Riot Games was founded in 2006 and created their first game, League of Legends, in 2008 which has become their most well known and successful product with over 100 million active players monthly, primarily in Western Europe and Asia. The company was purchased by Tencent in 2011 and saw increasing revenue from 2015-2017. Riot has grown to employ over a thousand people and expanded the MOBA genre through their flagship game League of Legends.