The newly Cup organized by Game Show has already its first Season started with a $330,322 prize pool prepared for the LAN Finals that will be held at the end of this year.
The Nanyang Championship China qualifiers have reached the final stages with Invictus Gaming securing their spot as the first finalist after a 2:1 series over EHOME.
The strongest European finisher at TI5 - ru Virtus Pro will debut in the new season today as part of the European Qualifiers for the $650,000 WCA Main Event. The Russians are in for a real test of form from the very beginning as they will go up against world Monkey Business who are still undefeated. Moreover, this tournament will also see the first official match of new iteration of eu Team Secret!
With the madness of Elimination Mode finally coming to it’s end, eu 4 Clovers & Lepricon are your champions after an incredible run. Only dropping a single map the entire tournament, they were by far the most dominant team in the tournament. Let us now take the time and reflect on some of the highlights Elimination Mode had to offer. Oracle, Earth Spirit and even Pit Lord made a cameo in MoonDuck Studios first event.
Monkey Business convincingly bested CISR 3:1 to qualify for the $250,000 MLG World Finals, scheduled to take place at the Ernest N. Morial Center in New Orleans, LA, between October 16-18. The newly formed team will join MVP.Phoenix, Team Secret, CDEC, LGD, EG and Virtus.Pro.
A new patch meant to change the current hero balance has been announced by IceFrog on the Dota 2 Dev forums. 6.85 will most probably be launched next week.