Dota 2 Articles

Dota 2 news week in review: May 16th

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

Team Liquid are crowned the EPICENTER Champions

<p>After a long and arduous battle for all the teams involved, we finally find ourselves at the Epicenter: Moscow finals. Newbee versus Team Liquid. Both teams looked ultimately unstoppable through the event, dropping barely any games &ndash; but only one would prevail as the EPICENTER champions.</p>

The EPICENTER Grand Finals are set: Newbee are the lower bracket sole survivors

<p>In the lower bracket finals at EPICENTER, Newbee got their chance at a rematch with OG, who sent them to the lower bracket in the first place and ended their 29 game winning streak.</p>

Team Liquid are the first finalists at EPICENTER

<p>After Newbee&rsquo;s spectacular dismantling of compLexity we head into the last series of the day with&nbsp;Team Liquid versus OG. The winner of this game will secure their spot in the grand&nbsp;final, while the loser will only survive if they&rsquo;re able to beat Newbee tomorrow.</p>

Newbee - one series away from EPICENTER’s Grand Finals

<p>The only Chinese team participating at the first edition of EPICENTER, Newbee survived yet another lower bracket series by eliminating compLexity Gaming and has now secured a top three finish.</p>

The American battle at EPICENTER sees EG heading home

<p>The American battle to stay in Epicenter saw&nbsp;compLexity Gaming going up against Evil Geniuses. The losing team heads&nbsp;home, while the winner will go on to face Newbee in the next round.</p>

Newbee keep the Chinese dream alive at EPICENTER

<p>Day two of the&nbsp;EPICENTER playoffs ended close to midnight in Moscow, Russia with the elimination series between TI3 and TI4 Champions&nbsp;Alliance and Newbee.</p>

Virtus.Pro exit Epicenter

<p>After saying goodbye to Team Secret in the Epicenter event, we found out if VP would utilise their home field advantage and breeze through the lower bracket or if coL would stop the Russians and send them packing.</p>

EPICENTER: Secret pack their bags

<p>In a thrilling best-of-three series, Alliance defeated Secret 2-1 and proceed to face Newbee in the next round, while Secret has been eliminated from the event.</p>

Nanyang Championship #2: Fnatic takes the SEA direct invite

<p>With the release of the direct invites to Nanyang Championship season two, <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-lang="en_US" data-scayt-word="Fnatic">Fnatic</span> has been revealed to be the third of four direct invites.</p>

StarLadder i-League Star Series Season 2 to be held in North America

<p>The first season of the StarLadder i-League Star Series crowned Alliance as champions in Minsk, Belarus in January this year, and the event will visit the warm weather of the North American coast next.</p>

Team Liquid dominates in the Epicenter upper bracket playoffs

<p>The first day of the playoffs of Epicenter: Moscow brought us two upper bracket games.</p>