The "Dota Major Championships" Announced

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While Dota fans around the world are used to looking forward to the annual International tournament at this point, they may soon have a lot more to be interested in! As announced today, Dota 2 fans will now have three more large-scale Valve-sponsored tournaments to look forward to in the form of the "Dota Major Championships". The four tournaments, taking place across each of the seasons, will see the best teams in the world competing at premier venues across the globe thanks to third-party organisers, with the "Summer" championship taking on the form of the annual International.

The Dota 2 eSporting scene has been under a lot of fire recently as fans and players gradually lose interest in the game due to constantly shifting and uncertain team configurations as organisers scramble to have a line-up worthy of competing in the yearly International. This should hopefully all change with these new tournaments which, starting in Fall 2015, will allow teams to focus on more than a single, game-changing championship. Other details are currently scarce, with Valve claiming more will be revealed in the run-up to the first championship in Fall following The International 2015.

The blog post which revealed the new championships also confirmed that next week will see Valve release The International Compendium for this year's event alongside a brand new "major balance update", which will likely begin addressing recent gameplay concerns, such as the gold and experience comeback mechanics. This can only mean good things are coming, so we'll be sure to bring you more information as we have it.