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07-27-2016, 09:52 PM
The 2016 'Dota 2' International breaks the record for esports prize pools
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The biggest annual Dota 2 tournament, The International, has broken its own record for the highest prize pool in esports ever, topping last year's $18,429,613 pool Tuesday. The prize pool is still climbing and was at $18,679,270 (http://www.dota2.com/international/battlepass/) at the time of publishing.
SEE ALSO: Esports creeping beyond livestreams and onto TV networks (http://mashable.com/2016/07/19/esports-espn-tv-coverage/)
Since the first International tournament in 2011, developer Valve has put up a $1.6 million prize pool, and starting in 2013, Valve started selling compendiums to players with 25 percent of revenue going toward The International's prize pool.
These compendiums (**w called "battle passes") give players access to unique character items and other cosmetic goodies, like character taunts, emoticons, music and more. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/27/dota-2-prize-pool-record/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The biggest annual Dota 2 tournament, The International, has broken its own record for the highest prize pool in esports ever, topping last year's $18,429,613 pool Tuesday. The prize pool is still climbing and was at $18,679,270 (http://www.dota2.com/international/battlepass/) at the time of publishing.
SEE ALSO: Esports creeping beyond livestreams and onto TV networks (http://mashable.com/2016/07/19/esports-espn-tv-coverage/)
Since the first International tournament in 2011, developer Valve has put up a $1.6 million prize pool, and starting in 2013, Valve started selling compendiums to players with 25 percent of revenue going toward The International's prize pool.
These compendiums (**w called "battle passes") give players access to unique character items and other cosmetic goodies, like character taunts, emoticons, music and more. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/27/dota-2-prize-pool-record/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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