In the first half of 2018, there was one game on Twitch that performed heads above the rest:
。 Fortnite。.。 Fortnite。 has taken Twitch by storm this year, beating out。 League of Legends
。in the second quarter of 2018 to become the most-viewed game on the livestreaming platform, according to a data report from streaming company StreamElements.
。 In the first half of the year, Twitch viewers watched 630 million hours of。 In the first half of the year, Twitch viewers watched 630 million hours of。Fortnite。 SEE ALSO:'Fortnite' cheaters get a lesson in karma via malware
。 Coming in at second place is the titan of multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games,League of Legends 。 , which clocked in under 500 million hours of viewership. Surprisingly, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds。(
。PUBG 。 ) garnered less than half the viewership of
。Fortnite
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。 PUBG。was a breakout hit in 2017 as it ignited the craze that has become battle royale-style games, Fortnite。 seems to have swept up most battle royale fans. Between the first and second quarters of 2018, while。 Fortnite。grew 74% in hours viewed while。 PUBG 。 dropped 9%.
。So how did we get here? Well, For one thing, Fortnite
。, while not the first battle royale game to make a splash, is a bit more accessible than other battle royale games. The matches are a bit shorter than。 PUBG。 PUBG
。's, the visuals are brighter, the weapons and mechanics are more dynamic. 。 Plus, Drake didn't play 。PUBG 。 with the streamer Ninja, he played
。 Fortnite
。, bringing in hundreds of viewers who probably would never have considered watching the game on Twitch in the first place. 。 That single instance helped spur a surge in 。Fortnite
。 on Twitch, nearly doubling both the number of people who stream
。 Fortnite。and the number of people that amount of time that people spent watching it.
。 As long as。Fortnite
。 to become 2018's most-watched game, a tough feat to accomplish.。
continues on its current path and maintains its viewer numbers, it's possible that it could beat
。
League of Legends
。