Raptr says Dota 2 was the most popular MOBA in August

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 23, 2013
Updated June 18, 2025
2 min

Call of Duty: Black Ops II was the most played game in August according to gaming social network Raptr. But the big news in Raptr’s data measurements is that Valve’s Dota 2 overtook Riot Games’ League of Legends to capture the No. 2 spot.

That’s significant since Riot Games has ruled the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) category since it launched League of Legends in 2009. Most MOBA titles consist of five players challenging another team of five in a fast-and-furious real-time battle with fantasy characters. The genre became wildly popular because of its spectator modes, tournament livestreams, and world championships featuring eSports personalities.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.