Taiwan Excellence gave Rs 20 lakh, Mountain Dew gave Rs 10 lakh, and Rs 6 lakh was given by CII. Through our other partners, approximately Rs 85 lakh was given in 2016,“ said Akshat ` Rathee, CEO, Nodwin Gaming.Besides Nodwin Gaming, six other players in the industry also contributed to prize pools ranging between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 15 lakh in 2016. In 2015, the prize pool for eSports games was only around Rs 15 lakh. It's more of a Big Boss-meets-eSports kind of league, but there are others that focus entirely on the sport. According to Netherlands-based market intelligence company Newzoo, in 2016, eSports was a $99.6-billion industry globally, with the industry in India amounting to over Rs 2,000 crore in revenue in fiscal 2015.eSports is already a big phenomenon in US, Korea, China and many European countries.

Source: Economic Times May 17, 2017 05:15 UTC