BACKGROUND HISTORY

Who Created League of Legends?

Riot Games is an American video game developer, publisher, and eSports tournament organizer established in 2006. The company is primarliy known League of legends which was released in October of 2009. The company has also created 3 mini games based of League of Legends available on iOS and Android. Riot Games has already released and distributed League of Legends in Latin America, Australia, the United States, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Europe, Brazil, Japan, and Indonesia. Riot Games was named #4 on Business Insider's list of the top 25 technology companies to work for in 2013.

Esports

Esporsts is short for electronic sports, which means competetive video-gaming. League of Legends has been a popular Esport game since 2010. It has been one of the most popular games till then. 71.5 million people worldwide watched eSports. More people have watched the League of Legends Worlds Championship than the NBA Finals and World Series