You might have heard a little dickie bird (whatever one of those are) tell you about the $1.6 million DotA 2 tournament happening at Gamescom, starting today and ending at the weekend.

Well, don't just take the word of some dumb beast about it all. You can actually watch it for yourselves on an official Live Stream.

The bad news? Well, they're not mad keen on it being embedded it seems and it's also got so much interest you can probably expect it to be a bit choppy. Still, it's all there though and it will provide for many a first glimpse of the game mechanics as well as allowing them to follow the action.

The stream is here.

Expect more announcements from the tournament over the course of the weekend.