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Dota 2's The International Breaks eSports Records Yet Again
It feels like this is becoming an annual tradition any time the latest iteration of Dota 2's The International rolls around. Once again, the eSports juggernaut has surpassed all records for the biggest prize pool. Yes, it has even already surpassed last year's record setting prize pool. The pot sits at $18.7 million as of this posting and there is still a week to go before the event even kicks off. The biggest contributor to this prize pool comes from sales of the Dota 2 Battle Pass which ...
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Dota 2's The International Breaks eSports Records Yet Again
It feels like this is becoming an annual tradition any time the latest iteration of Dota 2's The International rolls around. Once again, the eSports... -
Valve Increases Every CS:GO Major to $1 Million Prize Pool
Valve is starting to show the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competitive scene a bit more love. Starting with MLG Columbus 2016, every CS:GO Major Championship will have a prize pool of $1 million.
When we announced the first CS:GO Major Championship in 2013, we hoped the Majors would be rallying points for the community, tent-pole events that could draw new audiences and amplify the value of all events. Since then, the professional CS:GO community has been growing at an incre... -
Valve Increases Every CS:GO Major to $1 Million Prize Pool
Valve is starting to show the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competitive scene a bit more love. Starting with MLG Columbus 2016, every CS:GO... -
ESL Pro League Bumps Up 2016 Counter-Strike Prize Pool to $1.5 Million
ESL Pro League is bumping up the prize pool for their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league by a factor of 50%! That means the 2016 season will include a hefty prize pool sitting at $1.5 million (USD). Not only that, but they are looking to show tournaments on television, not just online.
Vice-President of Pro Gaming, Ulrich Schulze, issued a short statement on the upcoming season.
"The ESL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Pro League is levelling up this year: we'll... -
ESL Pro League Bumps Up 2016 Counter-Strike Prize Pool to $1.5 Million
ESL Pro League is bumping up the prize pool for their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league by a factor of 50%! That means the 2016 season will include... -
Prize Pool for The International 2015 Surpasses All Previous Years Combined
The total prize pool for The International 2015 Dota 2 Championships has now surpassed $17.2 million (USD). That figure is now more than all previous years (2011-2014) combined. Last year's International already smashed records by offering up a final prize pool of $10,931,103. Keep in mind that this figure was made mostly from sales of the Dota 2 Compendium. Actually, only a quarter of the profits from sales of the Compendium go towards this prize pool, leaving the rest for Valve. That's... -
Prize Pool for The International 2015 Surpasses All Previous Years Combined
The total prize pool for The International 2015 Dota 2 Championships has now surpassed $17.2 million (USD). That figure is now more than all... -
$250,000 Prize Pool Announced for CS:GO Tournament at ESL One Katowice 2015
Valve just announced that the ESL One Katowice 2015 tournament for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will have a nice $250,000 prize pool. It's not an actual pool that the winners can swim in, but that's still a lot of money.
Taking place at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland from March 12-15, the upcoming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament will feature the eight quarter-finalists from DreamHack Winter 2014. They will be joined by eight teams to be determined through upcoming qualifiers.... -
$250,000 Prize Pool Announced for CS:GO Tournament at ESL One Katowice 2015
Valve just announced that the ESL One Katowice 2015 tournament for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will have a nice $250,000 prize pool. It's not an... -
Smite World Championship Prize Pool Surpasses $2 Million
Hi-Rez Studios, developers of Smite, revealed today that the prize pool for the upcoming Smite World Championship (SWC) has now surpassed $2 million. More specifically, it's sitting at $2.14 million.
The SMITE World Championship prize pool is a crowdfunded effort fueled by the Odyssey, an in-game promotion which sells exclusive content to SMITE players. Each microtransaction generated by the Odyssey contributes directly to the overall jackpot that eight teams from around the world will... -
Smite World Championship Prize Pool Surpasses $2 Million
Hi-Rez Studios, developers of Smite, revealed today that the prize pool for the upcoming Smite World Championship (SWC) has now surpassed $2 million.... -
$250,000 Prize Pool for ESL One Cologne 2014 Raised by Counter-Strike Community
The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community has managed to raise $250,000 for the ESL One Cologne 2014 prize pool.
Taking place at Gamescom 2014 in Cologne, Germany, the upcoming CS:GO tournament will feature 16 teams - the eight quarter-finalists from EMS One Katowice (held earlier this year) and eight teams from online regional qualifiers. The event's matches will be streamed live by ESL. The CS:GO crowd-funding initiative began in August, 2013 with the release of The Arms Deal U... -
$250,000 Prize Pool for ESL One Cologne 2014 Raised by Counter-Strike Community
The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community has managed to raise $250,000 for the ESL One Cologne 2014 prize pool.
Taking place at Gamescom 2014... -
Dota 2 The International 4 Compendium Surpasses $5 Million Prize Pool
The Compendium for The International 4 Dota 2 tournament has been on sale for under a week. In that time, it has managed to increase the prize pool from the $1.6 million it started at (courtesy of Valve) up to a staggering $5 million prize pool. It has already surpassed $13.6 million in total sales. The remaining money that isn't going to the prize pool? It goes straight to Valve. They have made over $10 million from selling a $10 virtual item in under a week. The most insane...