The South African competitive scene also reflects this growth, featuring bigger and better tournaments such as the DGL Masters Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n With 2016 promising even larger tournaments to look forward to, let’s take a look back at the 5 biggest eSports tournaments of 2015.<\/p>\n The League of Legends World Championship is the biggest annual tournament for the game.<\/p>\n League of Legends is massively successful, and players enjoy an opportunity to play for over $2,000,000 during it\u2019s annual World Championship.<\/p>\n The League of Legends World Championship 2015 was won by SK telecom T1.<\/p>\n Smite is a MOBA which features the gods and heroes of ancient mythology as playable characters.<\/p>\n While games like Dota 2 and League of Legends are played from a top-down 3rd person perspective, characters in Smite are controlled from a close-up perspective \u2013 presenting a narrower field of vision and an interesting form of action-packed gameplay.<\/p>\n The rapid growth of Smite\u2018s community is reflected in this tournament\u2019s large prize pool – which was mostly crowdfunded by players and potential spectators.<\/p>\n The Smite World Championship 2015 was won by Cognitive Prime.<\/p>\n Dota 2 is a classic MOBA which is completely free to play. The game was originally developed as a mod for Warcraft 3, but has since grown into a standalone game and is one of the biggest names in eSports.<\/p>\n Dota 2\u2018s Major tournaments have the biggest prize pools of any competitive game in the world.<\/p>\n The Frankfurt Major is an annual tournament featuring the best teams in the world and boasting a prize pool of $3 million.\u00a0 Valve is now supporting three Major tournaments a year in addition to its annual International tournament.<\/p>\n The Frankfurt Major 2015 was won by Team OG.<\/p>\n The Dota 2 Asia Championships are sponsored by Perfect World and MarsTV.<\/p>\n The tournament was held in Shanghai, China and consisted of several invited teams competing against teams which advanced from qualifying rounds. The tournament had a prize pool of $3,057,521 \u2013 slightly more than Valve\u2019s Frankfurt Major.<\/p>\n The Dota 2 Asia Championships 2015 were won by Evil Geniuses.<\/p>\n The International Dota 2 Championship is Valve\u2019s crown jewel of Dota 2 tournaments.<\/p>\n The tournament has a fixed initial prize pool which is increased by the contributions of the Dota 2 community. The prize pool for The International 2015 reached an unprecedented $18,429,613.<\/p>\n Valve also released a free film available on Steam – titled Free to Play<\/a> – which documents the 2011 International and portrays the rapid growth of eSports which the tournament has facilitated.<\/p>\n The International Dota 2 Championship has seen a steady increase in total prize pool since the tournament debuted, and has become a large influence on eSports worldwide.<\/p>\n The International 2015 was won by Evil Geniuses.<\/p>\n E-commerce giant Alibaba announces $5.5 million eSports tournament<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nLoL 2015 World Championship \u2013 $2,130,000<\/strong>
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\nSmite World Championship \u2013 $2,612,259<\/strong>
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\nDota 2 Frankfurt Major \u2013 $3,000,000<\/strong>
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\nDota 2 Asia Championships \u2013 $3,057,521<\/strong>
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\nThe International 2015 \u2013 $18,429,613
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