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The global league for eSports champions, Intel Extreme Masters, begins its sixth season with the Global Challenge at gamescom 2011 (August 17 to 21).
The world’s best computer-game players compete at the Global Challenge for total prize money of 53,000 US dollars and a coveted starting place for the World Championship, the grand finale of every Masters season.
The Global Challenge takes place in two disciplines.
The first discipline is StarCraft II, an established eSports title from the previous Intel Extreme Masters season.
The second discipline is League of Legends, one of the world’s most popular online multiplayer games from Riot Games.
The two disciplines carry prize money of 21,000 US dollars (StarCraft II) and 32,000 US dollars (League of Legends). Total prize money for the sixth season of the Intel Extreme Masters is 635,000 US dollars.
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