Overwatch: cumulative prize pool worldwide 2016-2021
Overwatch is a team-based online shooter video game published by Blizzard Entertainment. The player can choose between 32 varied heroes, all of whom have different skills, and each character fulfills a specific role. The game was released in May 2016 on Xbox One, Windows and PlayStation 4 and has since become a hugely popular game among professional gamers within the eSports industry. The cumulative prize pool for Overwatch eSports competitions stood at two million U.S. dollars in 2016, before rising to almost 9.6 million dollars in 2019.
