 2019 based on average viewers per hour.
Now, LoL also holds the record for 2019's most watched stream and the most watched event ever on Twitch. Certainly, a great year for Riot Games, whose game struggled last year after the rise of Fortnite and is now making an amazing comeback.
League of Legends' biggest competition in the MOBA genre, Dota 2, also had a record-breaking finale earlier this year at The International 2019 with 1.1 million viewers. Valve's tournament set its own record with a $34 million prize pool.
Despite cutting back on their esports budget and coming nowhere close to topping the biggest prize pool in esports history with only $2 million on the line, Riot's 10-year-old MOBA impressively continues to stay ahead of the competition at the top.
Riot also just announced that next year's World Championship event will take place in Shanghai, China. With the recent Blitzchung controversy causing Blizzard so many problems, it'll be interesting to see how the Chinese-owned company, Riot, handles the situation next year while promoting their own new arsenal of games that looks to take aim at Blizzard's portfolio.League of Legends' Worlds 2018 was the Most Watched Esports Event in the Game's HistoryNov 7, 2018 - GitHypUp until this past weekend, 2018 hasn’t been the best year for Riot Games and League of Legends. For the first time in years, LoL’s popularity has been on the decline with average viewer counts lower than ever due to the recent explosion in viewership for new battle royale games on Twitch.
But even with the rise and fall of PUBG, and Fortnite becoming the most watched game ever on Twitch, League of Legends' biggest event of the year, Worlds 2018, just managed to set a new all-time peak itself -- proving that the MOBA genre and LoL are both still fan favorites among esports viewers.
Last year, we reported that LoL’s main event at Worlds 2017 set a new record for the game with its viewer count peaking at just over 1 million concurrent viewers for the first time ever on Twitch.
Now, one year later, League’s Worlds 2018 event has once again topped itself, adding another 50k viewers (+5%) when compared to last year and setting a new peak of 1.14 million concurrent viewers on Twitch over the weekend.
When analyzing League of Legends' 6% decline back in October 2016, it seemed as if the world’s most popular esports game could be in trouble… but since then, LoL has seen its viewer base recover over the past two years with back-to-back increases in viewership for the game's world championship live events.
And while the recent increase in viewers is certainly great news for Riot Games and their biggest live event of the year, overall, LoL’s viewer counts on Twitch have been significantly lower this year with an average of 120k viewers per hour compared to last year’s 203k viewers per hour.
Last weekend’s event was also just shy of topping the second most watched esports event ever, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s #2 all-time peak of 1.15 million viewers on Twitch, and far from Fortnite’s record-breaking 1.5 million viewers back in July on Twitch.
It's worth noting that despite Epic's best efforts to grow the game as an esport, Fortnite’s peak viewer counts have also been on the decline recently. But neither Fortnite or LoL seem to be going away any time in the near future.
Even after a controversial year for the game and the developer, League of Legends' continued growth in viewership for Worlds has proven that Riot’s MOBA has what it takes to withstand other gaming trends and could potentially be back at the top of the esports community very soon.League of Legends Breaks 1 Million Concurrent Viewers for the First Time on TwitchNov 4, 2017 - GitHypLeague of Legends looked like it might have peaked in 2015 after viewership on for the World Championship finals dropped by 5% last year on Twitch.
But this year’s exciting finale featuring the return of Samsung Galaxy taking down the SK Telecom 1 dynasty helped LoL set a new all-time high record with over 1 million concurrent viewers on Twitch – a record just shy of Twitch’s all-time record of 1.1 million viewers held by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
With the majority of League’s player base being from China, Riot Games brought their biggest event to Beijing for the first time ever this year. After hosting Worlds in the developers' home town of Los Angeles last year, the move seemed like it would cause the American viewer counts to drop even further on Twitch this year by placing the final games in the twilight hours of Friday night and early Saturday morning.
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League of Legends Peak Viewer Count on Twitch via GitHyp[/caption]
The awkward timing, however, didn’t stop fans from staying up all night to watch the biggest upset in LoL esports history. 1,087,754 viewers witnessed the newly reformed South Korean team, Samsung Galaxy, dethrone the back-to-back defending South Korean champs, SKT, in a shocking 3-0 blowout.
Riot is surely happy with the numbers being up by 150k viewers (10%) after the decrease last year. Especially after September marked the first month in years that LoL wasn’t the most watched game on Twitch with PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds taking the top spot.
But PUBG isn't LoL's only competition. Back in August, Dota 2’s The International finals saw a 44% increase from the prior year and new peak of 845k viewers. With $24 million in prize money compared to LoL’s $4.6 million, Valve’s Dota 2 has been gaining more interest each year as an esport. Considering Dota 2’s much higher rate of growth, it might only be another year or two until we see the LoL dynasty fall as the defending esports champion just like SKT.
Earlier this year, Fortnite's most popular streamer, Ninja, left the platform allowing League of Legends to take back its position as the most watched game on Twitch in 2019 based on average viewers per hour.
Now, LoL also holds the record for 2019's most watched stream and the most watched event ever on Twitch. Certainly, a great year for Riot Games, whose game struggled last year after the rise of Fortnite and is now making an amazing comeback.
League of Legends' biggest competition in the MOBA genre, Dota 2, also had a record-breaking finale earlier this year at The International 2019 with 1.1 million viewers. Valve's tournament set its own record with a $34 million prize pool.
Despite cutting back on their esports budget and coming nowhere close to topping the biggest prize pool in esports history with only $2 million on the line, Riot's 10-year-old MOBA impressively continues to stay ahead of the competition at the top.
Riot also just announced that next year's World Championship event will take place in Shanghai, China. With the recent Blitzchung controversy causing Blizzard so many problems, it'll be interesting to see how the Chinese-owned company, Riot, handles the situation next year while promoting their own new arsenal of games that looks to take aim at Blizzard's portfolio.League of Legends Worlds 2019 Breaks the All-Time Peak Concurrent Viewer Count Record on TwitchNov 10, 2019 - GitHypThis year's League of Legends World Championship tournament in Paris ended early Sunday morning for Twitch's primary viewer base in the States.
But despite a 4:00 AM West Coast start time and quick 3-0 sweep by FunPlus Phoenix over G2 Esports, that didn't stop LoL's biggest event of the year from breaking records.
Just last month, Fortnite's “game-breaking” Black Hole event set the record for most concurrent viewers on Twitch with a peak of 1.6 million viewers. Riot Games' MOBA easily surpassed that number with 1.7 million viewers tuning into Twitch to watch the Grand Finals of Worlds 2019.
Earlier this year, Fortnite's most popular streamer, Ninja, left the platform allowing League of Legends to take back its position as the most watched game on Twitch in 2019 based on average viewers per hour.
Now, LoL also holds the record for 2019's most watched stream and the most watched event ever on Twitch. Certainly, a great year for Riot Games, whose game struggled last year after the rise of Fortnite and is now making an amazing comeback.
League of Legends' biggest competition in the MOBA genre, Dota 2, also had a record-breaking finale earlier this year at The International 2019 with 1.1 million viewers. Valve's tournament set its own record with a $34 million prize pool.
Despite cutting back on their esports budget and coming nowhere close to topping the biggest prize pool in esports history with only $2 million on the line, Riot's 10-year-old MOBA impressively continues to stay ahead of the competition at the top.
Riot also just announced that next year's World Championship event will take place in Shanghai, China. With the recent Blitzchung controversy causing Blizzard so many problems, it'll be interesting to see how the Chinese-owned company, Riot, handles the situation next year while promoting their own new arsenal of games that looks to take aim at Blizzard's portfolio.League of Legends' Worlds 2018 was the Most Watched Esports Event in the Game's HistoryNov 7, 2018 - GitHypUp until this past weekend, 2018 hasn’t been the best year for Riot Games and League of Legends. For the first time in years, LoL’s popularity has been on the decline with average viewer counts lower than ever due to the recent explosion in viewership for new battle royale games on Twitch.
But even with the rise and fall of PUBG, and Fortnite becoming the most watched game ever on Twitch, League of Legends' biggest event of the year, Worlds 2018, just managed to set a new all-time peak itself -- proving that the MOBA genre and LoL are both still fan favorites among esports viewers.
Last year, we reported that LoL’s main event at Worlds 2017 set a new record for the game with its viewer count peaking at just over 1 million concurrent viewers for the first time ever on Twitch.
Now, one year later, League’s Worlds 2018 event has once again topped itself, adding another 50k viewers (+5%) when compared to last year and setting a new peak of 1.14 million concurrent viewers on Twitch over the weekend.
When analyzing League of Legends' 6% decline back in October 2016, it seemed as if the world’s most popular esports game could be in trouble… but since then, LoL has seen its viewer base recover over the past two years with back-to-back increases in viewership for the game's world championship live events.
And while the recent increase in viewers is certainly great news for Riot Games and their biggest live event of the year, overall, LoL’s viewer counts on Twitch have been significantly lower this year with an average of 120k viewers per hour compared to last year’s 203k viewers per hour.
Last weekend’s event was also just shy of topping the second most watched esports event ever, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s #2 all-time peak of 1.15 million viewers on Twitch, and far from Fortnite’s record-breaking 1.5 million viewers back in July on Twitch.
It's worth noting that despite Epic's best efforts to grow the game as an esport, Fortnite’s peak viewer counts have also been on the decline recently. But neither Fortnite or LoL seem to be going away any time in the near future.
Even after a controversial year for the game and the developer, League of Legends' continued growth in viewership for Worlds has proven that Riot’s MOBA has what it takes to withstand other gaming trends and could potentially be back at the top of the esports community very soon.League of Legends Breaks 1 Million Concurrent Viewers for the First Time on TwitchNov 4, 2017 - GitHypLeague of Legends looked like it might have peaked in 2015 after viewership on for the World Championship finals dropped by 5% last year on Twitch.
But this year’s exciting finale featuring the return of Samsung Galaxy taking down the SK Telecom 1 dynasty helped LoL set a new all-time high record with over 1 million concurrent viewers on Twitch – a record just shy of Twitch’s all-time record of 1.1 million viewers held by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
With the majority of League’s player base being from China, Riot Games brought their biggest event to Beijing for the first time ever this year. After hosting Worlds in the developers' home town of Los Angeles last year, the move seemed like it would cause the American viewer counts to drop even further on Twitch this year by placing the final games in the twilight hours of Friday night and early Saturday morning.
[caption id="attachment_301682" align="aligncenter" width="786"] League of Legends Peak Viewer Count on Twitch via GitHyp[/caption]
The awkward timing, however, didn’t stop fans from staying up all night to watch the biggest upset in LoL esports history. 1,087,754 viewers witnessed the newly reformed South Korean team, Samsung Galaxy, dethrone the back-to-back defending South Korean champs, SKT, in a shocking 3-0 blowout.
Riot is surely happy with the numbers being up by 150k viewers (10%) after the decrease last year. Especially after September marked the first month in years that LoL wasn’t the most watched game on Twitch with PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds taking the top spot.
But PUBG isn't LoL's only competition. Back in August, Dota 2’s The International finals saw a 44% increase from the prior year and new peak of 845k viewers. With $24 million in prize money compared to LoL’s $4.6 million, Valve’s Dota 2 has been gaining more interest each year as an esport. Considering Dota 2’s much higher rate of growth, it might only be another year or two until we see the LoL dynasty fall as the defending esports champion just like SKT.
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