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Generation: The Rise of eSports  These games are serious
business  6:00 PM on 02.14.2013     by Daniel Starkey
Competitive, head-to-head gaming has been around for quite some
time. Since the invention of arcade culture and games
like Wolfenstein in the early '90s, it has seen a steady
increase in popularity among core gamers.  In the past couple of
years though, especially since the introduction of massive
online battle arena, or MOBA games, the sheer number of players
taking part has increased dramatically. According to some
statistics that are only a few months old, League of Legends, a
free-to-play MOBA, is now the most popular online game.  Each
day there are over 12 million people logging in to play LoL, and
with nearly 30 million monthly active players, the game eclipses
other industry juggernauts like Call of Duty and World of War