The Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) has seen its fair share of controversy and event changes this year. However, an announcement by the organizing committee today effectively trumps all - the DotA event of this year's tournament will be played on Valve's Dota 2.
With the success of Dota 2 at Gamescom, the organizing committee saw no reason to continue the annual competition on DotA 1. Instead, ESWC has officially decided to make the switch to Dota 2 with the support of producers Valve. Teams who have confirmed their participation in the Grand Finals will also receive Dota 2 access to ensure that they are fully prepared for the event. What's more - a couple of beta keys will be made available to privileged spectators during a raffle at the event itself.
As with our previous announcement, all interested participants can register for regional qualifiers here. Top four will earn themselves a slot in the Grand Finals while top 2 will enjoy sponsored accommodation for the event.
Held from the 20th to 25th of October in beautiful Paris, ESWC 2011 promises to offer gamers and spectators respectively the show of their lives.
Which teams will take home the $22,000 cash in store for them? We will just have to wait and see.
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