Dota 2, a multiplayer online battle arena game, provides the majority of the earnings for 29 out of the top 30 gamers worldwide with only popular last-man-standing game Fortnite stopping total domination.
Aussie gamer Anathan Pham, known as ana, is a Dota 2 master and has taken home NZ$8,280,000 in earnings, placing them in the top three in the world.
Further afield, Dane Njohan Sundstein, who competes as N0tail, tops the overall charts with a massive NZ$9,620,000 total income from the game.
The billion-dollar industry is dominated by the USA, China and South Korea, with American gamers earning NZ$151 million between them in the top spot. New Zealand sits in 57th.
Some good news for Kiwis hopeful of breaking into the upper echelons of esports may be the launch of a new hub in Auckland.
The space at Eden Park is a partnership between Spark, Guinevere Capital and the stadium and will offer both professional and aspiring gamers a dedicated hub connected via both fibre and 5G, with training rooms, broadcast capabilities and a venue to host major esport events.
The space will be free and available to book from early May.
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