More than 180 million players battled it out across League of Legends, Legends of Runeterra, Teamfight Tactics and more in October.
Riot Games have no shortage of popular titles, it seems. On Monday, the developer announced a new player count milestone across its games — 15 years after the company’s founding in 2006.
“Thank you to our global community for helping Runeterra reach new heights,” Riot said on Twitter. “180 million players in October and still growing!”
Interestingly enough, “Runeterra” refers to the fictional world League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics take place in, which the first-person shooter Valorant (also made by Riot) does not. So to be clear, these staggeringly-high numbers only include League of Legends, League of Legends Wild Rift, Teamfight Tactics, and Legends of Runeterra. Just imagine what the count would be if Valorant were in there too!
Riot also included a nifty graphic to go along with the announcement, which you can check out below.
Thank you to our global community for helping Runeterra reach new heights! 180 million players in October and still growing! pic.twitter.com/7w9goYBeBM
— Riot Games (@riotgames) November 1, 2021
Last month, Riot announced that League of Legends’ 2021 Worlds finals would make it to cinemas. Additionally, with the ever-growing popularity of League of Legends, Riot also said it would remove certain chat features to tone-down toxicity and nasty comments in the game. Meanwhile, Valorant’s esports scene continues to grow, with several big-name organizations signing pro players.
So yeah, Riot Games is popular. Shocking, I know!
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
