Here’s an announcement from Riot Games, creator of League of Legends:

DotA-Allstars.com is proud to announce that we’ve partnered with Riot Games, the makers of the upcoming MOBA game League of Legends, and GOA, League of Legends European publisher to host an invitational DotA tournament at their booth at Gamescom in Cologne Germany. The event will be streamed live to the web on the tournament portal located at http://web.dota-allstars.com/tournament

Tournament Information
Format: Groupstage into single elimination finals
Prizes: $15,000 USD
Dates: August 19th-23rd
Location: Gamescom (Cologne, Germany)

Links
Tournament Announcement - http://forums.dota-allstars.com/index.php?showtopic=294607
Tournament Coverage with live video - http://web.dota-allstars.com/tournament
Event Schedule - http://web.dota-allstars.com/2009/08/13/event-schedule
Coverage on Twitter - http://twitter.com/RinoaSunie
Pendragon on Twitter - http://twitter.com/RiotPendragon

Message from Riot Games
Marc Merrill, the president of Riot Games said, “We’re hoping to raise the profile of DotA to a mainstream audience by displaying it at one of the largest consumer gaming shows in the world. Additionally, this tournament is one of several things that Riot and GOA have planned to “give back” to the DotA community that we’ve been part of for such a long time.The competitive space is extremely important to us, and we already have additional events for both DotA and League of Legends in the works!”

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