A team with two key Arab players has won The International 7, a Dota 2 tournament with over $24 million at stake.
Team Liquid members Lebanese gamer Maroun “GH” Merhej and Jordanian Amer Al-Barkawi took home a whopping $10,834,200 from a Dota 2 tournament. Joining them are Lasse Urpalainen (from Finland), Ivan Borislavov Ivanov (Bulgaria), and Kuro Salehi Takhasomi (Germany).
Dota 2 is a popular (and free!) video game developed by Valve Software.
Team Newbee took second place, earning $3,945,134. A blow-by-blow account of the grand finale is available at Kotaku.
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