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Let’s face it; the gaming crowd often flocks to the best games available. If a game is good, it’ll attract players. In this modern age of gaming, it’s very rare that games aren’t enjoyed alongside or against other players via the internet.
Online games come in many different shapes and sizes, from skilful eSports to live and immersive experiences, all providing a different way to game. Let’s check out the three most popular online games from across many different genres that can certainly be used to fill the void of downtime.
Battle to be the last one standing
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There’s no avoiding it, the Battle Royale genre has taken over console gaming. Even the biggest upcoming titles are including a Battle Royale mode, such as Call of Duty. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds did a good job of luring a PC audience, but the free to play Fortnite: Battle Royale is now the genre’s flagship now.
You’d have to have been living under a rock not to know someone who is playing Fortnite: Battle Royale. Part of its draw is the fact that it’s free to play, but a lot of it is down to the huge player base that allows for each online game to be very different.
The game is gigantic and expanded to allow for cross-play with mobile devices. This allowed them to tap into one of the biggest gaming markets in the world. Now, Fortnite boasts over 26 million players: clearly, it’s a fun game to play.
A most classic of games available online
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Before the days of the internet, online gaming, or even console gaming, adults would seek the games of the casino. Card and tables games have remained very popular, which is one of the reasons why Las Vegas is such a crazed tourist destination. But, with the rise of the internet, casinos saw an opportunity to meet the massive demand for casinos games.
So, flash versions of classic casino games were developed, but people quickly began to crave the real-feel experience. Then came live casino games, where people could play roulette games online in real-time, opposite a real dealer, at a table full of players all waiting for the ball to fall in their pocket.
Roulette has been able to remain a mainstay at all casino formats, but the ability to adapt the game for online casinos has made online roulette edge ahead of its physical counterpart. The game Double Ball Roulette is, right now, the most popular game at online casinos.
Now offering millions of dollars to winners
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Some games are just perfectly crafted to offer balanced and varied gameplay while also requiring a lot of skill to play: one such game is DOTA 2. Defence of the Ancients 2 – the game’s full name – is a multiplayer online battle arena which is also free to play.
Taking control of any of the many characters, players battle in teams to win games. DOTA 2 has become the biggest eSport in the world, offering a yearly-increasing, crowd-funded prize pool at its annual crown event, The International. In 2017, the prize pool clocked in at over $24 million. With enough practice, anyone could get good enough to compete for the huge prizes – a fact that has influenced the game’s huge online play count of 15.39 billion.
Fortnite: Battle Royale, Double Ball Roulette, and DOTA 2 rule their respective gaming genres, with millions of players logging in to play every single day.
