Dota 2 Articles

Workshop creators take over $57 million since 2011

<p>The Steam Workshop has proven its susccess in the past three years, with over US$57 million generated for content creators. Valve have decided to expand this crowdsourcing network to include non-Valve titles to encourage greater user contribution.&nbsp;</p>

DAC Day 1 - MVP.Phoenix takes down Newbee, LGD scores first Chinese victory

<p>The long awaited groupstage of the Dota 2 Asia Championships is here and the best of the best are set to compete for the $2,000,000+ prizepool. Giants such as Invictus Gaming, Newbee, Vici Gaming, Evil Geniuses and more are ready to battle.&nbsp;</p>

Virtus.pro wins the HitBox BH Europe showdown against Team Tinker

<p>Another cup of the HitBoxTV Bounty Hunter series has just concluded, with Virtus.pro taking down Team Tinker in four games to win the $1,500. The next battle of the series will take place between two American squads, Fire and compLexity, on January 30th.</p>

eSports are now a 2nd level Olympic sport

<p>eSports have been accredited as an official 2nd level Olympic sport by the&nbsp;Korean Olympic Committee.</p>

Blitz joins joinDOTA

<p>William &#39;Blitz&#39; Lee, former Zephyr mid, will be part of the joinDOTA crew from now on as they picked him up after his stint in South Korea with Zephyr ended. With the addition of Wiilliam &#39;Blitz&#39; Lee the joinDOTA crew now consist of five people.</p>

The DAC Group Stage: A chance to prove a point

<p>The group stages of Perfect World&#39;s Dota2 Asia Champonships are nearly upon us, we take a look at what the attending teams will want to prove in this tournament which many dub TI 4.5.</p>

DAC Wildcards - Na'Vi and HGT finish top, PR dominated

<p>The Dota 2 Asia Championships have begun and the two remaining slots will be played out in the next 24 hours. Natus Vincere, Power Rangers, Wings Gaming, Energy Pacemaker, HyperGloryTeam and Speed Gaming will fight out who will play in the main event.</p>

Valve economist Yanis Varoufakis becomes Greek Minister of Finance

<p>With the election of Syriza party in the elections of January 2015, Yanis Varoufakis will take the wheel of the Greek Ministry of Finance. Varoufakis is known in the gaming world for his work with Valve, as he helped shape Steam&#39;s digital economy as we know it today.</p>

Vega Squadron qualify for DotaPit Season 3

<p>Vega Squadron have qualified for DotaPit Season 3 after a narrow victory over Moscow 5 International guaranteed one of the two available qualification places. Only Moscow 5 International, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Meepwn&#39;d remain in the qualifier to compete for the final spot.</p>

The DAC Wildcard Qualifier preview

<p>The Dota 2 Asian Championship is set to be the biggest tournament outside of The International in 2015 with a gigantic prizepool of over 2 million dollars. 14 of the 16 protagonists are already settled to fight in Shangai&rsquo;s Indoor Stadium while the top2 of the Wildcard Qualifier will join them in the prestigious event. Will Na&#39;Vi crawl their way back to the top of the European scene? Is this the ZSMJ&#39;s comeback to the grand stage? Or is this the breakout tournament of PR?&nbsp;</p>

DotaPit S3 Qualifiers: NiP strong, 4ASC and BU out

<p>The DotaPit League Season 3 Qualifiers are underway and the final two spots at the main event are up for grabs for 6 of the remaining teams. At stake is a piece of a prize pool of at least $80,000.</p>

MyNuts no longer with Alliance, Niqua joins

<p>Alliance has made yet another alteration to their roster. Mynuts is not part of the team anymore and long-term stand-in Niqua will join the roster for now.&nbsp;</p>