League of Legends takes on StarCraft 2 with biggest prize in eSports history
League of Legends maker Riot is set to take on the eSports big boys with the biggest prize pool in video game tournament history. Even though it’s free to play, with over 11 million players each month enough people are paying for League of Legends that Riot Games will offer a whopping three million dollars in its upcoming Regional Finals and World Championship – the largest pay day in eSports history. It’s a lot of money, but to bring attention away from StarCraft 2, and to a lesser extent games like Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike, Riot needs something big and attention grabbing to pull the eyes off those games. That’s not to say that League of Legends doesn’t deserve such attention, though; with that many people playing it, and with such a heavy level of strategy and communication, it lends itself well to eSports. Read more…
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