Video games were introduced to entertain people, to create an escape from their daily routine. It was a platform where people could create their own world and play games according to their own pace. In the current era, gaming has provided various types of experience to a player. The gaming industry has turned a group of strangers into a community. People who have similar interests in the game genres and the gaming graphics style create a group. In this gaming community, they discuss strategies and the weapons they are using in the game.

Since the past 5 years, the gaming industry is moving more towards online gaming. It is more in fad than a simulation style gaming where characters have previously generated moves by the company. Online gaming gives more freedom to the players and helps them create their own moves to win the game. According to the Pew Research Centre, 75% of teenagers are becoming more social playing online games. On this platform, they are interacting with strangers and are making new friends. According to the research more than half of the teenagers in the current world are willing to make new friends via online gaming platform. And they are willing to give their gaming ID as a form of contact information. This is more in fashion than sharing their Facebook, Instagram or any other social media account ID.

Gaming platforms like PUBG, LOL (League of Legends), Dota 2, Heroes of the Storm and other MOBA games (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) are allowing people to convert the gaming platform into a social platform. This is where a group of strangers makes a team to defeat the enemy in the game. MOBA games help teenagers with increasing social networking skills. It also helps them in maintaining a rapport with a person.

Recently a video went viral. The news was a group of high school friends who spoke Korean added an American in the group. This happened in the MOBA game called PUBG. Even though they weren't able to communicate at all, still, somehow they managed to defeat the rival team. It was so entertaining for them that they invited the foreigner into their team again while playing PUBG the next day. Similarly, League of Legends Commonly known as LOL in the gaming world has its own chatroom. There is a small messenger box in the game where you can write messages and share information with other people. LOL is known to be the best platform for MOBA games and many people have formed a relationship with the help of this game.

In the current era, when you ask a group of teenagers how they met, more than half of the teenagers would answer that they met through a MOBA gaming platform or through other gaming platforms. The gaming industry is proving that they have a strong influence over social networking and are transforming the gaming experience into a personal experience. Nowadays, video games are more than just an escape for a person. It is a new social media platform where people who are either introverts or people who have a hard time making friends can easily develop a network and exchange information without any hesitancy whatsoever.