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Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 18:04
Report: League of Legends made US$1.75b revenue in 2020
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 18:04 By Reuters

In this Nov10, 2019 photo, a member of European team G2 competes during the League of Legends videogame world championship final against Chinese team FPX at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris. (LUCAS BARIOULET / AFP)

According to SuperData’s Year in Review report, League of Legends generated US$1.75 billion in revenue for developer Riot Games in 2020.

League of Legends managed to increase revenue despite many of the professional championship and Pro leagues being sidelined, or greatly affected, by the COVID-19 pandemic

The report, released last week, featured League of Legends in its top 10 revenue-producing, free-to-play titles in 2020. The game, first released in 2009, came in at No 6 on the list and was the top non-mobile game on the list. Honor of Kings, from Tencent, led the list at US$2.45 billion.

SuperData is an outlet that provides stats-based research and market intelligence on video game and streaming media content, eSports and virtual reality.

League of Legends hit a high-water revenue mark in 2017 (US$2.1 billion), before showing more modest revenue numbers in 2018 (US$1.4 billion) and 2019 (US$1.5 billion).

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League of Legends managed to increase revenue despite many of the professional championship and Pro leagues being sidelined, or greatly affected, by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Riot Games also produced a League of Legends spinoff in 2020, Legends of Runeterra, which may have played a role in the strong numbers. Riot’s free-to-play FPS, Valorant, checked in at No. 9 on the FPS list.

All three games are free to play, as Riot has embraced a model that relies on primary revenue generation through the selling of in-game purchases, such as alternate player model skins and other cosmetic effects.


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