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 .

Correction: EHOME attended ESWC 2011, so this will not be the first time a Chinese Dota 2 team has attended an event oustide of Asia.

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This will be the first MLG circuit event to not feature Riot Games' MOBA since its appearance on the 2012 circuit in Anaheim during June of that year. The last MLG event to feature League of Legends, the , with 4.7 million unique viewers tuning into watch the event, in addition to the StarCraft II and Call of Duty tournaments.

MLG recently announced that Dota 2 will be present at the event, featuring $50,000 and several world class teams that competed at Valve's The International 3. Along with League of Legends' non-appearance, for the first time since the game was introduced on the circuit in 2011.

MLG in May with Turbine for their DC Comics MOBA Infinite Crisis, most recently holding a tournament at PAX Prime. Infinite Crisis is likely to make an appearance, while Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops II is the second mainstage game announced for MLG Columbus.

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This will be the first MLG circuit event to not feature Riot Games' MOBA since its appearance on the 2012 circuit in Anaheim during June of that year. The last MLG event to feature League of Legends, the , with 4.7 million unique viewers tuning into watch the event, in addition to the StarCraft II and Call of Duty tournaments.

MLG recently announced that Dota 2 will be present at the event, featuring $50,000 and several world class teams that competed at Valve's The International 3. Along with League of Legends' non-appearance,

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

"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."

"Most important to us is having an ongoing open dialogue with the players, managers, and community to ensure we are delivering the best experience possible. It is truly a pleasure to showcase the game in our NA League, at the upcoming Fall Invitational on October 18, and now at the MLG Championship in Columbus and we look forward to continuing to build the North American Scene at future events and on MLG Play."

For MLG's first time running Dota 2 at a championship event, the organization has decided to limit the tournament to eight teams including invites. Apicella says MLG sent invites based off of prior results, and thoughts from analysts within the community.

"With so much incredible talent, it was challenging to narrow down the list," he said. "We looked at the recent performances, consulted with Dota 2 experts and our partners at Valve, and ultimately decided on this starting list of teams. We wanted to ensure opportunities for up and coming teams to participate in online qualifiers and to incorporate our NA League play and Fall Invitational. We are working on some other surprises as well."

"Unfortunately, due to the busy competition schedule around the globe this fall, we are unable to hold an EU qualifier that doesn't conflict with other events. That being said, we will plan to hold qualifiers for European teams in the future."

Although faltering at this year's International, the Chinese community is still the mainland for many within the Dota community. Although Chinese Dota teams never venture outside of the country except for the International, Apicella says it's not completely out of the question for Columbus.

"We are definitely looking at Chinese teams and will provide an update as soon as we are able," he said.

Prior to this announcement, team owners and MLG have had meetings between themselves for accommodations of all parties involved. While specifics have not been made public, topics that have been raised previously by the owners have included team logo and sponsor exposure within overlays, viewership metrics, and travel support to the event.

"As part of their planning process for this event, MLG was very accommodating to teams' and players' needs, and we applaud them for that," said Evil Geniuses CEO Alex Garfield. "We were able to have an open discussion with MLG (one which is still ongoing), and we're collectively all looking forward to the Columbus event. We hope that other major tournament organizers around the world will also begin to take this kind of open, collaborative approach to event planning."

Apicella sees only good things to come from this.

"As we are just getting started in the Dota scene, it was very important to us that we had transparency with not only the community, but with teams and players as well. We worked closely with team owners to ensure they are comfortable and excited to have their teams compete at the Championship discussing every detail related to the tournament and their experience with MLG.#148;

Leading up to the Championship in Columbus, MLG is running the North American Dota 2 League matches through September 30 to determine which four teams advance to the MLG Fall Invitational. The winner of the Invitational will go to Columbus. Matches air at 7 p.m. EST on Mondays and Wednesdays, and at 4 p.m. EST on Sundays and are commentated by the Beyond the Summit team.

General admission passes for MLG Columbus are on sale Online for $35, and VIP for $250 which includes priority seating, early admission, and a MLG hoodie. Both can be purchased at .

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

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Disney Interactive announced today (via ) that the latest batch of add-on content for Disney Infinity's Toy Box mode features five worlds based on BioShock Infinite, Tron, and Up, among others.

Toy Columbia features a cartoon version of the game's floating city. A new video (below), shows that Toy Columbia features the game's Sky-Line rails, as well as Carl's home from Up, complete with its signature collection of balloons.

In the Tron set, called Trench Run, players must pilot a Tron Recognizer through a trench, while the Jungle Cruise set is based on the the real-world Disney park attraction. Lastly, Sky Gauntlet will offer platforming challenges, while players will have to navigate a maze in Blue Breakout.

The five Toy Box maps are available today as free downloads for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii U. Executive producer John Vignocchi clarified on that the levels are created by the community, not developer Avalanche Software.

For more on Disney Infinity, check out .

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