06-06-2015 10:59 via feeds.theguardian.com

You'd be surprised just how big 'e-sports' is getting

Valve Software’s marquee computer game, Dota 2, will have a record $US 11 million (and counting) in prize money on offer for those competing in its fifth annual world championship event in Seattle, and is expected to be viewed by more than 20 million people worldwideSet to take place in a sold-out Key Arena, the fifth edition of ‘The International’ broke its own record this week when its prize-pool bubbled above the $US 11 million dollar mark after another surge in funding support from fan
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