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ESPN to Show DOTA 2 International Championships

Valve has just announced that ESPN networks will be carrying the DOTA 2 International Championships, which just recently broke a $10 million prize pool. The International DOTA 2 Championships will be held in Seattle, Washington from July 18th to the 21st and will culminate in a final where the winners will walk away with nearly $5 million thanks to so many people buying Compendiums. People wanting to watch the DOTA 2 International Championships on TV or online can do so using ESPN 3, and ESPN 2 for the final match. You can also access most of the matches and the final match on WatchESPN, ESPN’s

Gaming, Hardware

SteelSeries Announces the Rival Dota 2 Edition Gaming Mouse

SteelSeries just announced the launch of their Rival: Dota 2 Edition Gaming Mouse, along with an exclusive in-game item, Hell’s Glare for Doom, just in time for the final bracket of The International 4 (the premier DOTA 2 tournament). The Dota 2 Edition was inspired by the award-winning Rival Optical Mouse launched in Q4 2013. It features a unique color scheme, customizable illumination up to 16.8 million color options, and a deep arsenal of high-performance hardware that was developed with professional players from Na’Vi, iG, and Team Fnatic. The SteelSeries Rival Dota 2 Edition Gaming Mouse will be available for pre-order after the conclusion of

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DOTA 2 Tourney Breaks $10 Mil, Biggest eSports Event Ever?

We’ve been covering the International DOTA 2 Championships since they announced the prize pool for the event. Initially, Valve, the makers of DOTA 2, put up $1.6 million of their own money for the event and gamers have contributed to the prize pool for the event through the purchasing of the Dota 2 International Championships Compendium. DOTA 2 is a MOBA game (Massively Online Battle Arena) much like League of Legends, which is one of the more popular of the two and is made by Riot Games. DOTA 2 has only officially been out for a year or so (but has been in beta since

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Google to Buy Twitch.tv for $1 billion in Cash?

Some places are calling this new acquisition rumor of Twitch.tv to be one that has YouTube as a suitor and others are calling it a Google acquisition. Ultimately, Google is the parent company even though it would directly associate with YouTube in terms of media delivery and sharing. Whether you say YouTube is acquiring Twitch or Google, the end result is that Twitch is getting acquired for $1 billion in cash according to Variety, an interesting source of M&A news. While I would certainly allow this rumor to mature and ferment a bit in the rumormill, this may actually be the most reasonable acquisition (and acquisition price)

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DOTA 2 International Final Pool Hits $5 Milllion

The DOTA 2 International competition has already begun in the regional competitions and the final will be in July from the 18th and 21st in Seattle’s KeyArena. However, in order to fund the competition, Valve has decided to encourage the community to purchase compendiums for $9.99 which will allow them to increase the prize pool by $2.50. The International Compendium is a digital booklet that allows gamers to interact with the DOTA 2 tournament. DOTA 2 players will also earn more rewards as they are able to level up their Compendium by watching games, collecting player cards and making tournament predictions The awesome thing about Valve’s

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DOTA 2 International Final Pool Hits $5 Milllion

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