Nearly 671 million people worldwide played a game online via a desktop PC or laptop in April 2013, 145 million of which were playing on a daily basis, according to the latest Comscore figures.

Asia-Pacific had the largest daily online gaming audience with an average of 47.9 million internet users accessing an online gaming site on a daily basis, followed by Europe (45.6 million), North America (30.3 million), Latin America (14.9 million) and the Middle East and Africa (6.2 million).

North America had the most avid online gamers, with each visitor spending an average of 107 minutes, followed by European gamers (97 minutes) and Latin America (67 minutes).

Online gamers is Asia-Pacific spent less time on sites per visitor at an average 47 minutes, while gamers in the Middle East and Africa spent an average 45 minutes.