Dota 2 Crosses 10 Million Players

There is no denying the fact that online games are very popular. One can understand why. They’re easily accessible, challenging and fun to play. There are several online games which are widely played by dedicated communities around the globe, Dota is one of them. Dota 2 now stands as one of the most popular online games, seeing as how it now caters to over 10 million players who log in each month.

Valve already raised eyebrows last year when it conducted an e-sports tournament which was dubbed as one of the most lucrative tournament of its kind ever. The prize pool touched $10 million, for an e-sports tournament, goes to show just you dedicated the community is to these games.

As of now Dota 2 has a little over 10,313,855 players which makes it one of the most popular online games of its kind. It is second only to League of Legends, a supremely popular online game, which boasted some 67 million monthly players at this point last year.

These games are called MOBAs of multiplayer online battle arenas and those who play them will testify that they’re very addictive. One of the reasons why they’re now popular in e-sports. Dota 2 has clearly carved a nice space out for itself in this niche.

Adnan Farooqui
Categories: Gaming
Tags: dota 2, league of legends