Want to be a pro gamer? This is what you could earn playing Overwatch

By Darren Allan

Blizzard is pushing hard to put eSports on the same level as ‘real’ sports, including making full-on professional leagues, and the company has just revealed the pay structure of its Overwatch League (OWL).

So how much will Overwatch pros take home in terms of a salary? Blizzard has stipulated a minimum wage of $50,000 (£38,000, AU$62,000) per year (with players signing up for one-year contracts at a time, with an option given to extend said contract by a year).

However, on top of that base wage players will get a share of any bonuses the team accrues. In fact, half of all tournament prize money that a team secures gets shared between the players; and there are some major chunks of cash up for grabs.

As Techspot notes, the first season prize money for OWL runs to $3.5 million (£2.7 million, AU$4.4 million), with a cool million bucks going to whoever wins the league outright. So assuming that in the latter case the champion team has the maximum of 12 players on its roster, they’ll each take home an $83,000 (£63,000, AU$103,000) bonus on top of the base $50,000 (£38,000, AU$62,000) wage.

And don’t forget that players also receive health …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming