Over $33 million is up for grabs.

Valve just passed along word that the Main Event festivities for The International Dota 2 Championships for 2019 have officially kicked off. This is all going down at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.

This is the ninth annual event and, once again, it has broken all sorts of records by having the biggest community-driven prize pool of over $33 million. First place is looking to get $15,276,981 once all is said and done. I think that amount can even go higher before the event ends, so that's kind of...

TBS will show the first episode of ELEAGUE | Road to the International Dota 2 Championships tomorrow, August 4 at 10PM (ET). The first episode is the debut of ELEAGUE's new episodic feature series and will focus on two teams: OG and compLexity.
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TBS will show the first episode of ELEAGUE | Road to the International Dota 2 Championships tomorrow, August 4 at 10PM (ET). The first episode...

The total prize pool for The International 2015 Dota 2 Championships has now surpassed $17.2 million (USD). That figure is now more than all previous years (2011-2014) combined. Last year's International already smashed records by offering up a final prize pool of $10,931,103. Keep in mind that this figure was made mostly from sales of the Dota 2 Compendium. Actually, only a quarter of the profits from sales of the Compendium go towards this prize pool, leaving the rest for Valve. That's not too shabby for something that is only a digital item. Speakin...

The total prize pool for The International 2015 Dota 2 Championships has now surpassed $17.2 million (USD). That figure is now more than all...

Valve has launched a new website for The International Dota 2 Championships tonight.

The site contains dates and information for the annual...

Qualifiers for The International Dota 2 Championship begin next week on Monday the 25th. The qualifiers for the Americas begin at 17:00 (GMT). The qualifier for China begins at 2:00 (GMT).
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Qualifiers for The International Dota 2 Championship begin next week on Monday the 25th. The qualifiers for the Americas begin at 17:00 (GMT)....

Valve has already unveiled The International Compendium 2015. You can purchase the basic model for $9.99 (USD) or the Compendium and an instant boost to level 50 for $26.99. Just as the case was last year, a portion of the money earned from sales of The Compendium will be added to the total prize pool for The International 2015. Right now, that prize pool is sitting at $1.6 million. Valve is already dangling some tasty incentives in front of fans with a number of stretch goals. They already have goals up to the $15 million mark, with some of those goals...

Valve has already unveiled The International Compendium 2015. You can purchase the basic model for $9.99 (USD) or the Compendium and an instant...

The first day of Main Event for The International 4 Dota 2 Championship is upon us. Today, the first round of matches will see the Upper Bracket squaring off against one another.

We will see ViCi going up against NewBee.

We will also see Evil Geniuses squaring off against Team DK.

And in case you somehow can't watch it on the Dota 2 website, on ESPN, at a local venue, or within the Dota 2 client itself, you can catch it all in the Twitch stream below.

The Dota 2 client an...

The first day of Main Event for The International 4 Dota 2 Championship is upon us. Today, the first round of matches will see the Upper Bracket...

Just announced, ESPN will offer live coverage of The International Dota 2 Championships for the tournament's main event. Specifically, it will be ESPN3 that will carry coverage of The International 4. The final match will have an exclusive preview courtesy of ESPN2.
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Just announced, ESPN will offer live coverage of The International Dota 2 Championships for the tournament's main event. Specifically, it will...

Earlier tonight, the playoff rounds for The International 4 Dota 2 Championships came to a close. Without a doubt, the big winner was NewBee that fought back from the brink of elimination only to come back to secure a spot on the upper bracket. In grand fashion, they set the stage for a match against ViCi in the first round of the Upper Bracket matches, which kick off on Friday, July 18.
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