League of Legends offers fun option during COVID-19

Wikipedia describes League of Legends as “a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft windows and macOS. Inspired by the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne mod Defense of the Ancients, the game follows a freemium model and is supported by microtransactions.” The game was released in October, 2009 and features 148 champions. It is so popular, according to an article on www.cubiex.com, because “It’s fast- paced, it’s addictive, it’s full of exciting champions, and it’s the most played game in the world.

At any given time there are 7.5 million people playing games across the globe “ “I don’t think I would play this game because I’m more into games that are cute and not about killing and shooting people,” said Raquel Mera. Addicting as it is, it only scored mediocre ratings: 4 out of 5 from Common Sense Media and 78% from Metacritic. Taliya McClure said, “I’ve never played this game, but it looks kind of fun because I’m really into fighting games and stuff like that… I think I’d actually like this game.”