Dota 2: The International 8 to take place August 20-25 in Vancouver

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Out of the blue since its Gamescom origins, this mid year, Dota 2 will take an international trip. The International 8, Valve’s enormous record-breaking esports competition, will happen August 20-25 in Vancouver, Canada, at the Rogers Arena, Valve declared Thursday evening.

This follows up bits of gossip about the occasion’s turn from past area in Seattle, Washington, as the Key Arena, its past scene, is booked to experience huge redesigns in the coming years.

Similarly as with the last earlier years, tickets will be sold through Ticketmaster in two pieces with two kinds. Mid-week passes, costing $125 CAD, will allow confirmation from Monday the twentieth through the 23rd, and finals end of the week tickets for the 24th and 25th will be $250 CAD. Tickets will go marked down in two squares, at 10:00 AM and PM PST.

While subscription benefit Dota Plus was reported recently, there is no word on whether the yearly International Compendium will be discharged too. Every year, fans have acquired the Compendium and its going with things, with a fourth of the returns going towards a group sourced prize pool, beginning at Valve’s commitment of $1.6 million USD. A year ago, the price pool came to over $24 million USD, making it the biggest competitive video gaming prize pool ever. It has broken this record every year since its commencement in 2013. At the end of the day, this plan is probably going to return, regardless of whether with another face.

Dota Pro Circuit

This year, The International will be the finish of the main year of the Dota Pro Circuit, an occasion biological community intended to make straightforwardness around the competitive scene. At Valve-supported occasions, the main four groups procure focuses that check towards eight direct welcomes for TI8. This implies the initial eight groups going to the huge competition will be known as opposed to being holed up behind a declaration by Valve itself, and eight more groups will fight it out in shut and open qualifiers paving the way to the occasion. Up until this point, the group has computed that Virtus.

Pro will be the primary group to fit the bill for the occasion through the point framework.