5.Call of Duty
Owned by Activision and operated by Major League Gaming, Call of Duty is one of the established esports games that entered the esports arena with Call of Duty: Black Ops III in 2016. The Call of Duty XP Championship 2016 was launched with a pool prize of US$2 million. Today, the Call of Duty esports Championship is organized in 2018 with a total prize money of US$4.2 million and is played on Call of Duty: World War II for PlayStation 4. Call of Duty has always had immense potential as an esports and the future looks brighter for the game in the esports industry.
6.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike is a popular series of multiplayer first-person shooter video games by Valve Corporation that was introduced in 1999. Counter-Strike Global Offensive (CSGO) was released in 2012 and since then has become one of the most popular esports games that continue to grow with the participation of 850k CSGO gamers. CSGO players compete in a number of single and multiple game tournaments, for instance, Intel Extreme Masters, ESL One, and DreamHack. The popularity of Counter-Strike Global Offensive is attributable to its core nature and community-led developments.
