The storm hit hard a little while ago when Valve announced $1 million as the prize money for the winner of the first ever DotA 2 Championship at gamescom and now in yet another battle of genre dominance, Riot Games has announced that the next season of League of Legends will feature a prize pool of over $5 million.
“You’ve helped us become one of the most popular online titles to date, we thought it was only appropriate that League of Legends Season Two should boast the largest prize pool in eSports, ” said Riot Games. ”The League of Legends Season Two prize pool will feature a record setting $5 million prize pool!”
According to the studio, this announced prize pool is first of the many features they have planned out for the upcoming season.
The money will be used for funding local, national and international tournaments and foster the growth of the League of Legends community in the eSports scene.
“The new season will feature weekly livestreams of our ongoing regional tournaments in North America, and across both European enviornments, so stay tuned for more information on these broadcasts and to see a lot more of League of Legends enthusiasts like Phreak, Rivington III and Nikasaur.”
League of Legends Season 2 is set kick off sometime this fall.
[via League of Legends]
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