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Valve is not letting their The International 10 event venue woes get in the way of their Summer festivities. The Dota 2 Nemestice Summer Event is here, and it brings with it a limited-time game mode and a new seasonal battle pass. Dota 2 Nemestice Summer Event Battle Pass The Summer Update coincides with the tail end of The […]

The Steam Summer Sale 2021 is back and Gaben’s about to take everybody’s wallets once again! Although Steam has not yet officially recognized it (as Valve likes surprising us with the start of their Sales anyway), we already know when the Steam Summer Sale 2021 will start. As tweeted by SteamDB, Valve has sent out a […]

Valve shares that they might be forced to move The International – Dota 2 Championships elsewhere in Europe this year. Dota 2 The International 10 might need to find a new home in Europe In a blog post, Valve shared their dealings with the Swedish government in trying to secure an “elite sporting event” designation for […]

The Dota 2 community mourned the retirement of Anathan “ana” Pham yesterday. But today, a king returns to the OG Dota 2 roster. The 2015 TI champion, SumaiL, returns to OG after being kicked off the team last year. However, the prodigy should shake off the ring rust, as he hasn’t played a lot of games in the previous […]

Two-time former TI Dota 2 champion Anathan “ana” Pham quits professional Dota 2 play, OG announced on Twitter. The 21-year-old Australian decided to leave competitive play, less than a month before the Western Europe Regional Qualifiers. With ana leaving, two-time and defending TI Dota 2 champions OG are left without a carry. With less than a month left before the Regional […]

For the last Major in the Dota 2 Pro Circuit 2021 (DPC 2021), PSG.LGD cleanly sweeps Evil Geniuses at the Grand Finals. The Chinese team scored 500 DPC Points for winning the WePlay! AniMajor, as well as taking home $200,000 in cash prize. They defeated Evil Geniuses 3-0 in three highly-contested matches that pushed all competitors to […]

Valve made CSGO free-to-play (F2P) players no longer able to play ranked matchmaking. In an announcement made through a tweet, Valve confirmed that ranked matchmaking will now be locked behind the game’s premium Prime service. “Today we’re making adjustments to non-Prime accounts,” says the tweet. “We’re also introducing Unranked matchmaking.” The new changes also make it impossible […]

The final chance for teams to qualify to The International 10 will be through this year’s Regional Qualifiers. Teams who competed in the Regional Leagues but didn’t receive enough DPC Points to be part of the Top 12 will have to go through here. With the WePlay! Esports AniMajor Dota 2 tournament well on the way, we get […]

Dota Plus subscribers have new things to play with, as well as returning features that have been well missed. The latest Dota Plus Update for Summer 2021 brings back the ability to high five with both friends and foes. It also returns the ability to plant your Guild’s Banner anywhere on the map. Dota Plus is a premium subscription […]

Valve hasn’t let up on their hardware aspirations. First reported by Ars Technica, a change in Steam’s code referred to a new device called ‘SteamPal.’ The change in code was detected by SteamDB operator Pavel Djundik. In a tweet, he also made references to Valve’s ‘Neptune’ controller, which appears to be related to the SteamPal […]

Mass Effect Legendary Edition becomes Bioware’s most successful Steam release, breaking Steam records. Mass Effect Legendary Edition brought back thousands of fans of the series. Fans came back in droves and helped the game reach a concurrent player peak of almost 60,000. With an 84% user review rating on Steam, the game really made many fans happy that made […]

Fans of nine more teams will get to show their love and appreciation for their favorites in Dota 2. Nine teams have joined the new Supporters Clubs feature of Dota 2, created to allow fans to support their teams on the road to The International 10. These teams are: OG NoPing Esports Fnatic Na’Vi 4Zoomers Infamous Gaming […]

The Dota 2 Pro Circuit is in full swing, with the Road to the International back. Fans now have a new way to support their teams with the brand-new Supporters Clubs. Valve introduces the Supporters Clubs as way for fans to support Dota 2 pro teams for The International 10 Dota 2 fans now have a new way to support their […]

Leaked court documents from the Epic vs. Apple court case have been a treasure trove of new market information. The latest insights to be revealed thanks to these papers include how much Epic has been spending on exclusives. The figures are large, with one game even costing hundreds of millions of dollars. Epic Games Store […]

Valve announced today that the Active Duty Map Pool will be updated, with Ancient will be replacing Train. Apart from this, Valve also announced CSGO 360 Stats, a stats tracking feature introduced in CSGO Operation Broken Fang. CSGO Operation Broken Fang ends, taking Train out of the Active Duty Map Pool As Operation Broken Fang concludes, its missions, features, and […]

Some older pros from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO) will be able to compete in Valve events again. This is in spite of long-standing Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) bans that these pros may have been subjected to before. OLD VAC BANS WILL NO LONGER DISQUALIFY PLAYERS FROM VALVE-SPONSORED CSGO EVENTS While Valve still seems to take VAC bans seriously, […]

Natus Vincere quickly established itself as a pillar of competitive Dota 2 when it won the first The International back in 2011. The organization carefully cultivated an air of prestige in the scene despite never winning a TI again. Recently, Na`Vi received flak from the community for replacing Viktor “GeneRaL” Nigrini in its Dota 2 […]

The Steam Games Festival repeatedly serves as a platform to showcase the latest amazing games. Players get access to countless player demos every time the event rolls out on the Steam digital storefront. Additonally, purchasing games becomes increasingly easier when players get the chance to try them out. The Steam Games Festival enjoyed modest success […]

Dota 2 suffered from a vastly outdated tutorial mode for several years. It got so bad that a group of well-meaning players spearheaded by famous Dota personality SirActionSlacks started a fundraiser for a revamped tutorial. The community tutorial team offered regular updates and seemed to be well on track to a full release but it […]

Dota 2 reigns as the king of modern-day MOBAs since it launched on the Steam platform. Its annual tournament, The International, consistently breaks prize pool records every year. This is why it’s extremely surprising that such an iconic esports title makes do with a thoroughly underwhelming and disappointing tutorial mode. Valve consistently breaks barriers and […]

Several pages for games and DLC on Steam vanished off of the face of the storefront. One of the biggest affected games includes the top FPS esports title Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO). DLC, games, and movies mysteriously vanished from the store without warning. Valve managed to restore all affected items in the Store but there’s […]

Valve set out to create its own collectible card game in 2018. Fans received the teaser trailers with skepticism but overall looked forward to its release. The game had a promising start when it launched but a harsh fall-off in player numbers finally took its toll. Valve tried to work around its numerous problems with […]

Recently, Dota professional Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon ran into a season-ending complication with his team, Vici Gaming. He eventually found a proper home with Indonesia’s  BOOM Esports filling in as stand-in. Unfortunately, 23savage has no permanent professional team but it seems he hasn’t neglected sharpening his Dota 2 skills. The young Carry proudly announced his personal […]

Esports team burjui may have just jeopardized their whole Dota 2 careers. DreamLeague disqualified the team from the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) Europe Lower Division after the team forged COVID-19 test results to compete. COVID-19 TEST RESULTS FORGED TO ALLOW ILLEGAL SUB DreamLeague, through an official announcement issued last week, explained the disqualification of burjui […]

Netflix announced DOTA: Dragon’s Blood out of nowhere, and it got Dota 2 fans all over the world losing their minds. But social media may be a very noisy but uninformative place. That’s why we gathered everything you need to know about Netflix’s DOTA: Dragon’s Blood in just one place. This includes release dates, trailers, […]

DOTA: Dragon’s Blood will bring Dota 2 to the big screen as an animated series. In partnership with Valve, Netflix will bring this animated series on their platform on March 25, 2021. DOTA 2 ANIME DRAGON’S BLOOD RELEASES THIS MARCH Dota 2 has always been a marvel when it comes to its animated sequences and […]

Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon made a name for himself in Southeast Asian Dota 2 with multiple wins on Fnatic. The Thai Carry helped establish FNC’s dominance in 2020. Additionally, he broke out as a prominent Carry player within two years of his debut. Now, 23savage takes his skills to Indonesia as he fights for the BOOM […]

The Steam Game Festival event returns again today. But what is Steam Game Festival, and what can gamers expect from this event? STEAM GAME FESTIVAL RETURNS THIS FEBRUARY 3, 2021 The Steam Game Festival is a “celebration” where gamers can see a preview of upcoming video games coming to Steam. There are live streams set […]

South Korean Dota 2 superstar Lee “Forev” Sang-don announced his temporary departure from professional Dota. Currently, Forev plays for team HOYO in the Dota Pro Circuit Southeast Asian Regional League. Players choose to depart from the stage for a myriad of reasons. Undoubtedly, it was a tough decision for the veteran player but he chose […]

Valve holds responsibility for the development and operation of two of the world’s biggest esports titles. Millions of players around the world enjoyed all Dota 2, CS: GO, Half-Life, and Portal for many years. The legendary game company garnered multiple accolades but they have made few games except their 2019 Half-Life spin-off. There was little […]

Valve’s newest update gave Dota 2’s main menu a sexy new interface, as well as integrating the DPC 2021 season to the game’s broadcasting hub. Goodbye Hoodwink, hello latest match Valve has been notorious before for having a disorganized viewing experience for its professional circuit. This time, they try to set things straight with the […]

With our dayjobs and other personal matters consuming our lives, it is difficult for the devout DOTA fan to follow the events happening around the world. Each region has their own distinct playstyle and identity and it will require a huge consumption of our time to learn from each region. To solve this problem, Dan […]

Steam Database, the bug Steam insight platform, potentially leaked the details on this year’s first Steam Sale. Steam DB, in a Tweet, alleged that the 2021 Lunar New Year Sale will take place from February 11 to 15. PC players around the world know two things about Steam Sales. First, it’s a massive money sink […]

Professional Gamers League (PGL) will be bringing back Majors in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) this October. They are set to host the first CS:GO Major since 2019 in Stockholm this October 2021. Getting the big boys back together We had our last CS:GO Major last September 2019. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic prevented tournament organizers from […]

Vladimir “No[o]ne” Minenko aired his grievances towards the DPC format in a personal Tweet. The veteran CIS player is currently without a team after parting ways with Virtus.pro. Subsequently, no organization has approached him prior to the beginning of the 2021 Dota Pro Circuit. High and dry И так, если я пропускаю первый дпс сезон, […]

Chinese powerhouse, Team Newbee, is barred from attending DOTA 2 tournaments after accounts of match fixing were revealed. The ban was officially made on January 1, 2021. Wykrhm Reddy, a trusted insider source of DOTA news, confirmed this via Twitter. The following have been permanently banned from participating in Valve events as of Jan 1, […]

With the Mistwoods update, comes a lengthy discussion where content creators explain their thoughts on the latest patch. The addition of Aghanim’s Shard has truly made its mark that offers a lot of talking points. Can Tinker be a viable support option now that he can provide a barrier? Will core Vengeful Spirit return since […]

Arise DOTA fans! Instead of moping over the cancellation of The International 2020 and spending the entire day with Diretide, fans can now witness a breath of fresh air with the newest major update in DOTA 2. Mistwoods is officially out with a new hero, a new set of items, and a plethora of surprises […]

The Dota 2 Halloween-themed Diretide event was a successful one. This makes expectations for Dota 2’s upcoming Winter-themed event high. For Dota 2 fans, we won’t have to wait for much longer. Valve has just announced that the Dota 2 Mistwood Update will be coming this Thursday. As expected, reactions to the upcoming update have […]