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Russian football club FC Anzhi Makhachkala have announced a new signing, in the form of Dota 2 player Alexander “XBOCT” Dashkevich. XBOCT is one of the best players ever from the CIS region, being a part of the NaVi team that was considered the best in the world for many …
Read More »Ad Finem’s Dota 2 team leave the organisation
One of the most entertaining European Dota 2 teams have left their organisation after their contracts expired. The Ad Finem team has left the organisation, and will be announcing details of their new home in the coming weeks. The core of the team has been playing together for many years, …
Read More »FACEIT organising the open qualifiers for the Dota 2 Kiev Major
FACEIT and Valve have announced the details of the open qualifiers for the Dota 2 Kiev Major. FACEIT will be in charge of it all, including the new Champions Cup qualification tournament that sees Tier 8 Battle Cup winning teams invited to fight it out for a slot in the …
Read More »Bookmakers Betway announce king of the hill style Dota competition
Betway has announced the launch of the Betway Arena, a multi part eSports tournament series that kicks off with Dota 2. The series starts off with top Dota 2 teams playing in a weekly king of the hill style competition. Each week one match will be played, with the winner …
Read More »ESL One leaves Frankfurt and heads to Hamburg for Dota event
ESL has announced ESL One Hamburg as the replacement to its annual ESL One Frankfurt event. The yearly German Dota 2 event has been held in Frankfurt for the past three years usually around June. This year however the even is making the switch to Hamburg and will take place …
Read More »Make it to the Dota 2 Major Qualifiers by playing in the weekly Battle Cup
Valve has announced that each region’s qualifying tournament for upcoming Dota 2 Majors will reserve one spot for a team that wins the tier-8 Champions Cup. Now what is the tier 8 Champions Cup? Well the Champions Cup is the new end of season tournament that will see the best …
Read More »New Dota 2 in game event give players a chance to earn a new courier
The first special Dota 2 event in quite some time has gone live and give players a chance to win a new Baby Roshan courier. The Dark Moon event adds a new game mode that sees a team of five players try to fend off waves of increasingly hard enemies, …
Read More »Ninjas in Pyjamas return to Dota 2 by picking up ex-Escape
Ninjas in Pyjamas has announced its return to Dota 2 by signing the core of the former Escape Gaming roster. Escape lost their team after Khezu and Yapz0r left the team and the rest of the members searched for a new opportunity. That new opportunity came in the form on …
Read More »Dota Pit bracket revealed, DC vs Secret headline the opening round
The first round of matchups for the upcoming Dota Pit tournament have been announced and some big names are going to be heading to the lower bracket. The tournament is due to start in Split, Croatia, on Friday January 20th, and now we know what matchups we will be seeing …
Read More »Dota Asia Championship qualifiers announced
The qualifiers for the Dota Asia Championship have been revealed, with the format and participants being announced. The qualifiers will be split into four regions, as the China qualifiers have already been played. North America, Europe, SEA and CIS will all get one slot at the tournament with eight teams …
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