In an update to the Dota 2 matchmaking services today, Valve announced that players will have to register a unique…
At about 11:00 p.m. local time a day ago, in the European West servers of Dota 2, 10 players queued up for an…
The lower bracket seems like a strange place for a match-up like Evil Geniuses and Wings Gaming to happen, but in…
Designers who say they are able to make a living selling outfits and skins for Dota 2 say they may need to get new…
Ludwig “Zai” Wåhlberg isn’t even 20-years-old and he’s already won over $1.1 million in esports prize money. In an…
“I wanted a game that hated me.” That was how Sean Plott, also known as “Day9” in the professional gaming world,…
Dota 2 uses terrain height in a unique way: depending on the distance, it can cause attacks to miss, provide a…
The regional qualifiers for the next Dota 2 major have been exciting, with over 100 matches played in the last 48…
The qualifying system for Dota 2's majors has its roots in an egalitarian impulse where—theoretically—a team of…
Esports was rocked earlier this week when Ad Finem’s team analyst Allen Cook sent out a casual tweet saying that…
Clacking keys; mashing buttons; running joysticks up and down in precise, intricate patterns. The motions of playing…
Several Dota 2 teams that participated in last November’s Northern Arena BEAT Invitational have yet to see their…
The invites for the next Dota 2 major in Kiev were announced today. Eight teams receive a direct invite to the tournament, while a mixture of regional invites, Battle Cup Champions and the winners of the open qualifiers will fill out the field.
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An amateur Dota 2 team lost during the StarLadder FastCup this weekend when their wards—temporary items that provide…
After missing December’s Boston Major and struggling the past few months to stay abreast of a tough European Dota 2 s…
Team Secret’s Clement “Puppey” Ivanov made a great play call only to have the enemy team do him one better.
When the last big teamfight of a Dota 2 match could decide the outcome entirely, it’s usually helpful to actually…
The Kiev Major, the second and final major of the Dota 2 season before the next International (Dota 2’s world cup),…
Reddit user OraCLesofFire submitted an extended GIF of the above documenting just how devastating the recent…
DOTA might be the most high profile WarCraft III mod to be turned into an actual video game, but it’s not the only…