The update on 26th April 2013 has Announced the International 3.:)
Yes!!!
According to Valve, TI3 will be held at Seattle. It will be at the same place as TI2. TI3 promises to be bigger mightier and more fiercer. The winners of TI2 IG are the first team to be invited to TI3. IG is the only team invited as of till now.
The winners of the East and West Qualifiers will join those 13 invited teams. Those qualifiers will be hosted by GDStudio from May 13 to 19 for the West division and by BeyondTheSummit from May 20 to 26 for the East division. A wild card match between the two runners-up of the East and West Qualifiers will determine which team scores the sixteenth and final spot.
Russian shoutcaster, Vitali Volochai a.k.a 'v1lat' announced on Twitter that he has been invited to The International 3, Dota 2's biggest annual event.
The reason for such an early invite may be due to last year's incident in which three other Russian casters could not get their visa in time when they were invited in May.
His dedication can be exemplified when he lost his voice shouting at "The Play".
Cyborgmatt wrote on Reddit, "V1lat's dedication at TI2 was amazing, towards the end of the event he was literally dumping entire pots of honey in his morning tea before setting off for the venue".
However, Sgamer reported this morning that Chinese caster Wei Hua 'LaoDang' Dang has also been invited to cast The International 3. According to LaoDang's Weibo post, LaoDang stated Ming Yin 'Hippovic' Chen, Valve's Chinese Dota 2 representative invited him to the tournament yesterday after a short talk with Icefrog.
This indicates that Valve are already starting to send invites out to established and potential casters for their annual event in Seattle. Gosugamers also contacted Hippovic about LaoDang's Weibo post and was given the green light on the matter.
The Translated LaoDang Weibo post reads as :
In a brief conversation with IceFrog earlier, I have been invited as the official Chinese shoutcaster in The International 3. The day before yesterday when Seafall asked me about this, I told him I wouldn't even dare to think about it. As it turns out, Hippovic messaged me and talked to me about this on the same day. This is truly unbelievable.
My invite to TI3 as a live caster , this is the biggest surprise and my biggest challenge of the year. Enough of the nonsense, see you in TI3. Finally, a special thanks to Hippovic for his recommendation and for helping me in translation.