High-paying eSports in South Africa has typically been the realm of PC gamers, with organisations like the Telkom DO Gaming League offering up massive prizes for DOTA 2 and CounterStrike: GO players.
That is until The Call of Duty World League Monster Astro Gaming Cup presented by PlayStation was announced.
The tournament will see the country’s 64 best Call of Duty teams battle it out in an online tournament from 10-18 September.
The top eight teams will then duke it out in a LAN final at rAge 2016 from 7 to 9 October.
You can check out the full list of prizes up for grab below:
- 1st Prize: R60 000 , R20 000 worth of ASTRO Gaming Gear, R5 000 KontrolFreek Hamper, Case of Original Monster Energy Drink per player, Monster Energy Swag
- 2nd Prize: R25 000, Case of Original Monster Energy Drink per player
- 3rd Prize: R10 000, 6 pack of Original Monster Energy Drink per player
- 4th Prize: R8 000
- 5th Prize: R5 000
- 6th Prize: R5 000
- 7th Prize: R3 500
- 8th Prize: R3 500
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