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Following up on the success of their major tournaments in 2011 and 2012, Valve has today announced "The International 3" for Dota 2, which is set to be hosted in Seattle in August 2013. Similarly to previous years, the International 3 will feature the top 16 Dota 2 teams from all corners of the globe in a massive tournament, all of whom are fighting to win a grand prize of $1,000,000.
The tournament was unveiled earlier today via an announcement page and accompanying post on the Dota 2 blog. While both of these sources are particularly light on information, Valve have promised that more teams and information will be revealed in the coming days. At time of writing, Chinese team Invictus Gaming are currently the only confirmed team to appear on the tournament page after having secured their place as the 2012 International 2 champions. The event, which is scheduled to take place between the 7th and 11th of August 2013, will be held at the Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington, which is the same venue used for last year's International 2 tournament. 12 of the remaining teams will be added to the tournament roster in the near future via invites from Valve while the last 3 team slots will be selected through a pair of qualifier tournaments set to take place in May. The winners of each tournament will receive a guaranteed space in the tournament and the runners up from both qualifiers must fight one another to determine which team will become the tournament's "Wild Card" team.
We can also confirm that Valve can officially use the number 3! As usual, stay tuned to ValveTime for all the latest news as we learn more.
The tournament was unveiled earlier today via an announcement page and accompanying post on the Dota 2 blog. While both of these sources are particularly light on information, Valve have promised that more teams and information will be revealed in the coming days. At time of writing, Chinese team Invictus Gaming are currently the only confirmed team to appear on the tournament page after having secured their place as the 2012 International 2 champions. The event, which is scheduled to take place between the 7th and 11th of August 2013, will be held at the Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington, which is the same venue used for last year's International 2 tournament. 12 of the remaining teams will be added to the tournament roster in the near future via invites from Valve while the last 3 team slots will be selected through a pair of qualifier tournaments set to take place in May. The winners of each tournament will receive a guaranteed space in the tournament and the runners up from both qualifiers must fight one another to determine which team will become the tournament's "Wild Card" team.
We can also confirm that Valve can officially use the number 3! As usual, stay tuned to ValveTime for all the latest news as we learn more.
