Dota 2 Articles

First Departure reforms with the original roster

<p>First Departure reverts back to the original roster which they used back when they first formed in 2012. Hanafication and Poloson replace KS and daFa to once again join up with their long-time team mates of Meracle, Meen and Lubby.</p>

No DreamLeague for Alliance - Tinker and 4ASC progress

<p>With the final three matches of the Dreamleague EU West qualifiers being played, we now know the final teams that qualify for the Dreamhack LAN. Team Tinker and 4 Anchors will join the others in Stockholm, Sweden later this month for more matches.</p>

Xtinct no longer part of Team Malaysia

<p>Southeast Asian veteran player Joel &#39;Xtinct&#39; Chan has announced that he will no longer be part of Team Malaysia, leaving the roster with only four players. He has made no statement about his future yet.&nbsp;</p>

ACE tolerates retired players and teams

<p>Last week it has been reported that ACE was considering banning teams Oldyboys and Oldmen, now known as Big God. A few days ago however, ACE has stated that they will not take actions against these teams and players.</p>

Mineski set to reveal brand-new DotA 2 lineup

<p>Following the recent matchfixing scandal and the subsequent player bans and removals that followed, Filipino eSports flagship Mineski has announced a near-total revamp of its DotA 2 squad, spearheaded by two new faces.</p>

Two players leave AlbumSheets, Bignum to sQreens Squad

<p>The up and coming team AlbumSheets run into a speed bump as Bignum and Inkvizitor leave the team. Bignum will instead be playing with sQreens Squad with a supposedly new stable roster.</p>

The Summit 2 - European teams face-off today, Chinese teams face-off tomorrow

<p>The European bracket for The Summit 2 is starting today, the Chinese brackets is starting tomorrow. The brackets will feature the top 4 winners of the round robin from each region. Top tier teams such as Newbee, Vici Gaming, Team Secret and Cloud9 will fight for two spots in Los Angeles.</p>

Coach Mikasa leaves Newbee, joins CDEC - a portrait

<p>Recently, due to a dispute between Mikasa and Newbee, Mikasa left Newbee. We take a closer look at who is Mikasa, and what was his role in making Newbee the TI4 champions.</p>

CompLexity's Riser injured and replaced by BloodyNine

<p>The North-American squad has been forced to replace one of their players. Support player Andrew &#39;Bronze&#39; Riser is suffering from a back injury and will thus not be able to compete with the team for the time being. Former HoN player Daniel &#39;BloodyNine&#39; Foster will fill the void.</p>

Dreamleague 2: NA Groupstage Starts Today

<p>With the Dreamleauge drama settling down, today we start the North American groupstage for the ASUS ROG Dreamleague #2. The group will have Cloud9, EG, Complexity and SNA all competing for just 2 spots that will move them forward to the LAN finals.</p>

"Streamer salaries are ten times higher than for pro players" - Lanm Talks about Esports

<p>Lanm&#39;s speech at the 9th annual IResearch Summit. Lanm was a guest speaker at the event. During his speech, he introduces us to the development of Esports in China and talks about the income gap between streamers and pro players, interwined in the speech is his personal stories and his thought on the issue.</p>

Na'Vi are the D2CL Bucharest Champions after 3-0 victory against Team Tinker

<p>With a quick and decisive series in the Grand Finals, the D2CL Bucharest Champions have been crowned. Using their WB game advantage well, Natus Vincere came out on top of Team Tinker with a clean 3-0 to win the $38,000 prize.</p>