Sixteen teams will battle it out for great big buckets of cash, with the Main Event running for six days, from Monday August 3 through Saturday August 8.
Last year over 20 million people watched the grand finals, which were eventually won by Chinese team Newbee in a not-very-hotly contested final match up with fellow Chinese team Vici Gaming, in which they triumphed 3-1. They bagged themselves a quite astonishing $5 million grand prize, mostly raised from community purchases of an in-game item, The Compendium.
Expect a similair process this year, but since in 2013 the total prize fund was a laughable $2.8 million (pocket change, right?), don't be surprised if the prize pool and viewer count jumps even higher.
Ticket availability will be announced on the DotA 2 blog before they go on sale, while team invitations will occur shortly after May 1.
