The International 2 is finished, and we have new champions, Invictus Gaming! After 3 days of play, only 2 teams were left in the Grand Finals with 1 million dollars on the line. Former champions Natus Vincere from the Ukraine against the Chinese team Invictus Gaming. They faced each other just a few hours before the finals in Winners bracket round 3. Na'Vi came out on top with a 2-1 score. Na'Vi then faced LGD, another Chinese team in the Winners bracket finals and defeated them also with a 2-1 score. iG had to go through the losers bracket, and after they defeated EHOME, DK and LGD (all Chinese teams) they were in the Grand finals against Na'Vi. This time it was a “best-out-of-5“5 game, and they came out on top winning $1 million with a score 3-1.

The Biggest annual DotA 2 tournament has begun and it is hosted by Valve at the Benaroy Hall in Seattle. 16 teams are invited to tournament and top the 8 receive prize money. Last year the Ukrainian Natus Vincere (Na'Vi) won first place and $1 million dollars in prize money. EHOME (China) came in second and walked away with $250,000, while Scythe Gaming (Singapore) placed third and won $150,000. This year the prize pool is the same ($1.6 million), and last year’s champions are here to defend the title. The main contenders for the title from Natus Vincere will be DK, who are called the “Galacticos” for making huge transfers, Complexity gaming who won The Defense 2 (6,000€ tournament), and mTw who won Dreamhack in the summer of 2012.