League of Legends Surpasses 15 Million Registered Players
Article published on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
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LOS ANGELES - Riot Games, the online game company behind free-to-play MoBA League of Legends, announced that over 1.4 million online players logged on to take pleasure in the award-winning PC game on a daily basis. With well over 15 million registered participants, an average of 10 games of League of Legends commences every second of each and every day. While the 1st season of very competitive League of Legends play concludes, the amount of active participants every month is continuing to grow to more than 4 million.



“We are extremely proud and appreciative of the devoted League of Legends community which has grown substantially over the last year and a half,” said Brandon Beck, CEO of Riot Games. “We’re committed to continuing to match their dedication with our relentless focus on ongoing enhancements to the player experience with great new features, content, and polish - and we have some very exciting surprises in store just around the corner.”

The League of Legends game at this time manages servers in North America as well as Europe. Uppermost concurrency from the 2 regions totals in excess of 500 thousand simultaneous players. Furthermore:

Each day, more than one million games of League of Legends are enjoyed, the majority of them composed of 2 teams of 5 players.

Participants devote 3.7 million hours in-game having fun with League of Legends day-to-day.

The official website for League of Legends draws more than 6 million page views everyday.

1.4 million gamers liked League of Legends on Facebook, and also League of Legends Youtube videos possess close to 100 million views.

An audience of more than 1,690,000 viewers tuned into the internet broadcast of the League of Legends Season One Championship, with concurrent viewers peaking at above 210,000.

League of Legends, Riot Games’ debut title, commemorated their 1st anniversary on Oct. 27, 2010. Ever since its release in North America and Europe, more than 15 million gamers have downloaded the client to participate in session-based, multiplayer matches in opposition to rival teams, together with over 1.4 million participants relishing League of Legends seven days a week. Created by a seasoned development team, League of Legends mixes components of both strategy as well as competitive action genres. Along with preparations to kick off in China, Southeast Asia and also other regions during 2011, the League of Legends community keeps growing.