Following the success of MLG's North American Dota 2 League and the upcoming Fall Invitational tournament at Full Sail University, MLG will be rolling out an extensive NA Dota 2 league in the first half of 2014 with $210,000 in prize money.

Beginning on January 6, 2014, North American teams will compete via the , culminating in a $150,000 Finals event at the Anaheim Championships, June 20-22, the first MLG championship event of the year.

Only North American-based teams will be allowed to enter, with MLG Columbus participants Team Liquid and Evil Geniuses receiving automatic invites, along with the winners of the upcoming Full Sail Invitational and the Open qualifier.

Four seasons of qualification will take place with $15,000 up for grabs in each, with a fifth season running in parallel with the Anaheim Championships. Eight North American teams from League play will compete with eight international teams at the Anaheim Championships.

"We're focused on North America and we will have international teams competing at Anaheim," MLG Executive Vice President Adam Apicella told GameSpot regarding the league being featured for North American players only.

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Alliance will be joined by Na'Vi, Evil Geniuses, Fnatic, Team Liquid, China's DK, Rattlesnake International, the winner of the MLG Fall Invitational, and the winner of a North American Online Qualifier. The event takes place November 22-24 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

MLG also confirmed that , will be featured at Anaheim in 2014.

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108 teams will compete in Columbus for $50,000 in prizes, with the winners taking home $20,000. 96 teams will compete in the Open Bracket, while 12 teams will start from the Championship Bracket.

MLG Anaheim Call of Duty Champions Complexity will look to defend their title, moving from Black Ops II to Ghosts. General admission spectator passes are now , and competitor passes will be on sale September 30 at 5 p.m. EST.

Previously, MLG revealed that , and Evil Geniuses from North America.

"Featuring Dota has been a goal for years and we are so excited that it's finally happening," MLG Executive Vice President Adam Apicella told GameSpot. "Valve has done such an incredible job creating Dota 2 and fostering the community with events like the International, we knew we had to introduce the game to the MLG community in a way that complimented their efforts. We worked closely with Valve, monitored the exceptional gameplay by teams around the globe, and conducted a ton of research to build our Fall league structure."

will be at the event providing live coverage all weekend long.

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The team, who was playing under the name Kaipi until , will bring the total number of teams competing in Columbus to nine. MLG had originally planned its tournament schedule and broadcasting format with eight teams in mind. They have had to modify their plans to accommodate to the additional team.

Apicella explained in his Reddit post, #146;This means instead of 2 competition stations and 2 streams running for Friday/Saturday, we#146;ll be running 3 competition stations and 3 streams for Friday/Saturday before we go down to a single Sunday stream for the main bracket. We will still cast every single game.#146;

He continued that it was possible that the event would utilize a mix of onsite and remote casters. At the time of publication details on what casters would be involved has not been released.

The Major League Gaming Championship will take place at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio from November 22nd to November 25th. The event will feature a .

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The team, who was playing under the name Kaipi until , will bring the total number of teams competing in Columbus to nine. MLG had originally planned its tournament schedule and broadcasting format with eight teams in mind. They have had to modify their plans to accommodate to the additional team.

Apicella explained in his Reddit post, #133;This means instead of 2 competition stations and 2 streams running for Friday/Saturday, we#133;ll be running 3 competition stations and 3 streams for Friday/Saturday before we go down to a single Sunday stream for the main bracket. We will still cast every single game.#133;

He continued that it was possible that the event would utilize a mix of onsite and remote casters. At the time of publication details on what casters would be involved has not been released.

The Major League Gaming Championship will take place at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio from November 22nd to November 25th. The event will feature a .

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GameSpot had the opportunity to sit down with Zhi Lei #146;BurNing" Xu, Yee Fung "Mushi" Chai, and team manager Peng "Farseer" Bei to talk about their new roster and their decision to attend MLG Columbus.

What were you thinking when putting together this new roster? Why did you decide to add Mushi and iceiceice?

Zhi Lei "BurNIng" Xu: I was thinking that they are very good players with their own individual thinking. I decided to add mushi and iceiceice because they are really motivated to win everything.

What will Mushi and iceiceice be able to bring to the team that wasn't there before?

BurNIng: They bring a lot of new strategies in as they are both top tiered players from South East Asia. They also strong vigor and fighting spirit!

Does it matter at all that Mushi and Iceiceice aren't chinese players? Either in terms of communication of for other reason?

BurNIng: Not at all, even. Though they are not from China, they are still Chinese and they understand Mandarin, so communication and stuff isn't an issue. There are no nationality issues as well.

There were rumors at the end of TI3 that you were going to retire. Instead you form this all-star team that has the world's attention--what changed?

BurNIng: My friends were very encouraging towards me, and I wanted to make a team where we will be known as the best for a long period of time. Just like the EHOME in 2010.

How do you feel about coming to MLG and America once again? Alliance and Na'Vi are both attending. Do you think you#146;ll have what it takes by the time MLG hits to beat both of these teams? Did you learn anything from TI3 that you will implement against them at MLG?

BurNIng: I'm really excited to be able to challenge Na'vi, Alliance, and the rest of the European teams again.

Yee Fung "Mushi" Chai: We can beat any team in the world as long as we perform, and we can only lose to ourselves. I'm always learning, maybe I have something new against them so you guys can wait and see!

How do you feel about coming to MLG and America once again?

Mushi: I can finally drink Starbucks every day again! And like BurNIng; I can challenge the best European teams.

Could you give a general statement about attending MLG? Not only are you the only Chinese team to go to MLG, but you will are also the first Chinese team to ever attend a foreign event outside of China besides The International.

Peng "Farseer" Bei: As far as I know, MLG didn't have a Dota event before, but it's very influential internationally. This is the main reason we would like to go to MLG

What does it mean to you to be the first Chinese team to ever attend a foreign event outside of TI?

Farseer: We are having a lot of pressure, and there are still some problems we need to get over with, but we will surely do our best.

With the results at TI3, with non-Chinese teams taking 1-3, do you feel a responsibility to represent China as a whole at MLG?

Farseer: Maybe we cannot represent all Chinese teams, but we will prove ourself this time and win glory for China

The team has only been together for a few weeks now. How are you guys preparing and practicing for WPC and MLG?

Farseer: Now we are trying to get familiar with each other's style, both in game and in real life. I believe we will be much stronger after ACE-WPC's two-month tournament. There's still a lot of space for us to improve.

By the time MLG rolls around in around that two month span, do you believe you'll in sync enough to have a good shot of winning? Do you think it'll be enough to beat Alliance and Na'Vi? Have the players learned anything from TI to use against Alliance and Na'vi?

Farseer: We will absolutely be stronger in two months, but I don't think there's a team that can say they can beat those two teams for sure. During TI3 we came up with some ideas to beat them, so this time we will take our chances

Any special message you'd like to give foreign fans about coming to MLG and the United States, and seeing some of them in person in Columbus?

Farseer: We are really honored to attend MLG, even if just for a few days. We will do our best to play nice games for all Dota 2 fans. I hope fans can come and cheer for us.

Correction: We forgot about EHOME attending ESWC during the interview. We apologize for the mistake.

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GameSpot had the opportunity to sit down with Zhi Lei #147;BurNing" Xu, Yee Fung "Mushi" Chai, and team manager Peng "Farseer" Bei to talk about their new roster and their decision to attend MLG Columbus.

What were you thinking when putting together this new roster? Why did you decide to add Mushi and iceiceice?

Zhi Lei "BurNIng" Xu: I was thinking that they are very good players with their own individual thinking. I decided to add mushi and iceiceice because they are really motivated to win everything.

What will Mushi and iceiceice be able to bring to the team that wasn't there before?

BurNIng: They bring a lot of new strategies in as they are both top tiered players from South East Asia. They also strong vigor and fighting spirit!

Does it matter at all that Mushi and Iceiceice aren't chinese players? Either in terms of communication of for other reason?

BurNIng: Not at all, even. Though they are not from China, they are still Chinese and they understand Mandarin, so communication and stuff isn't an issue. There are no nationality issues as well.

There were rumors at the end of TI3 that you were going to retire. Instead you form this all-star team that has the world's attention--what changed?

BurNIng: My friends were very encouraging towards me, and I wanted to make a team where we will be known as the best for a long period of time. Just like the EHOME in 2010.

How do you feel about coming to MLG and America once again? Alliance and Na'Vi are both attending. Do you think you#147;ll have what it takes by the time MLG hits to beat both of these teams? Did you learn anything from TI3 that you will implement against them at MLG?

BurNIng: I'm really excited to be able to challenge Na'vi, Alliance, and the rest of the European teams again.

Yee Fung "Mushi" Chai: We can beat any team in the world as long as we perform, and we can only lose to ourselves. I'm always learning, maybe I have something new against them so you guys can wait and see!

How do you feel about coming to MLG and America once again?

Mushi: I can finally drink Starbucks every day again! And like BurNIng; I can challenge the best European teams.

Could you give a general statement about attending MLG? Not only are you the only Chinese team to go to MLG, but you will are also the first Chinese team to ever attend a foreign event outside of China besides The International.

Peng "Farseer" Bei: As far as I know, MLG didn't have a Dota event before, but it's very influential internationally. This is the main reason we would like to go to MLG

What does it mean to you to be the first Chinese team to ever attend a foreign event outside of TI?

Farseer: We are having a lot of pressure, and there are still some problems we need to get over with, but we will surely do our best.

With the results at TI3, with non-Chinese teams taking 1-3, do you feel a responsibility to represent China as a whole at MLG?

Farseer: Maybe we cannot represent all Chinese teams, but we will prove ourself this time and win glory for China

The team has only been together for a few weeks now. How are you guys preparing and practicing for WPC and MLG?

Farseer: Now we are trying to get familiar with each other's style, both in game and in real life. I believe we will be much stronger after ACE-WPC's two-month tournament. There's still a lot of space for us to improve.

By the time MLG rolls around in around that two month span, do you believe you'll in sync enough to have a good shot of winning? Do you think it'll be enough to beat Alliance and Na'Vi? Have the players learned anything from TI to use against Alliance and Na'vi?

Farseer: We will absolutely be stronger in two months, but I don't think there's a team that can say they can beat those two teams for sure. During TI3 we came up with some ideas to beat them, so this time we will take our chances

Any special message you'd like to give foreign fans about coming to MLG and the United States, and seeing some of them in person in Columbus?

Farseer: We are really honored to attend MLG, even if just for a few days. We will do our best to play nice games for all Dota 2 fans. I hope fans can come and cheer for us.

Correction: We forgot about EHOME attending ESWC during the interview. We apologize for the mistake.

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MLG's Executive Vice President Adam Apicella told GameSpot, "We're very excited as this will be the first time a team from China will be competing at a MLG Pro Circuit Championship. Our goal is to always have the best players from around the world competing at our events and I feel this is a step in the right direction. We're very appreciative that ACE was able to accommodate our request to have DK play at our event, and we look forward to working closely with them in the future."

When asked to further elaborate on the conversations that led to DK's decision to attend, Apicella continued, "We leaned heavily on community members to communicate with DK and ACE. We initially thought that DK would be unable to attend due to ACE tournament scheduling conflict, but as stated earlier, ACE was able to make the changes necessary for DK to attend."

DK's Manager, Peng "Farseer" Bei, remarked in a separate interview, "We are really honored to attend MLG, even if just for a few days. We will do our best to play nice games to all Dota 2 fans, hope fans can come and cheer for us." For more, check out the , which includes remarks from his players Yee Fung "Mushi" Chai and Zhi Lei "BurNIng" Xu.

DK will be by The International 3 winners Alliance, the International 3 runners-up Na'vi, Evil Geniuses, TeamLiquid, Fnatic, the winner of MLG's North American Dota 2 League, and the winners of a North American qualifier.

GameSpot asked Apicella what he and his company had planned next year for Dota 2. He left GameSpot with, "We are gathering as much data as possible from our online tournaments, NA Online League broadcasts, and our upcoming live events at Full Sail and Columbus. We hope to use this information to shape our 2014 endeavors. Whatever we do, we will definitely focus heavily on North American players/teams and look to integrate international competition throughout the year, similar to what we are doing with MLG Championship in Columbus."

The MLG Championship takes place in Columbus, Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention center November 22-24 and .