Following a successful beta period in September, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s full release on October 12 helped the title jump three spots to #10.The top six spots in our monthly ranking of the most popular core PC games remained unchanged for October yet, there was plenty of action in the bottom two-thirds of the ranking.October’s Most Popular Core PC Games: A Productive Month for First-Person Shooters Perhaps there is an appetite for two digital card games, too. The ongoing popularity of Riot Games’ League of Legends and Valve’s Dota 2 shows that there is room for two MOBA games in the core PC market.Globally, digital card games were played by 18.6% of core PC gamers’ in October, up from 16.6% in September.Hearthstone’s continued prominence and Magic’s hopeful open beta point toward a promising future for the card game genre, especially as the former title did not seem to cannibalize Hearthstone’s popularity among core PC gamers.Magic’s session time was highest in Bulgaria, where core PC gamers played for an average session time of 140 minutes.Ī Good Hand Dealt for the Digital Card Game Genre? Interestingly, Magic’s average session time was higher: 99 minutes, compared to Hearthstone’s 78.1 minutes.also checked out Magic the Gathering: Arena, so there was indeed some crossover between core PC players. In October, 10.9% of Hearthstone players in the U.S.What’s more, Hearthstone actually saw an increase in player share, jumping from 14% in September to 15% in October. Magic’s impressive debut had no visible consequences for Hearthstone.Mostly owing to the U.S.’ large population, the game was especially popular in the region of North America, where it was played by 4.6% of all core PC gamers-that’s more than three times the proportion of any other region.The title was most popular in Italy, where 5.3% of core PC gamers played the title, followed by Spain (5.2% of core PC players), the U.S.
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