Dota 2 is one of the world's most popular games. It is a mobile online battle arena (MOBA) game in which players take part in strategic battles as one of a huge cast of unique hero characters. Competing MOBA's include Riot Games' League of Legends and Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm. It is a free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Valve Corporation for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux. was released in July 9,2013
The first tournament of dota 2 will be held on Boston, Massachusetts. With the prize of $3 million
The 2016 winter major will be headed to Boston and the Wang Theatre in early December, with $3 million once again on the line. PGL, who produced the Manila Major in June, will once again be producing the show from Boston.
After a two-day group stage from Dec. 3 to 4. The major event will take place from Dec. 7 to 10. The main event will be single elimination bracket. Best record in the group against worst record in the group
Open Qualifiers - October 23rd - October 26th, 2016
Main Qualifiers - October 27th - October 30th, 2016
Group Stage - December 3rd - June 4th, 2016
Main Event - December 7th - December 10th, 2016
Comprise The International, Boston Major will be the 3rd Dota 2 occurence of the year, the first two which took place in Shanghai and Manila, Philippines. The Boston major kicks off a new cycle of happenings, which will also feature another major in the Spring and The International 7 in Aug. 2017.
As ever anyone can qualify for the event, but first they will have to win one of the open qualifiers, which will take place between October 23rd and 26th. Then they will have to get through the regional qualifier, which will take place between October 27th and 30th.