Dota 2 Articles

Dota 2 First Blood update rolls in. LAN function activated

<p>The First Blood patch announced on on the 19th of September is here. The 388.3 MB patch will include LAN function, Captain&#39;s Draft mode and many other improvement to the games. Fountain hook is also no longer do-able.</p>

Blitz moves to Korea to become a professional player. Team undisclosed

<p>William &#39;Blitz&#39; Lee stated that he will be going to Korea to become a professional player. He did not disclose which team he will be joining in Korea but we can confirm that he is not joining E&#39;oT. He is also most possibly not joining FXOpen.</p>

Titan debuts in GEST The Challenge

<p>GEST The Challenge September, the final GEST series this year will be kicking off tonight with four teams, two from China and two from South East Asia. All four teams will be competing for the $1,500 prize pool. The winner will take $1,000 while the second placer will bring home $500.</p>

Empire and EG conquer group B of WePlay

<p>The second group of WePlay just concluded with newly reformed teams Empire and Evil Geniuses taking the top two positions. The questionmark that currently is Dignitas failed to make it through to next stage.</p>

XtincT: 'We figured that Ice is the best choice'

<p>Fresh off his third place finish at The International 3, XtincT and three of his former Orange teammates found a new sponsor and a new player to replace the recently departed Mushi. Catching wind on the exciting announcement, ReiNNNN caught up with XtincT to talk about his outlook on the new sponsor and the team&#39;s decision to add Ice into the team.</p>

Titan picks up ex-Orange squad and Ice

<p>Four of Orange former players and Ice has officially announced Titan as their new sponsor. They will be moving to their new gaming house in another state next month.</p>

WPC-ACE League begins today. DK versus VG grudge match first

<p>WPC-ACE League will be officially kicking off today and the first match of the day cannot get any better than this. DK and Vici Gaming will go head on in this grudge match to decide who will be first victor of the 2013 ACE League.</p>

Liquid trades Korok for waytoosexy

<p>Just a day after the announcement of Michael &#39;ixmike88&#39; Ghannam going inactive, Team Liquid has announced a roster change and this time, they have initiated a trade with Team Dignitas, swapping their solo mid player Steven &#39;Korok&#39; Ashworth for Peter &#39;waytoosexy&#39; Nguyen.</p>

Orange loses Dota 2 squad

<p>Orange, one of Malaysia&#39;s most prominent E-Sports organization in recent years, has dropped the four remaining players of its Dota 2 squad. This announcement&nbsp;came a little over three weeks after the team&#39;s solo-mid player Chai &#39;Mushi&#39; Yee Fung left the team for DK.</p>

ixmike88 goes inactive but will stay with Liquid

<p>Just moments ago, Team Liquid announced that Michael &#39;ixmike88&#39; Ghannam will be going inactive although he will still remain with organization to do some Dota 2 related activities.</p>

ESP $2000 prize pool tournament announced

<p>The online qualifer for two open spots in the ESP Dota 2 Cup will commence on the 27th of September. The main event, featuring 6 invited teams and two qualified teams will start on the 3rd of October.</p>

First Departure on the verge of losing sponsorship over religiously intolerant remarks

<p>First Departure or more specifically Scripted is in hot soup over a religiously intolerant nickname in which the Muslim community took offense to. First Departure&#39;s main sponsor is urging the team to drop Scripted or risk losing sponsorship for the whole team.</p>