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Co-founder of Valve, the publisher behind both Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Gabe Newell is set to do a rare AMA on Reddit later today. It’s not often that Newell speaks publicly, so this opportunity for fans to ask him literally anything has got a lot of people excited. …
Read More »The weekend wrap up: 16/01/2017
Here at eSports Pro we hate event spoilers, but also know that no one has the time to watch every major tournament every weekend. That’s why we are starting up the weekend wrap up, a short post every Monday that lists all of the winners from the previous weekend. In …
Read More »Newbee CEO forms new team featuring xiao8, Ferrari_430 ChuaN and himself
Zei9, the CEO of Chinese organisation Newbee has created a new Dota team called Newbee Boss that features stars and himself. After retiring just over a week ago Zhang "xiao8" Ning has returned to active play for the team, and is joined by fellow Chinese legends Wong "ChuaN" Hock Chuan …
Read More »Escape Gaming parts ways with Dota 2 team
Escape gaming has not renewed the contracts of its Dota 2 team, with the players expected to make an announcement in the coming days. Escape initially picked up the No Diggity side just before the TI6 qualifiers, which Escape eventually came third in. They then went to TI6 under the …
Read More »Cloud9 signs former Imperial Dota 2 roster
Cloud9 has signed the former Imperial Dota 2 roster who placed in the top four at DreamLeague and narrowly missed out on the Boston Major. The team left the Imperial organisation at the start of December, with the team owner saying they had got a better offer they couldn’t compete …
Read More »Fnatic reveal Dota 2 roster for ESL One Genting
After months of uncertainty surrounding the new roster Fnatic have finally revealed the five players that will represent them at ESL One Genting this weekend. Muhammad Rizky "Inyourdream" Anugrah and Yong-min "Febby" Kim have been added to the team as permanent members, joining Yee Fung "Mushi" Chai and Chong Xin …
Read More »Evil Geniuses CEO PPD returns to active competition with new Dota squad
CEO of Evil Geniuses, Peter “PPD” Dager, has announced his return to competitive Dota 2 with a new team. Known as WanteD the team features PPD as captain with former CompLexity player Rasmus "Chessie" Blomdin, former MVP Phoenix player Kim "QO" Seon-yeop and former Rave/Archon player Jio "Jeyo" Madayag also …
Read More »NaVi adds Pajkatt, rmN- and Biver to 2017 Dota squad
After a disappointing start to the Dota 2 season NaVi have made sweeping roster changes, bringing in Per Anders Olsson "Pajkatt" Lille, Roman "rmN-" Paley and Malthe "Biver" Winther. Pajkatt will captain the team and return to playing as the one position, while rmN- and Biver will take positions 4 …
Read More »DeMoN heads back to NA after SEA adventure to form new team with Bulba and Mason
Jimmy "DeMoN" Ho has announced his new Dota 2 team after leaving Fnatic a few months ago. Based in North America, Team Onyx will feature DeMoN alongside NA legends Kanishka "BuLba" Sosale and Mason "mason" Venne as well as Korean player Kim "DuBu" Doo-young. The final member of the team …
Read More »FC Copenhagen to enter the world of eSports with CS:GO, Dota and FIFA
Danish football side FC Copenhagen are looking to enter into the world of eSports according to a report from Danish publication Finans.dk. The report states that the team is looking to try and enter more than just FIFA, with them looking to pick up teams in CS:GO and Dota 2. …
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