The Group Stage is over, the Wild Cards have been chosen and the team brackets are locked in place. All that's left is the main event itself starting this Monday and running throughout the week, where the best Dota 2 players in the world will compete for over a $17,000,000 prize pool.

For the past five days, 16 teams have been competing for bracket positions to see who goes head-to-head with who next week. Click the image below to see how things shook out.



With the main event just days away, the teams will spend the weekend strategizing and, above all, practicing. Every team has a private practice area, stocked with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti-powered systems and G-SYNC monitors provided by NVIDIA.



If you're just catching up with this year's International, be sure to check out Kaci Aitchison's interviews with some of this year's top players, as well as in-depth player profiles, at our Youtube channel. You can also follow our twitter and instagram feeds for constant updates throughout the event.

It's going to be an exciting week. We'll see you Monday for Day 1 of the main event.

The Wild Cards have ended, and the Group Stage starts soon. From Monday, July 27th through Thursday, July 30th, and starting at 9am PDT each day, two groups of eight teams will fight to determine their seeding for the Main Event of The International. Each game will be a set of two matches. At the end of Group Stage, the top four teams from each group will advance to the Upper Bracket of the Main Event, while the bottom four teams will go on to the Lower Bracket.

During Group Stage, three matches will be played simultaneously. You'll be able to watch all the action at <a herf="http://www.dota2.com/international/">The International website, with the Primary Stream covering games in Series A, while also providing updates on the other games between matches.

The Wild Cards have ended, and the Group Stage starts soon. From Monday, July 27th through Thursday, July 30th, and starting at 9am PDT each day, two groups of eight teams will fight to determine their seeding for the Main Event of The International. Each game will be a set of two matches. At the end of Group Stage, the top four teams from each group will advance to the Upper Bracket of the Main Event, while the bottom four teams will go on to the Lower Bracket.

During Group Stage, three matches will be played simultaneously. You'll be able to watch all the action at <a herf="http://www.dota2.com/international/">The International website, with the Primary Stream covering games in Series A, while also providing updates on the other games between matches.

The Wild Cards begin this Sunday at 9am PDT, where four teams will battle it out to decide who will claim the final two invites to The International. Following that will be the Group Stage games, which will determine the seeding for the Main Event, and will run through the week beginning Monday, July 27th at 10am PDT. Finally, the The International's Main Event begins on Monday, August 3rd and culminates with the Grand Finals on Saturday, August 8th, beginning at 10am PDT each day. You'll be able to watch every moment streamed live at The International site.

If you'll be attending The International in person, the doors to KeyArena open at 9am. Pre-orders for Secret Shop merchandise can be made until midnight PDT this Saturday night, July 25th. They will be available for pickup at the Secret Shop, located just outside of KeyArena at Fisher Pavilion, begining Friday, July 31st, at 8am PDT until 2pm PDT on August 8th.

The Wild Cards begin this Sunday at 9am PDT, where four teams will battle it out to decide who will claim the final two invites to The International. Following that will be the Group Stage games, which will determine the seeding for the Main Event, and will run through the week beginning Monday, July 27th at 10am PDT. Finally, the The International's Main Event begins on Monday, August 3rd and culminates with the Grand Finals on Saturday, August 8th, beginning at 10am PDT each day. You'll be able to watch every moment streamed live at The International site.

If you'll be attending The International in person, the doors to KeyArena open at 9am. Pre-orders for Secret Shop merchandise can be made until midnight PDT this Saturday night, July 25th. They will be available for pickup at the Secret Shop, located just outside of KeyArena at Fisher Pavilion, begining Friday, July 31st, at 8am PDT until 2pm PDT on August 8th.

Get ready to wage war to some mau5 sounds. deadmau5 has been working on a way to bring his iconic sounds to the battles of Dota 2. Presenting the deadmau5 dieback music pack, now available on the Dota store.

Get ready to wage war to some mau5 sounds. deadmau5 has been working on a way to bring his iconic sounds to the battles of Dota 2. Presenting the deadmau5 dieback music pack, now available on the Dota store.

The Wild Card brackets, which will decide which two teams will claim the final two invites to The International, have been set. This Sunday, July 26th at 9am PDT, be sure to watch Team Archon, CDEC Gaming, Vega Squadron, and MVP.Phoenix battle for the last two slots in the tournament.

The team distribution for the Group Stage games has also been revealed. These games will determine the seeding for the Main Event. This year, Group Stage will be played over four days, with three games being played simultaneously, each viewable on its own stream. The Primary Stream will provide full coverage of Series A games, and between games we'll keep you up to date on the overall state of the Group Stage. Streams will start at 9am PDT each day beginning on Monday, July 27th through July 30th.

It all leads up to the Main Event, which starts at 10am PDT on Monday, August 3rd, with the Grand Finals being played on Saturday, August 8th.

Full coverage of all stages of the event will be available at The International site.

The Wild Card brackets, which will decide which two teams will claim the final two invites to The International, have been set. This Sunday, July 26th at 9am PDT, be sure to watch Team Archon, CDEC Gaming, Vega Squadron, and MVP.Phoenix battle for the last two slots in the tournament.

The team distribution for the Group Stage games has also been revealed. These games will determine the seeding for the Main Event. This year, Group Stage will be played over four days, with three games being played simultaneously, each viewable on its own stream. The Primary Stream will provide full coverage of Series A games, and between games we'll keep you up to date on the overall state of the Group Stage. Streams will start at 9am PDT each day beginning on Monday, July 27th through July 30th.

It all leads up to the Main Event, which starts at 10am PDT on Monday, August 3rd, with the Grand Finals being played on Saturday, August 8th.

Full coverage of all stages of the event will be available at The International site.

With today's update, we've enabled Ranked Matchmaking in the Dota 2 Reborn beta. You can now complete Compendium Challenges as well, and doing so in the Reborn beta gives you 50% more coins. While we were at it, we also imported a number of items, including everything from the recently released Immortal Treasure III. Plus, we've made a number of other improvements and fixed long list of bugs, which you can check out on our beta updates page. Don't forget to send us your feedback as you explore the beta.