The TI 2026 prize pool grew by almost $500 thousand in the first 30 hours after the release of the Compendium

The prize pool for The International 2026 has surpassed the $2 million mark, exceeding last year's figure several times.

At the time of publication, the prize pool for The International 2026 is $2,095,382. In approximately 30 hours after the release of the Compendium, the tournament fund has grown by almost half a million dollars. By comparison, last year it took three days to reach the $2 million mark.

Commentator Vladimir 'Maelstorm' Kuzminov spoke about the successful start of the Compendium.

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Vladimir 'Maelstorm' Kuzminov

Previously, the developers released a Compendium dedicated to The International 2026. At the same time, patch 7.41e was also added to Dota 2, the rating system was changed with a partial reset of MMR, and a huge number of bugs were fixed as part of the “Summer Purge”.