Dota 2 Articles

Dota 2 news week in review: February 1st - 7th

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

Team Romania crowned Champions of ProDota National Cup

<p>At the end of five months of online game schedules and a best-of-five grand final, Romania snatched the title from Team Russia, despite starting with a one game disadvantage.</p>

Post TI 5 International changes

<p>After TI 5 there has been a trend over the scene, taking players out of their respective regions to explore new places.</p>

STARK eSports - change of roster

<p>STARK Esports recently made an announcement regarding their new roster.&nbsp; Miska &#39;mlwhisper&#39; Koistinen will be replacing Niklas &quot;okcya&quot; Koskinen as the new position 1 player for their Dota2 Team. With this, Joni &#39;Buugi&#39; F&auml;lt will transition back to the support role.</p>

Shanghai Major: 18 days to go

<p>The second Dota 2 Major is set to start 18 days from now, the dates for the group stage prior the main event and the prize pool distribution have been announced.</p>

6.86e: Changes to Lone Druid and Earth Spirit

<p>Bundled with a patch applied on the 5th of February, 6.86e has gone live and features two hero changes.</p>

Empire and Digital Chaos in the same group at Captain’s Draft 3.0

<p>The qualifiers for Captain&rsquo;s Draft3.0 are over, Digital Chaos and Mamas Boys advance into the group stage.</p>

GameBlast to raise £150,000 for charity.

<p>SpecialEffect plans on raising&nbsp;&pound;150,000 in a huge charity weekend focused on gaming, called GameBlast16.</p>

Rumble Town, a new Dota 2 online tournament

<p>Designed with multiple editions to take place over the course of 2016, the new online tournament is sponsored by the esports betting company eBettle and will kick off with the Winter season on February 10.</p>

SEA Kappa Invitationals: The $50,000 SEA tournament

<p>The SEA Kappa Invitationals is an online tournament that will be running over the course of this year, over four seasons, the tournament will give out $50,000 worth of prize money.</p>

Resolution leaving Empire for Digital Chaos

<p>Resolut1on brings unexpected news for the CIS fans as he decided to make a big change and move to a North American team, namely Digital Chaos.</p>

Bamboe released from Mamas Boys roster

<p>Mamas Boys will be the next team to shake up their roster. This time it is none other than Alaan &#39;Bamboe&#39; Faraj on the chopping-block.</p>