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– [Video] The top 5 moments so far from Dota 2’s The International.
– The chief competition officer at Electronic Arts prefers to call the emerging cyber-athlete phenomenon as “competitive gaming.”
– The International 6 prize pool breaks esports record by surpassing $20m
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Dota 2: The International’s Top 5 Moments
How EA is moving to turn all players into competitive gamers
Peter Moore was a former pro soccer athlete, and so he knows the mixed emotions people feel when they describe professional video game players as esports athletes. The chief competition officer at Electronic Arts prefers to call the emerging cyber-athlete phenomenon as “competitive gaming.”
In the past couple of months, EA announced its own strategy for embracing esports. Moore said that includes forming EA’s own world-class tournaments, prioritizing games such as FIFA, Madden, and Battlefield. EA will also partner with esports leagues, and it will also invest in amateur competitions so every gamer can compete.
But the company has a lot of work to do in catching up with rivals such as Riot Games. Which has its own esports empire with League of Legends, and Activision Blizzard, which acquired the MLG esports league. For EA, the path into esports is complicated. Plenty of fans won’t watch EA Sports games as spectators because they are too busy watching physical pro sports such as the NFL and the NBA.
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The International 6 prize pool surpasses $20m
The International 6 prize pool has reached a staggering $20mil, just hours before the debut of the TI6 Main Event, in Seattle, USA. The release of the highly awaited Immortal Treasure III seems to be the driving force behind the latest increase. The International 6 prize pool continues to increase and further push the record set by The International 5.
Last year, The International 5 set the record for the biggest prize pool in the history of eSports.
The International 6 Main Event will be continuing in a few hours and until then all eyes are on the prize pool, once more. The International 6 succeeded in passing another milestone, reaching over $20 million dollars.
As of this moment, when the article is being written, the prize pool sits at $20,070,643.
The TI6 prize pool continues to write history in eSports after breaking the record for the biggest prize pool in eSports history. The former record holder was the fifth edition of The International which sported a prize pool of $18,429,613.
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