The International Compendium was launched Friday and, within 24 hours, eclipsed the total contribution of last year’s debut effort. As a result, this year’s total prize pool is already over $3.8 mil, up from $2.8 mil last year, with Compendium sales continuing for another two months.
The Compendium was first introduced last year for The International as a method for the community to drive up the prize pool beyond Valve’s $1.6 mil contribution by purchasing select items, from which a portion of the proceeds was added to the player prize pool.
To be held July 18th – 21st at theKeyArena in Seattle, WA, tickets to the event were made available late last month and sold out in less than one hour.
Dota 2 is a free-to-play, online action strategy game created by Valve (Bellevue, WA based makers of multiple game franchises and the leading online distribution platform, Steam).
This year’s tournament will again be broadcast worldwide, free of charge, with play-by-play commentary in multiple languages.
Official Website: http://www.dota2.com/international/compendium/
