The Valve Dota 2 Boston Major has its first eight teams.

The direct invites to the tournament beginning on Dec. 3 are Wings Gaming, Digital Chao, Evil Geniuses, Newbee, EHOME, Execration, OG and MVP Phoenix.

Wings Gaming are invited to the party as the winners of The International 6, followed by TI6 finalists Digital Chaos. Despite recent struggles in LAN events, their pedigree and reputation precedes them and granted them a spot in Boston.

Three more teams come from results at the MarsTV Dota 2 League LAN event. Evil Geniuses emerged victorious from MDL after finishing third at TI6, while finalists Newbee and third-place finisher OG will be along for the ride as well.

Execration and EHOME have been strong in their regions this season, and though MVP Phoenix has struggled in recent weeks, the team finished fourth at TI6 and is still a force to be reckoned with.

The other eight teams will be determined through open qualifiers from Oct. 23-26 and regional qualifiers from Oct. 27-30.

The group stage of the $3 million event runs from Dec. 3-4 and the main event will take place from Dec. 7-10.