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Valve has added weekend tournaments to Dota 2, allowing everyone to take part in some competitive action. The Summer Battle Cup season will feature new tournaments every Saturday at 7pm until the end of August. Teams of five players will party up and take part in an eight team single …
Read More »No Diggity Dota 2 team signed by Escape Gaming days before TI6 qualifiers
Escape Gaming has signed the No Diggity Dota 2 team, just days after the squad was invited to the European qualifier for The International 6. No Diggity has been playing together for some months now, placing fourth at DreamLeague and qualifying for events such as EPICENTER. The team’s strong performances …
Read More »Six teams invited to The International 6, 10 places still up for grabs
OG, Team Liquid, Newbee, LGD Gaming, MVP Phoenix and Natus Vincere have all received direct invitations to The International 6, the biggest Dota 2 event of the year. The teams have been invited after competing at the top level over the past few months, and keeping team rosters unchanged after …
Read More »Team Secret and EG switch players, will have to go through open qualifiers for The International 6
After being knocked out of the Manila Major and coming joint last, both Team Secret and Evil Geniuses have made roster changes. Team Secret offlaner Saahil UNiVeRsE” Arora has left the team, seemingly heading back to Evil Geniuses, the team he played with at TI5, while EG’s offlaner, Kanishka BuLba” …
Read More »Virtus Pro disqualified from The Summit 5 Dota 2 tournament after using ineligible player
Virtus Pro have been disqualified from The Summit 5 after trying to use an ineligible player, disguised as one of their regular team mates. Over the weekend the European leg of The Summit 5 qualifiers wrapped up, with two of Europe’s finest Dota teams, Virtus Pro and Ad Finem, battling …
Read More »Prize pool for Dota 2’s The International 6 passes $5 million in 48 hours
The prize pool for The Intentional 6, the biggest Dota 2 competition of the year, has already exceeded $5 million, despite fans only being able to contribute for less than 48 hours. The International Battle Pass launched late on Monday and, at the time of writing around 45 hours later, …
Read More »MarsTV and Perfect World join forces to host a $1 million Chinese Dota 2 league
MarsTV, Perfect World and the Chinese Sports Information Center of National Sports General Administration have partnered in order to create a $1 million Dota 2 league for Chinese teams. The first of two seasons of The Dota 2 Professional League, will start on May 18th and will feature 22 teams. …
Read More »Valve shows off Dota 2’s VR spectator mode
To coincide with the launch of the HTC Vive, the first Steam VR device, Valve created multiple videos to show what the hardware can do, one of which gave a first look at spectating Dota 2 in virtual reality. The short clip, which can be seen in the tweet below, …
Read More »Valve announces August date for Dota 2 International
Valve has announced that the main event of The International 6 will take place August 8th – August 13that the Key Arena in Seattle, with tickets going on sale April 7th. Tickets for the six day event, which will see the best Dota 2 teams in the world compete for …
Read More »‘Chinese eBay’ Alibaba announces $5.5m eSports tournament for CS:GO, others
Alibaba, the world’s largest e-commerce site, has entered the eSports arena with a $5.5m tournament to be held through their sports subsidiary Ali Sports reportedly beginning this April. The World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) will feature a $1.5m CS:GO tournament, the same for Dota 2, with a $400,000 StarCraft II …
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