Battle Pass owners can now find 15 Player Card Packs as a claimable Level 1 Battle Pass reward. Each pack contains five Player Cards, including at least one Silver or Gold Card. Claim and unwrap your packs to see which players from The International you can use to build your daily Fantasy Challenge rosters. Silver and Gold cards also include random stat bonuses that will be added to that player's fantasy score. Card Packs are marketable and tradable, and duplicate or unwanted cards can be recycled towards earning even more packs.

Select a roster of three Core Player Cards and two Support Player Cards per day to compete in the Fantasy Challenge. Each Player Card on your roster will score fantasy points based on how well they perform during that day of The International. After the conclusion of the tournament, you will earn Battle Points based on how many fantasy points you've scored relative to the rest of the community.

Fill out your tournament bracket to earn increasing amounts of Battle Points for correct predictions in The International Main Event. Just click on the team in each matchup that you think will win the series to advance them to the next round. Keep clicking until your championship run is set. The more correct predictions you make, the more Battle Points you'll receive. A perfect bracket nets you 50 Battle Levels. Make your selections any time from August 6 08:00 GMT until predictions close on August 8 at 18:00 GMT.

Test your knowledge of the current competitive scene for a chance to win Battle Points. Review your secret stats notebook or just go with your gut feeling to lock in your Hero, Team, Player, and Tournament Predictions and let your powers of prognostication pay off.

Once the tournament begins, make your in-game Battle Predictions during live matches of The International to work towards a new set of Achievements.

Arriving just in time for The International, the Dota 2 VR Hub brings the immersion of Virtual Reality to the world of Dota 2.

Step into Dota VR Theater to watch live matches and replays in SteamVR. Jump in solo, with friends, or join the community to watch the action unfold on an enormous screen surrounded by full-size avatars of the heroes on the battlefield. Select the minimap at any point to move directly onto the field of battle itself, then use the controllers to teleport around the Dota landscape.

Change the camera height on the fly to look down from on high at an unfolding gank, hover close overhead to witness the battle dance of the mid-lane matchup, or stand at ground level beneath the mighty Roshan himself as a tournament-defining team fight breaks out around you.

Check out the VR Hub FAQ for more information.

Peruse the gallery of your favorite life-sized heroes in their most dashing items and finery with the VR Hero Showcase.

You don't need to be at KeyArena to take in The International alongside a crowd of thousands. In-game spectator chat now has increased capacity, and can support large numbers of viewers in a single channel. You can also now access the spectator chat channel in the new Live Game tab in the dashboard chat window.