Valve to reportedly make multi-million dollar change to Dota 2s The International

Valve dropped a community warping bomb on Dota 2 fans last month when the development team confirmed there won’t be a battle pass for this year’s The International. Just off that information, we knew more changes were coming for Dota’s biggest event, and now it seems that might result in a multi-million dollar alteration.

TI has a unique methodology behind its prize pool, with Valve putting in a base figure and then the wider Dota 2 community contributing to it by purchasing in-game items over a set period of time. This has typically been tied to the battle pass, but with that being retired, the company has to switch things up.