Defense of the Ancients 2 (a.k.a. DOTA 2) has made a remarkable run on E-Sports history pouring out over $100 million US Dollars as tournament winnings. It is also the first E-Sport to reach $100 million mark, it is definitely the leader of E-Sports all over the world.

How did the prize money gone that big?

The biggest tournament contribution of DOTA is The International, which currently hosted 6 The International events, with the recent one, The International 6 pouring over $22 million US Dollars as tournament price pool - was the biggest prize in E-Sports History. The Wings Gaming of China won the championship of the annual event which the world are aiming of. The International 6 was held in Seattle last August 2016 and right now, with The International 7 coming, prize pool is expected to be bigger than $22 million.

Smaller leagues (with $3,000,000 prize pool and below) includes :

• The Majors (Manila Major, Kiev Major, Boston Major, Shanghai and Frankfurt Major)
• ESL One (ESL Frankfurt, ESL, ESL Genting)
• The Summit
• Epicenter
• Starladder

they are also one of the major contributors of prizes which Dota 2 accumulated.

Other top games include :

• League of Legends (LOL)
• CS : Global Offensive
• Starcraft II
• Counter-Strike

The difference between CS: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike is that CS : Global Offensive is Steam owned game. Whiles Counter-Strike is an offline tournament game, no need for internet connection - LAN connection is needed.

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