On the
official Counter-strike: Global Offensive blog,
Valve has released an announcement. All Majors, as in tournaments, have had the prize pool of $250,000 which has never been exceeded by any tournament until now. Starting with the upcoming
MLG Columbus 2016, which takes place March 29 through April 3, all future CS:GO majors will have a prize pool of
$1 million!
- Winner $500,000
- Finalist $150,000
- Semi-Finalist $70,000
- Quarter Finalist $35,000
- Group Stage $8,750
With this kind of financial support that Valve is putting into CS:GO, they hope to bring in even more pla
yers and viewers. According to Valve, CS:GO was the second-most watched game on Twitch in 2015, League of Legends being the first, of course.
On a side note, Valve has released another update for CS:GO fixing some current bugs. You can check the
release notes.
Links: Official Counter-strike: Global Offensive blog,
Valve,
release notes,
MLG CS:GO press release