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$4 million up for grabs in Dota 2 tourney

Dota 2 fans have driven the prize pool for global championship The International to a new record high.

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The multi-million dollar tournament is being partially crowdfunded again this year by sales of the Compendium.

The Compendium website now shows the total prize pool has topped $4 million, unlocking a Mini Pudge companion.

Valve's original stake was $600,000; the rest of the funds are have been raised by the $2.50 pot contribution from the $10 Compendium cover price.

That's over 1,360,000 sales since the scheme launched last week.

Wow.

Valve has stretch goals in place right up till $6 million - which suddenly seems perfectly reasonable given

Thanks, Ausgamers.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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