World of Warcraft aggressive dungeon-clearing will get a $100ok event

Presenting the Mythic Dungeon Invitational: a PvE event to clear not raids, however dungeons (clearly), with shares in a $100,000 prize pool up for grabs. 

Starting on July 25, potential entrants will compete in a two-week ‘proving grounds’ interval wherein they’ll goal to put up the most effective scores whereas clearing Mythic Keystone dungeons. When the 2 weeks are up, the eight top-scoring groups from the Americas, Europe, China, and Asia-Pacific will advance to the ultimate pool of 32.

The remaining showdown will then happen at some point in September, wherein the qualifying groups will face a sequence of elimination rounds to find out the eventual winners, all of it broadcast on the Warcraft Twitch channel.  

It’s fascinating to see Blizzard embracing aggressive PvE in Warcraft, when the raid race is so gruelling for little reward apart from bragging rights. One wonders if occasions just like the Mythic Dungeon Invitational will presage extra official assist for aggressive raiding.

Here’s the announcement on the World of Warcraft site. If you’d prefer to become involved, keep watch over the WoW esports site for extra particulars, coming quickly. Very better of luck!