Dota 2 Articles

Phoenix rises, together with the Replay Takeover mode

<p>Phoenix joins Terroblade in tomorrow&#39;s patch.&nbsp;As leaked earlier today, the new mode Replay Takeover will allow players to join in a replay at any timestamp and take over from there, playing the heroes.&nbsp;</p>

New patch brings an old friend

<p>Dota 2 v6.80 is here and with it comes the long awaited hero Terrorblade as well as a new mode called &quot;Random Ability Draft&quot;.&nbsp;On top of that, multiple heroes are changed and Earth Spirit leads the competition for longest changelog.</p>

Dota 2 versus League of Legends in China: Statistics

<p>17173.com has analysed some statistics on MOBA gameplay in China from the months of July to November 2013, agglomerated from Shun Wang Corporation, the largest net cafe operator in China.</p>

CIS Carnage goes to playoffs: Next.kz cleared of match fixing charges

<p>The groupstage for CIS Carnage has ended, leaving four teams to face-off against each other in the playoffs. At the same time, there has been an update on the match fixing scandal involving NEXT.kz.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

New Bloom Festival - Dota 2 new game mode

<p>Valve has just announced the coming of the New Bloom Festival which will&nbsp;potentially feature a new game mode along with new cosmetic items. The patch would most likely be implemented in the coming days as Chinese New Year draws closer.</p>

Yamateh joins Titan as fifth member

<p>Titan, who have been playing with a mystery standin for the past few weeks of competition, have finally announced the fifth member of their team, none other than old school Malaysian superstar Wei Poong &#39;Yamateh&#39; Ng.&nbsp;</p>

Hyhy: 'Me joining Scythe is not true'

<p>On January 21st, we announced the formation of a new Singaporean powerhouse (Scythe) led by formerly superstar Benedict &#39;hyhy&#39; Lim but a Facebook update posted minutes ago on Lim&#39;s old fanpage stated that it is not true.</p>

Rares and branches burned as EoT.Hammer upsets Zephyr in Nexon Sponsorship League S3

<p>Going into the match as the heavy favourite to win Nexon Sponsorship League S3, Zephyr let a lot of their fans down earlier today when they lost to EoT.Hammer, the team with three Pinoy and two Korean players in a five game series.</p>

Steelseries Euro Cup # 3 starting today

<p>The sixteen-team, single-elimination&nbsp;Steelseries Euro Cup # 3&nbsp;is due this weekend, with all the games until the semifinals scheduled today. Among the teams in the tournament are Fnatic and RoX.KiS.</p>

Next.kz disqualified from CIS Carnage due to match fixing scandal

<p>Kazakhstan team Next.kz has been disqualified from CIS Carnage due to a match fixing scandal against Relax yesterday evening.</p>

Efeng resigns as CEO of iG

<p>Yuan &#39;Efeng&#39; Liu, CEO of Invictus Gaming, issued a statement late last night announcing that he has officially left the club. iG officials told us that the club will continue operating as per usual.</p>

Sixth season of GMPGL starting this weekend

<p>The sixth season of the Gigabyte Mineski Pro Gaming League (GMPGL) will start this weekend, with Dota 2 serving as the banner game. For the first time since its conception, there will be no more WC3 DotA on that league.</p>