A tweet by Stewart Chisam, president of Hi-Rez Studios, announced that the prize pool for Smite’s World Championship has reached over 2.13 million dollars, surpassing League of Legends’ 2014 Championship’s prize pool.
Crowdsourcing has propelled @SmiteGame past LoL’s 2014 Championship to become 3rd largest prize pool in eSports. pic.twitter.com/0gVlR4XTr4
Smite 2015 Prize Pool Reaches Over 2.13 Million Dollars!!
— HiRezStew (@schisam) December 23, 2014
Unlike the League of Legends tournament, Smite’s World Championship utilized crowd-sourcing, donating portions of proceeds from in-game items towards the prize pool. Smite’s World Championship will be held in Atlanta from January 9 to 11 of next year.
Smite is developed by Hi-Rez Studios and available for PC and soon to be released on Xbox One.
