Dota 2 becomes the most played PC game in the West

Valve's MOBA outstripped Blizzard's World of Warcraft

Valve’s Dota 2 surpassed League of Legends as the most played ‘core’ PC title in the first quarter of 2013, according to a report.
As picked up by Games Industry, the report covers PC gaming in North America and Europe based on the DFC Intelligence PC Game Meter service, which combines data from multiple sources, including real-time stats from Xfire’s 23 million users.

Usage of both Dota 2 and League of Legends vastly outstripped the next title in line, Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft.
“Usage of League of Legends has been steady the past year and surprisingly the huge success of Dota 2 did not seem to cut into its popularity as much as would be expected," said DFC analyst Jeremy Miller.
The combined usage of the top 20 PC games was up 22 per cent for the first quarter of 2013 compared to that of 2012, and up eight per cent compared to the fourth quarter of 2012.

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