Dota 2 Articles

Team Tinker reforms as 'Water Boys' without SingSing and AdmiralBulldog

<p>After two months full of disappointment and mediocre results, Team Tinker has officially disbanded. Using three members of the team&#39;s latest roster, Water Boys will be formed under Good Game Agency, using PatSoul and Wayto instead of SingSing and AdmiralBulldog.</p>

Funn1k leaves Na'Vi

<p>Natus Vincere has just announced the departure of their long-term offlaner Gleb &#39;Funn1k&#39; Lipatnikov. The Ukrainian states that he will be inactive for a while, whereas Na&#39;Vi has not found a replacement yet.&nbsp;</p>

The Year Beast Brawl event to hit the clients tomorrow

<p>A fourth part has been added to the New Bloom 2015 page, &nbsp;including information about the upcoming Year Beast Brawl mode. The event is going to hit clients tomorrow, and players will be rewarded item sets for every victory in the new mode.</p>

Esportal Invitational Qualifier 2 announced

<p>ASUS.Polar will have a second chance at qualifying for Esportal after falling short against Team Empire in the previous Invitational. They are joined by seven other teams including Ninjas in Pyjamas, Team Tinker, Alliance and Virtus Pro as they all compete for a prizepool of &euro;5000 and a place in the LAN finals.</p>

Major All Stars Update: Na`Vi direct invite, NA & EU qualifiers to begin

<p>The upcoming $100,000 Major Allstars LAN event to be hosted in Malaysia has announced their qualifiers for the NA and EU regions to begin this week, with the NA qualifiers beginning on 14 Feb 2015.&nbsp;</p>

iceiceice's AMA: Black^ is out of VG

<p>In his Ask Me Anything that started three hours ago, Daryl &#39;iceiceice&#39; Koh has confirmed that carry player Dominik &#39;Black^&#39; Reitmeier will be leaving Vici Gaming in the upcoming China roster shuffle. He also mentioned that they will have an aggressive replacement.</p>

New Bloom update launched on Test Client, nerfs to Axe and Juggernaut

<p>The event hype continues with New Bloom Part 3, detailing the Crystal Maiden arcana set, Winter Wyvern&#39;s abilities, and nerfs to this patch&#39;s most popular competitive heroes.</p>

"I am very sorry" Black fuels exit rumours on Weibo

<p>Vici Gaming&#39;s Black has made his first post on his Weibo account since January to apologize and further fuel rumours that he will be exiting the Chinese team after failing to secure the grand prize at the Asia Championships.</p>

DkPhobos: "fng was the only one who could save us"

<p>We had a chat with the ASUS.Polar veteran to discuss his comeback the competitive scene. Skim had a chance to interview DkPhobos about the creation of NVMI, the arrival of fng to the team, the impact of the vast amount of tournaments at the moment and his desire to play in a team alongside Dendi. &nbsp;</p>

Valve releases New Bloom comic, confirms both CM Arcana and Winter Wyvern

<p>Much like the &#39;Nemesis Assassin&#39; event, Valve decided to promote New Bloom 2015 with another short comic. This story is titled &#39;New Neighbors&#39; and it confirms both the release of Winter Wyvern and a new Crystal Maiden arcana.&nbsp;</p>

Canada Cup Season 4 group stages begin today

<p>Not Today are in the opening game of the Canada Cup 4 group stages against ROOT Gaming who are expected to field an experimental new lineup against the Peruvians. The remaining three groups are due to begin over the next week and a half.</p>

BurNIng confirms iG transfer rumours, hints more roster changes in China

<p>During his steam earlier today, Xu &#39;BurNIng&#39; Zhilei shared some details regarding the upcoming Chinese reshuffle. While he confirmed his own transfter to Invictus Gaming, he also mentioned that his Big God teammates xiao8 and rOtk will most likely join LGD and CDEC respectively.</p>