Dota 2 Articles

Major Allstars : Rave and Invasion invited, Team Redemption allowed in qualifiers

<p>Rave and Invasion are the two SEA squads to receive a direct invitation to the LAN finals of Major Allstars tournament in March 2015. Two more SEA teams will join the finals through the open qualifiers, which will also include Team Redemption (ex-Arrow Gaming).</p>

Streaming sites conflict over DAC coverage

<p>Chinese streaming sites, DouyuTV and HuomaoTV are in conflict over the rights to cover the Dota2 Asia Championships. So far, HuomaoTv has threatened legal action against DouyuTv if they do not stop their coverage of the DAC.</p>

Esportal: eight teams left in the second open qualifiers ft. Moscow 5

<p>The Esportal open qualifiers are down to the last eight teams, these teams will be fighting to fill the thrid invite slot at the Esportal league lan finals. Not only that, the winner of this open qualifiers will win a first prize of &euro;2000.</p>

District in Philippines bans DotA from all LAN cafes

<p>The authorities of the Salawag district of Cavite, Philippines decided to officially ban DotA from all local LAN cafes. The prohibition was enforced to put an end to gambling and violence amongst the game&#39;s young audience.</p>

$10,000 up for grabs as Alienware's Area 51 Cup begins today

<p>Meepwn&#39;d will debut at Alienware&#39;s Area 51 Cup that features some of the top European teams, with Team Empire, ASUS.Polar and Virtus Pro competing for the top prize. Alliance and Team Tinker also feature in the event, which will be a test for their newly formed rosters.</p>

Weplay Season 3 delayed due to Valve error?

<p>Trouble strikes again for the already several months delayed Weplay Season 3. In an apparent error by Valve, the intended cosmetic to be released alongside the Weplay compendium has been used for another event.</p>

Beyond Dota: Movie Making

<p>We take a look behind the scenes of moviemaking in Dota 2 - what do movie makers in Dota think, how did they get started and is there an actual scene to support a whole career?</p>

Team Empire win StarLadder Season XI

<p>It&#39;s seventh time lucky for Team Empire as the Russian team finally won a StarLadder title by taking down ASUS.Polar by 3 games to 1 in a dramatic final. Debutants Ninjas in Pyjamas were forced to settle for third after losing their game earlier in the day.</p>

StarLadder XI Day 3: Empire reach grand final, NaVi, Fire, MVP eliminated

<p>The penultimate day of StarLadder Season XI finished with Team Empire entering the grand final following another convincing win. NiP are forced into the lower bracket to face ASUS.Polar in the lower bracket final after the Russian team tore through the lower bracket eliminating both Fire and MVP Phoenix.</p>

4 Anchors reform

<p>The famous &#39;fin stack&#39; announced their new line-up in the midst of rumours that suggested their disband after Jerax&#39;s departure. This new roster features nordic rising-star nemphy as their new mid player while Trixi and Buugi will change their roles.</p>

GosuCup SEA #12 brackets are live

<p>There are three more budget cups remaining in the GosuCup SEA circuit and this Saturday is the first of them. At 14:00 SGT on January 17th, compete for a bounty of Dota 2 rares and keys and get a spot in the $500 grand finals.</p>

SLTV XI Day 2: Empire and NiP dominant, PR and HR eliminated

<p>The second day of the StarLadder Season XI LAN finals has come to an end and two teams have now been eliminated. Hellraisers and Power Rangers did not perform well enough and fell short to Fire and MVP.Phoenix. In the upper bracket, Empire displayed a dominating performance over Na&#39;Vi, and NiP took out Polar.</p>