Is League of Legends Dying?

By | June 2nd, 2021 | Categories: League of Legends

Is League of Legends dying a slow death or is it at its best? Well, looking back when League of Legends first started, no one thought the MOBA would get this far on the road. Among the many games of the same genre, League of Legends has stood on top of its competitors of having some of the most grandiose events and well-paid professional players. With the pandemic happening and people being encouraged to stay in their homes, more gamers have emerged online.

Video games were a major part of distracting people from the turmoil that’s happening, leading to an increase of players in certain games. The eSports aspect of League of Legends certainly suffered though. Competitive matches were held offsite and pro players had to isolate themselves to their quarters. What’s more, the first few competitive games that were streamed live for fans were a hot mess to watch. The result turned off a lot of gamers in the LoL community. However, the question remains whether or not League of Legends will be here to stay in the future. As everything is replaceable, when something old is beginning to wither or die out, a new game will take its place. If an online game wants to have a stable community filled with players that are always playing the game, then there needs to be constant innovation and new content.

League of Legends Playerbase: Dying or Growing?

League of Legends was released back in 2009 to become a direct competitor to Valve’s MOBA hit game, Dota 2. In just two years, Riot Games has stated that they have accumulated over 11.5 million active players worldwide that are playing their game. People often think that the number of active players in League of Legends is decreasing, when in fact, the truth is far from it. The active community in League of Legends currently has about 30 million players playing the game daily. Even after more than a decade, this goes to show that League of Legends isn’t dying, but rather, being reborn again thanks to the number of people preferring to stay in their homes.

In Terms of Innovation

During their 10th anniversary, Riot Games showcased a bunch of things that they were working on behind the scenes. Riot Games has always been rather timely with their patch updates, but that isn’t enough to convince a new audience to try the game out. Gamers have always been arguing about the buffs and nerf that certain champions receive in the MOBA with every patch, but with the anniversary event, Riot Games showed that they were more than capable of just doing menial things for League of Legends. Riot Games shared information about their projects that were in development.

This led to the release of Legends of Runeterra, a strategy trading card game that’s similar to Hearthstone but instead uses familiar characters from the Rift and even some new faces. There was also a lot of hype for their now-released competitive first-person shooter called Valorant. It’s safe to say that Riot pulled out all the stops and has no intention of letting their first game (League of Legends) just be their only game.

The Release of League of Legends: Wild Rift

Another factor that led to a surge of new players in League of Legends is the introduction of a mobile version of the beloved MOBA. League of Legends: Wild Rift was part of the many other gamers that were shown on the 10th-anniversary event of Riot Games. It featured arguably better graphics compared to its PC counterpart (much to the dismay of longtime LoL players), easy accessibility, and intuitive controls. Wild Rift shares many similarities with its older brother, it’s just that it is exclusive for mobile phones. LoL: Wild Rift can be thought of as a direct competitor of another acclaimed mobile MOBA game called Mobile Legends, which is especially popular in Southeast Asia. Wild Rift ultimately caused a ripple effect that resulted in some of its players transitioning over to playing the PC version of League of Legends.

Verdict on Whether League of Legends Is Dying

So is League of Legends dying? Based on the way things are with Riot Games currently, it looks like League of Legends is very much here to stay. League of Legends is more than just a game at this point, it has built a foundation for itself by being one of the leading beacons of eSports. People used to scoff at the possibility of someone making good money for playing video games, but times have changed. Although there’s no way of knowing what will happen in the future, at the very least fans of League of Legends know that their preferred MOBA isn’t going away anytime soon.

4 Comments

  1. Wilma Thompson January 4, 2023 at 5:49 am - Reply

    Great, thanks for sharing this article.Thanks Again. Awesome.

  2. steve September 1, 2021 at 2:08 am - Reply

    funny my comment was just deleted there was no false info or any violative context do not silence me again over stepping personal boundary’s trying to silence me

  3. steve September 1, 2021 at 2:06 am - Reply

    they really have overstepped there conduct and ability’s as a developer team

  4. Steve September 1, 2021 at 2:04 am - Reply

    yeah riot cannot be trusted punishment system alone is flawed you can get power knocked out punished your ISP can do maintence in the area you live cut off your internet during gameplay system punishment you can deal with rolling flickering on and off weather based the system punishes. and it stacks. so yes you all did this too yourselves. you have bad info posted about the company lies bad statistices lies for promotion so many bots too show you have a higher player base then you actually do lies. even too the year league was released lies false i was there and i was a investor 2008. company was then sold 2010 riot came into play thats when league died they flooded too many new champions, sales, punished people banned accounts that should never of been banned based on context customer service neglect is extremely high your company revenues 1 trillion USA a year during that time and you cant afford customer relations with a player base that high sounds like cutting corners neglecting the needs and financial transaction issues many people at a loss 1.8 million players affected by your financial gross negligence. they removed purchased items paid for never compensated after development changed key game features. there is no one else to blame for this but themselves. many of us have been advised by the attorney general too contact the FTA and the BBB regarding the affected consumers related issues. over 100,000 complaints have be written filed and reported on there policy user agreement and business transactions. especially during the year 2010

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