Do You Know the Facts?

Riot Games has exploded into the game industry with its immensely popular game – League of Legends. Riot has been nice enough to publish a fantastic infographic on some of the staggering statistics regarding the game.

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With the World Championship Finals just completed this past weekend it is good to see some of the facts behind this monster of a game.

The Finals

In case you missed it the Season 2 World Championship just finished with a prize pool of over $2,000,000 and a first place prize of $1 Million. With over 20,000 people attending the finals and 900,000+ viewers watching a live stream the Taipai Assassins took home the $1 Million Grand Prize

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It’s hard to believe some of those statistics but they are all true! With users averaging over 1 Billion hours played per month it is easy to see why the game is such a heavy hitter in the industry today. But is it enough to justify $1 million in prizes? Will that drive even more fanaticism into the game?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

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