Another year, another batch of broken esports records.

Valve announced today that the ninth annual Dota 2 International Championships (The International 9) has smashed records? Which records? A lot of esports ones.

First off, this marks the first back-to-back victory for any team in the history of The International. That's right, OG won it all this year just as they did in 2018. I'm sure a lot of fans had that spoiled for them thanks to a random email from Twitch. Good job on that one, Twitch.

Also of note was the record breaking...

Valve revealed and released a Gabe Newell Mega-Kills pack for Dota 2. They showed off this video as part of their International coverage last night.

This pack is "free" to everybody that owns the Battle Pass. Get a look at the "behind the scenes" video below and then listen to every single one of his lines in the video below it.

It's pretty good. It's actually really damn good.

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The Dota 2 International for 2016 is well underway this week. The main event starts today and culminates in the final match on Saturday. Teams are competing for a slice of the record setting prize pool that the community helped to fund to over $20 million.
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The Dota 2 International for 2016 is well underway this week. The main event starts today and culminates in the final match on Saturday. Teams...

It feels like this is becoming an annual tradition any time the latest iteration of Dota 2's The International rolls around. Once again, the eSports juggernaut has surpassed all records for the biggest prize pool. Yes, it has even already surpassed last year's record setting prize pool. The pot sits at $18.7 million as of this posting and there is still a week to go before the event even kicks off. The biggest contributor to this prize pool comes from sales of the Dota 2 Battle Pass which has replaced the Compendium that used to be sold in previous years. Simi...

It feels like this is becoming an annual tradition any time the latest iteration of Dota 2's The International rolls around. Once again, the eSports...

Tonight's Dota 2 update brought with it a number of new changes and improvements. You know, the usual stuff. It also brought with it new ways for players to earn Compendium Coins and Levels.
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Tonight's Dota 2 update brought with it a number of new changes and improvements. You know, the usual stuff. It also brought with it new ways...

In a brief blog update on the Dota 2 website, Valve made mention of the 2015 International Dota 2 Championships.

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In a brief blog update on the Dota 2 website, Valve made mention of the 2015 International Dota 2 Championships.

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