Dota 2 Articles

DK and VG win fan-voting to be seeded in i-League LAN finals

<p>The fans have spoken: Team DK and Vici Gaming are the winners of the community poll and will participate in the upcoming i-League LAN finals in September.</p>

Scythe disbanded and Meracle returns to First Departure for now

<p>According to Titan&#39;s manager Tiffani Oling Lim, the Scythe Gaming Dota squad has disbanded. However, Meraclewill continue to play under the First departure together with Lubby, ks, Kai and daFa-.</p>

WePlay Season 3 details announced featuring $200,000 starting prizepool

<p>The third season of WePlay League returns this August with a vast $200,000 prizepool, increased by the sales of the WePlay Compendium. &nbsp;Season 3 will feature teams from all four DotA2 regions, and the open qualifiers will allow any potential challengers to fight against the 16 invited squads.</p>

Moscow Five announces roster with Vigoss and Ars-Art

<p>Russian organization Moscow Five makes a return to the Dota 2 scene and picks up a squad containing many popular names, most notably former Na&#39;Vi and VP player Ars-Art alongside former Team Empire players Vigoss and Blowyourbrain.</p>

i-League groups and schedule for Western and SEA qualifiers announced

<p>The i-League organization released more information regarding the qualifiers for America, Europe and SEA. The qualifiers will take place from August 11th through August 21st, with matches being played between 13:00 and 16:00 CEST everyday.</p>

Interview with Lorin 'Alystair' Halpert - Barcraft Co-Founder & TI4 Signature Guy

<p>Lorin &lsquo;Alystair&rsquo; Halpert is one of the many faceless community members in eSports, and he has a long history of being involved in bringing eSports closer to the general public, primarily in the form of Barcraft, of which he is a co-founder. More recently, he has been involved in the Dota 2 scene, bringing all the physical autographs of players and production crew into the game.&nbsp;</p>

LaNm to release memoirs

<p>In a short interview with&nbsp;China Electronic Athletics Magazine, former DK player LaNm has stated that he is working on his memoir and he plans on releasing them in a month&#39;s time.&nbsp;</p>

D2CL announces 4th season with LAN finals

<p>The Dota 2 Champions League has just recently announced its 4th season. This time around, 18 teams will battle it out for four spots at Dreamhack Masters Bucharest 2014, where the finals will be held. With a starting fund of $50,000, fans can once more contribute to the overall prizepool by purchasing the in-game ticket.</p>

Johnny leaves Arrow Gaming

<p>The Arrow Gaming organization decided to continue their DotA2 journey without Johnny &#39;JoHnNy&#39; Lee. The Malaysian squad is now left with four players, and they will be playing with a stand-in member until they find a suitable replacement for JoHnNy.</p>

DkPhobos, Goblak and IllidanSTR form NVMI

<p>A new team is on the Dota 2 horizon. The post-TI shuffle is slowly taking form as a few players have found a new home. Former DotA pro-player DkPhobos returns to the scene and joins up with Goblak, IllidanSTR and HaRDy-_- to form &quot;NVMI&quot;. A fifth player has yet to be announced.&nbsp;</p>

IllidanSTR and ARS-ART part ways with Virtus.Pro

<p>The troubled roster of Virtus.Pro is about to change once again, as both Sergey &#39;ARS-ART/Smile&#39; Revin and Ilya &#39;IllidanSTR&#39; Pevcaev are off the team. Their replacements have yet to be announced, as the organization needs more time to find the right players to fill the remaining roles.</p>

The Sleeping Lion - A documentary about Invictus Gaming

<p>Following NewBee&#39;s documentary last week, ImbaTV released yet another movie for the Chinese TI4 participants. This time, the camera turns towards Invictus Gaming, 2012&#39;s champions, who finished 7th/8th this year.&nbsp;</p>