Official statement for GamesCom DotA 2 tournament from Valve

Valve just confirmed what we at DotA 2 Talk have been speculating for months now - an official preview of DotA 2 along with "The International" DotA 2 tournament with a winning cash prize of $1 million - the biggest prize purse any e-Sports tournament has seen so far!

The International announcement was posted on the official DotA 2 blog, while a poster with some details of the tournament and participating teams is posted on the official DotA 2 website.

The world's sixteen most elite DotA teams competing for the first ever DotA 2 championshipAugust 17th - 21st 2011DotA 2 shown publicly for the first timeGroup stage double-elimination playoff formatWinner takes 1million USD in prize moneyTournament hardware provided by NvidiaLive worldwide video broadcast in four languages
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