Multiplay raises prize pools at i58

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 18/08/2016

Multiplay has upped some of the prize pools at Insomnia58 which takes place next week.
The Overwatch prize pool has been raised from £5,000 to £7,500, while Team Fortress 2 has increased from £5,000 to £8,500.
It looks like the increase is thanks to a few more sponsors signing up, including Astro for Overwatch and OCZ and ScrapTF for TF2.
Multiplay also rose the prize pools for other games recently, including League of Legends, which has gone from £5,000 to £8,000.
The initial tournament and prize pool announcement was made back in April.
i58 takes place at the Birmingham NEC from August 26th to 29th and eSports News UK will be reporting live from the event over the weekend.

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He has almost two decades of experience in journalism, and left Esports News UK in June 2025. As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late '80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He also previously worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation.

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