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With exactly one month to go until the best Dota teams in the world face off in Frankfurt, MCV and eSports Pro have 14 tickets to give away to ESL One. If you fancy watching 7 of the 10 teams invited to The International 5 duke it out in the …
Read More »Creating a Dota festival at ESL One Frankfurt
The first of ESL’s season of Dota tournaments begins next month with ESL One Frankfurt taking over the Commerzbank-Arena. A total of $1m is on the line across at least three events this year, with two more to be announced shortly, and the first $250,000 up for grabs on the …
Read More »Valve reveals invited teams for TI5 and opens qualifiers to public
Valve has revealed the ten teams to receive direct invites to the prestigious annual Dota 2 tournament, The International, with a current prize pool of $6.3m. Alongside the ten professional teams heading straight to KeyArena in Seattle, WA, this August 3-8, Valve has opened the doors for any team to …
Read More »Dota 2 International Compendium is live
Valve has released this year’s Digital Compendium ahead of the Dota 2 International eSports tournament. 25 per cent of the Compendium’s $9.99 cost is added to the tournament’s overall prize pool. Furthermore, the more people who buy the Compendium the more content is unlocked for all owners. The kitty currently …
Read More »Valve announces year-round Dota 2 Major Championships
Valve has taken a more direct role in Dota’s eSports calendar by announcing three more officially sponsored championships to join The International. The new tournaments will be held during each season of the year, with the first Dota 2 Major Championship, to take place this Fall after The International. The …
Read More »FACEIT launches elite 10,000 league for pro gamers to practice
FACEIT, the competitive platform that gives players a chance to earn points and prizes, is adapting their league to suit pro Dota players needs, too. The league format, which organises matches for players of similar skill in order for them to earn FACEIT points, has been used with the help …
Read More »Steam tops 9m concurrent users
Steam has once again bested its concurrent user record, surpassing 9m active accounts for a stretch during the past weekend. VG247 reports Valve’s digital platform peaked at 9.06m concurrent users around midday Sunday, Pacific Daylight Time. The figure dethrones the previous best of 8.51m users logged at the beginning of …
Read More »Dota 2 surpasses 40m players, user activity on the rise – EEDAR
Dota 2 has seen its community swell past 40m players worldwide this month, but perhaps even more impressive is the level of user engagement Valve’s free-to-play MOBA has maintained throughout its rise. Games Industry reports on new findings from EEDAR, indicating that Dota 2 has been one of the main …
Read More »ESL announces $1m prize pool for 2015’s Dota 2 series
ESL continues a raft of big eSports investments today with news that the $250,000 ESL Frankfurt Dota tournament this June will be the first in a 12-month series totalling $1m in base prize money. The announcement comes off the back of another $250,000 pledge to August’s ESL Cologne CS:GO tournament, …
Read More »Dota 2 breaks 1m concurrent players barrier
Valve’s MOBA title Dota 2 hit an important milestone over the weekend. The hugely popular game passed the 1m concurrent players barrier, topping out at 1,060,082 players. It’s the first game to hit seven figures in the history of Steam. The only game to hit six figures was fellow Valve …
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