CS:GO surpasses Dota 2 as most played Steam game
Recent statistics released by Steam reveal that CS:GO has definitively surpassed Dota 2 as Valve's, and Steam's, most played game. In December 2019, CS:GO received a peak of 767,000, while Dota 2 reached 628,000 concurrent players, with similar numbers in the last 4 months. However, League of Legends remains the world's most popular PC game with well over a million concurrent players throughout the year.
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The consumer response to Half Life: Alyx will determine if the games continue to use VR
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