Rumours have been around the eSports world that the World Cyber Games would drop League of Legends for Dota 2. Those rumours aren’t rumours anymore, it is official that Dota 2 is an official game of the World Cyber Games 2012 in Kunshan, China.

There will be a German qualifier for the event which will happen during the national finals at GamesCom in Cologne on August 16h followed by an European competition with 8 teams.

The winner of this competition will be able to play at the European competition, which will be called Samsung European Encounter (SEE). It will take place during gamescom, from Augst 17th to August 19th. SEE will invite 7 other European teams for a major competition. The total prize pool (including from tournaments of other disciplines) totals €10.000 in cash and around €10.000 in hardware.

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