Dota 2 Articles

$300,000+ i-League Season 2 inbound, more details released

<p>The second season of the crowdfunded tournament i-League will take place this winter, starting with the open regional qualifiers late in November 2014. It will feature a base prizepool of $300,000, increased by donations and ingame ticket sales.</p>

ACE to ban Oldboys and Old Man from Chinese tournaments?

<p>Today it has been reported that ACE will be holding a meeting to determine whether teams Oldboys and The Old Man will be allowed to participate in Chinese tournaments or not.&nbsp;</p>

Announcing GosuCup SEA for Hearthstone - weekly series with $6,000 in cash and Dota 2 items

<p>Players from the SEA region will get the chance to play Hearthstone and compete for hard cash and lots and lots of Dota 2 keys and rares.</p>

UPDATE 2: DreamLeague drama continues, TT vs. Fnatic tonight

<p>The Western European divison of the DreamLeague kicks off today and it will see Alliance take on 4 Anchors and Fnatic facing off against Team Tinker. For three days, these four teams will play 3 bo1s against each other to determine the top two teams that will travel to Stockholm.&nbsp;</p>

Evil Geniuses are the Star Series X champions after 3-2 victory against Secret

<p>What they could not do last season against Empire and DK, they did it this season against Team Secret. Evil Geniuses are the StarLadder X champions, after their 3-2 victory in the best-of-five grand final. The Americans will be taking home the $106,000 first place prize.</p>

XMG Captain's Draft #2 announced with over $50,000 up for grabs

<p>After a very successful first season, the XMG Captain&#39;s Draft returns once again on October 31st. The tournament features eight of the strongest teams of the West, battling over the initial $50,000 prizepool, boosted by the sales of the tournament&#39;s promotional items.</p>

StarLadder Day 3: Team Secret goes to the finals

<p>Both IAP and Virtus.pro were eliminated in the first round. In the following round, Alliance was able to upset by taking down Team Tinker. A dominating Secret Team preformance forces Evil Geniuses to the lower bracket finals.&nbsp;</p>

G-League begins today without VG and NewBee

<p>The G-League LAN finals will begin today, with 8 of the top teams in China playing it out for a $42,500 Prizepool.&nbsp;</p>

Meet the Newbee Academy recruits

<p>Newbee have announced today that they will be taking on a new team under the name Newbee.Y. This new team will bring in some fresh faces who are willing to to give it their all in the professional scene.</p>

StarLadder Day 2 : EG and Secret advance to WB finals

<p>After the initial winner bracket matches, it will be Evil Geniuses and Secret facing off in the winner bracket final tomorrow. Despite putting up a fight, both Team Tinker and Natus Vincere were defeated and bumped down into the loser bracket.</p>

SynergyLeague SEA: Johnny+4 vs. insidiousidol kick off playoffs tomorrow

<p>The South-East Asian division of the SynergyLeague continues tomorrow as insidiousidol will take on Johnny+4. The double elimination playoffs will determine which two SEA teams will qualify for the SynergyLeague LAN finals in Russia.&nbsp;</p>

StarLadder Day 2: Na'Vi breaks the tie, advances to Winner Bracket

<p>The group stage of StarLadder Finals is in the books now, and in the aftermath of the back-and-forth group B, it is Na`Vi joining Secret in the winner bracket alongside EG and Team Tinker from group B. The remaining teams will start off in the lower bracket.</p>