MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
The upcoming League of Legends World Championship event will carry a $2m prize pool, developer Riot Games has revealed.
GameSpot reports this year’s eventkicks off in October. Half of that figure will go to the winning team, with second place taking $250k.
Third and fourth place teams will earn $150k each, while the remaining top eight will receive $75k each.
The LoL World Championship in past years had boasted eSports records for prize pool totals, but that was prior to Valve’s Dota 2 world championship event The International bringing in $10m earlier this year.
![g2a logo black bg 1 [Industry news] G2A.COM’s Autonomous AI Agent Dave Helps Sellers Resolve 14,400 Support Tickets in 63 Days](https://mcvuk.com/wp-content/uploads/g2a_logo_black_bg_1-310x165.webp){kind=logo}