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is 10 years old, and like a fifth-grader riding his first two-wheeler, it's just getting started. Riot Games announced this week that League of Legends boasts 103 million monthly active players, up from in 2015. Compare that with , which had players in the past month, or , which has a total player pool of about . League of Legends is a massive phenomenon, helping pave the way for as it enters mainstream consciousness and to kick off the next generation of competitive gaming.
The game itself is also huge. There are 132 champions in League of Legends, each with individual abilities, personalities, backstories, voice acting and costume choices, and Riot is constantly adding more. Just today, the company , bringing the revised total to 133.
That number is going to keep growing for a long while, Lead Game Designer Greg Street tells Engadget.
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