5 Most Popular Online Games in The UK
The United Kingdom is no stranger to the world of online gaming.
After all, Rockstar North, which is responsible for famous and wildly successful games like Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto, is a UK-based company.
That should be enough to convince anybody of their standards when it comes to gaming. While RDR and GTA may be staples on consoles, there’s a whole other world online where gamers in the UK devote hours and hours of their time building fortresses, shooting bad guys, and forming strategies to emerge victorious. This, of course, is the magnificent world of online gaming.
It’s not all action, however. There are options for everyone, including casino favourites like poker and mobile roulette, as well as a slew of sporting favourites.
In the sea of options for entertainment that can be found online, there are always those titles that stand head and shoulders above the rest.
Here are the top five online games currently thriving in the United Kingdom.
Fortnite
This is not a shocker at all. At this stage, Fortnite would probably be on every gaming platform’s top 5 list as it has absolutely dominated gaming charts and sales worldwide, not just in the UK. Access to the Epic Games masterpiece is broad, which has undoubtedly bolstered its popularity, as it’s available to play on PC and mobile phones (IOS and Android), as well as any gaming console you can think of. Released in 2017, this co-op defence-shooter-survival game is fun, exciting, and sometimes so crazy you can’t look away. It has amassed a total of over 350 million players worldwide, and it doesn’t look to be slowing down any time soon. Welcome to the world of Fortnite, everybody!
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League of Legends
Affectionately known as LOL, this evergreen game stands alone in its endurance and total legend status as one of the best multiplayer online battle arenas (MOBA) games to ever hit the world wide web. Launched in 2009 by Riot Games, the ever-popular game has managed to accrue over 115 million monthly players worldwide and over 50 million daily ones. To give you an idea of how many that is, it totals more than the number of UK citizens who frequent casinos over a month. Just like Fortnite, it’s also available to play on pretty much any platform you can think of. The loyal following and passion it has conjured up in its players are hardly paralleled by any other game today.
PUBG
Exploding onto the gaming scene in late 2017, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has gripped players’ hearts as they’re dropped onto an island and tasked to survive the onslaught of 99 other players. The scale of gamesmanship is quite enormous, with the PUBG Corporation’s first-person shooter game having, at one point, more than 438 thousand concurrent players all vying for the game’s loot. It’s become one of the most popular online games in the UK, with players able to get involved on PC or console alike, as well as free-to-play modes on mobile.
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
You could call CS: GO a modern classic. It was released in 2014 and is all about competition. Teammates need to work together to come out the other side victorious. The game has garnered a steady 35 million fans globally as it’s continued to stay the course and provide hours of entertainment and excitement to players. It’s gone through numerous updates and versions over the years, but it’s never lost the core of its gameplay that first sparked its players to continue playing.
Minecraft
With nearly 100 million active players and over 10 years of gameplay development under its belt, Minecraft has well and truly earned its status as a great and beloved phenomenon of the modern gaming era. Players of all ages have found some aspects to cling to within the Minecraft universe, with various world-building projects and real-life simulations providing endless entertainment and fun for anybody with access to the internet. You can play the Mojang creation on any device you’d like, and the potential to grow and find new things to do in the Minecraft universe is literally endless. This kind of game is particularly popular in the UK, where it’s sometimes easier (and warmer) to go online than go outside!
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Special Mentions
While the above online games are truly special, there are indeed a few that didn’t make the list that are arguably just as special (depending on who you ask), so it wouldn’t be right not to mention some of them. It’s difficult to talk about online gaming and not include the action-packed Apex Legends by Respawn Entertainment, as well as the incredible fun and good-time-inducing Rocket League created by Psyonix. There will always be a debate about lists like these, especially among the franchise loyalists and hardcore gamers, but at the end of the day, the goal of gaming is to have fun, right? So, play the game that’s the most fun for you, and enjoy!
