DotA 2 Tournament is Now Official! 1 Million USD Prize Money

Well, it seems our previous prediction is true after all. Valve has just announced the DotA 2 Tournament which will be held on August 17-21 2011 in Gamescom, Germany. The announcement was put on the www.dota2.com. I guess this explain why the blog is moved to the blog.dota2.com. Anyway here is the team that will attend the tourney:

Wow, cool huh? 16 teams from all over the world compete in the very first DotA 2 tournament for 1 Million USD prize. Ah, i’m kinda envy them.. Anyway, here is the details of the tournament!

Time : August 17-21 2011
Place : Gamescom, Cologne, Germany
Prize : 1 Million USD
Format : Group Stage Double Elimination Playoff
Teams :
- Europe: GGnet, OK.Nirvana.int
- Denmark: MYM, nevo
- Ukraine: Na’Ve
- China: CCM, LGD, TyLoo, EHOME, OK.Nirvana.cn
- Russia: M5
- Thailand: MiTH-Trust
- Vietnam: StarsBoBa
- Singapore: Scythe.SG
- Malaysia: MUFC
- Philippines: Mineski.Infinity

Source

Valve said that they will provide the Live Stream for the tournament in 4 languages. So if you can’t go there, you can still watch it live. Going to Germany guys?

Update: There’s some changes in the participants, check this link for the latest confirmed teams.