Valve works in mysterious ways. Last year, they held a big DOTA 2 event for Halloween, then didn't do it this year. P…
A classic fighting game based on Dota 2 and its characters would be a really cool thing, right? Redditor Wykrhm played with this idea, inspired mostly by Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter, and created the edit above. The Anti-Mage and Riki fit right in, but some characters, like Juggernaut, would be OP as hell under… Read more
Valve made a lot of people angry this year when they elected not to ship a Diretide event for Dota 2. They've…
MOBA games are super popular in China right now. Sure, they’re super popular everywhere, but they are particularly…
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Valve normally runs cute little Halloween events for some of its games. Team Fortress 2 gets Scream Fortress, for…
63 of DotA 2's 102 heroes, transformed into the angriest and cutest possible creatures by digital artist LS. It's really hard to pick a favorite. Maybe the trio of Traxex, Tiny and Pudge in the second row. Read more
Last month, we learned both that a GLaDOS announcer pack would come to Dota, and that we've all apparently been…
A Three Kingdoms-based multiplayer online battle arena has long been over due. However, NetEase's attempt at…
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Hearing someone say your mother [verb] [noun] is pretty common in gaming, but this clip, of some in-person DOTA…
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Crying? There's no crying in Dota 2! Well, except for The International 2013, the largest Dota 2 tournament in the…
Good news: Dota 2 is getting a GLaDOS announcer pack, meaning that you'll have the ability to pay to have GLaDOS…
There's going to be a lot of eSports action today: the Pokémon World Championships at 1 p.m. EDT, the International (Dota's largest tournament) resumes at 3 p.m., and the StarCraft World Championship Series (America region) at 4 p.m. (Europe region is already underway here). We'll be carrying livestreams of them all.
The International, the world's largest Dota 2 championship tournament, commences on Friday with group stage play.…
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Stepping into a new game is a daunting task, particularly so if it's multiplayer. Usually, there's a ton to learn,…
Curious as to how much money professional gamers make? Business Insider lists the earnings of some of the top-paid pro gamers in the world—these folks can make up to six figures. Dang.
Now that Dota 2 is officially out in the wild, check out our report from last year's Dota 2 International, where people gathered from around the world to compete over $1.6 million. Read more
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You might not believe this, but Valve's multiplayer arena game Dota 2 is technically still in beta. It'll be officially out this summer, reports PC Gamer—just in time for the third International tournament in August. Read more