Dota 2 Articles

Dark Rift update: Underlord arrives

<p>After the tantalizing teaser in the TI6 All-Star Match, the long awaited Underlord makes his debut along with a higher level of post-game analysis tools for those looking to further their skills.&nbsp;</p>

Dota2, CSGO, LOL and many more featured at Persian Gulf Cup this September

<p>Despite the difficulties and limitations of eSports in Iran, some great events were organized during this summer to provide Iranian gamers opportunities to gain competitive experience and the chance of participating at LAN events.</p>

QO interview post TI6: “I need more time before telling how things will go for me with MVP”

<p>MVP Phoenix finished top six at the recently concluded International, but their performance wass far from satisfactory. Dota2.ru conducted an interview with Kim &#39;QO&#39; Seon-yeop and tried to figure out what happened with the team in Seattle.</p>

Dota 2 news week in review: August 22nd

<p>For those who might have missed the most important news from the past week in the competitive Dota 2 scene, here is a short recap.</p>

TNC Pro Team: One hit wonders?

<p>After eliminating the front runners to win The International 2016 and achieving a 7-8th place overall finish, TNC Pro Team currently have just one member remaining on the roster.</p>

Vega Squadron finalize their roster

<p>Vega Squadron secured four out the five players for the Fall Shuffle at the beginning of August, and today they announced Bogdan &#39;Iceberg&#39; Vasylenko joining them as well, plus the addition of a second manager for their Dota 2 squad.</p>

WESG opens national qualifiers for all European and CIS countries

<p>The exciting $1.5M prize pool Dota 2 tournament organized by StarLadder and ImbaTV opens its doors for European and CIS regional qualifiers where 20 national teams will qualify for regional LAN finals.</p>

The Greeks to stick, Ad Finem stays together

<p>Greek team Ad Finem has confirmed on Twitter that they will be maintaining their roster for the fall roster lock.&nbsp;</p>

Mafia has returned to the BTS house for The Town

<p>Over 30 of your favourite DotA 2 personalities will come together at The Town, once again, to take each other down in an all-out bloodbath &ndash; in the fantastic social game of Mafia.</p>

EE, DJ and MP among first to enter free agency

<p>The first phase of DOTA 2&rsquo;s post TI shuffle kicked off following Valve&rsquo;s announcement of the new roster swap system. EternalEnvy, DJ and MP are among the first to vacate their teams during the &ldquo;drop period&rdquo;.</p>

Alliance,Team Liquid and Escape Gaming to battle in the WCA European Regional Qualifiers next week

<p>With a $54,000 prize pool on the line and two spots up for grabs for the LAN finals, Season 2 of WCA 2016 will kick off the European Regional Qualifiers on the 23rd of August.</p>

Hao retires: "I'll rest for half a year, or possibly, forever"

<p>Carry of the TI4 winning <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-lang="en_US" data-scayt-word="Newbee">Newbee</span> squad and the carry of&nbsp;<span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-lang="en_US" data-scayt-word="Newbee">Newbee</span> at TI6, the veteran Chinese player&nbsp;has decided that his time is done as a player.</p>