May 21st, 20150TI5 Qualifiers groups and schedule have been released. The 40 participating teams - 10 for each of the four major regions, were divided into groups.
May 17th, 20152The first day of the TI5 Open Qualifiers is over with a total of 192 teams in three regions left standing. Remaining teams will continue today for the chance to compete in the main Regional Qualifiers.
May 16th, 20151North American team eHug will replace Summer's Rift in The International 5 Americas regional qualifiers. Due to last minute roster changes, Summer's Rift got their qualifiers invite revoked and are now forced to compete in the TI5 Open Qualifiers instead.
May 16th, 20150The opportunity of a lifetime for one team from each of the European, Southeast Asian and Americas regions lays in the TI5 Open Qualifiers. 2294 teams have joined the race.
May 15th, 20150Summer's Rift have been dropped from the TI5 Americas qualifiers and will have to play in the Open Qualifiers this upcoming weekend, in order to secure a chance to go to Seattle, for The International 5.
May 8th, 20150Now that the TI5 direct invites have all been announced and the cards are on the table, there has been quite a stir over some of the reveals.
May 7th, 20152Valve is releasing the TI5 direct invite list. Ten invited teams, four qualified teams from each of the major regions, and two Wild Card winners will travel to Seattle for this year's most prestigious Dota 2 event, The International 5.
May 4th, 20151Only three days since the TI5 compendium was released, sales are going through the roof, outpacing the TI4 compendium purchases in the same time frame by over 36%.
May 2nd, 20150The TI5 compendium sales have boosted the base prize pool of $1,600,000 by approximately $2 million in the first 24 hours, for a prize pool total of almost $3,600,000. The increase is double than the one experienced for The International 4 in the same time frame.
May 1st, 20152It's here, the long wait is over! The International 5 Compendium has been released! And so begins the hype for The International 5. The release of the compendium signals the first event preparing for the Main event in August.