This might be PUBG’s most impressive accomplishment yet

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It’s taken nearly three years, but League of Legends has finally been dethroned as the hottest spectator sport in gaming.

As anyone who’s ever browsed Twitch’s most popular channels can tell, in the streaming world, League of Legends is king. It’s consistently been the most-watched, most-streamed game, holding the number one spot for as long as tracking sites like Gamoloco have been recording.

That is, until last month. August 2017 saw the end of League‘s 36-month streak, which had been going ever since Gamoloco began tracking in October 2014. That means there’s a chance its dominance stretched back even further than that—we just don’t know for sure.

The usurper? PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.


The surprise smash hit game has attracted a huge audience, and has already toppled Dota 2‘s record as the most-played game on Steam with 792,000 players on that platform. Now, that popularity has extended to the streaming world. The signs started showing around the middle of the month, when PUBG attracted 16.9 million weekly views to League‘s 15 million (no doubt helped along by the game’s first official tournament at Gamescom). The streak of viewers only increased from there.

By the end of the month, it was official: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds knocked League of Legends down a peg, claiming the title of most-viewed game on Twitch for itself.

Will the streak continue? Battlegrounds has only continued to increase in popularity, so it’s certainly possible. We’ll have to keep an eye on the trends and see if the new king in town is here to stay.

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MikePosted:

PubG is really a great game

MickersPosted:

This game is just not stopping! Like others have said, hope it is just as good on XB.

ExoticWolfsPosted:

" toppled Dota 2s record as the most-played game on Steam with 792,000 players on that platform "
Maybe I am not understanding this line as I should, but Dota 2 is still the game with the all-time peak: 1,291,328. PUBG is sitting at 960,950 for it's all-time peak. Which seems to be rising on a daily basis at this point. I knew this game was going to do good, but I didn't think it was going to do that good. The amount of players this game is drawing in and holding is astonishing, without a doubt in the next couple of months this game is going to hold the highest all-time player count along with the most concurrent players.

PUBG is a great game, it filled a void in the gaming industry. There was no good battlegrounds game before this. There were great mods that had their spotlight and H1Z1 was a thing (regardless of it being complete and utter shit). But nothing as well made as PUBG. This game still has a long road ahead of itself, but the progress they have made thus far is incredible and I can't wait until this game is out of early access.

https://imgur.com/nKolu4q
http://steamcharts.com/app/578080

DecyPosted:

Jxsse
-Silky
Echo This game is smashing record's and it's still in the works, going to explode even more when it hits Xbox. Can't wait to see this grow and grow

As much as I look forward to it coming to Xbox I kinda think itll be a let down due to the fact it simply wont run the same, lets wait and see though.


Well obviously it won't run the same..


Microsoft and the developers have already teamed up to work on it and they are already talking cross-play so they really can't make it run differently or it wouldn't work...

DecyPosted:

Damn.. that sure is impressive its only just for PC atm its gonna be massive when it releases for xbox and possibly other devices.

JxssePosted:

-Silky
Echo This game is smashing record's and it's still in the works, going to explode even more when it hits Xbox. Can't wait to see this grow and grow

As much as I look forward to it coming to Xbox I kinda think itll be a let down due to the fact it simply wont run the same, lets wait and see though.


Well obviously it won't run the same..

CraigPosted:

nonadaptive Amazing how these companies get money so quickly, And recognition.


An original idea with great support and updates. Anything like that would do well.

GiantBipperPosted:

this is the first game that's come out for me since destiny 1 that I've sat down and non stop played. Looking forward to it being fully released.

ZydrinPosted:

I am not surprised. This is a game of the century for sure!

SilkyPosted:

Echo This game is smashing record's and it's still in the works, going to explode even more when it hits Xbox. Can't wait to see this grow and grow

As much as I look forward to it coming to Xbox I kinda think itll be a let down due to the fact it simply wont run the same, lets wait and see though.


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