September 23rd, 20150The first Dota 2 Major will be held in Frankfurt, Germany at the Festhalle Messe, from November 16th through the 21st. Sixteen teams will compete at the main event for a total prize pool of $3,000,000 and ESL will be in charge of production.
September 22nd, 20150The substitute role has recently been introduced to Dota 2. Seventy-three players are listed as substitutes for the 82 teams registered in the first Major. For now, the concept is in a bit of a grey area, however, it seems like the substitute will simply be the go-to stand-in or the only stand-in allowed for Dota 2 teams in the upcoming...
September 19th, 20150Information released by IceFrog indicates that balancing patch update 6.85 will be implemented before the first Dota 2 Major. The patch is expected to balance out the game and heroes, while an even bigger change for 6.86 will occur after the first Major.
August 22nd, 20150The first Major will be held in Europe in November and will include directly invited teams and qualified teams. Rosters must be locked in by September 5th to be eligible for direct invitations or regional qualifier invitations and will be issued on October 5th. Open qualifiers will be held starting October 6 and Regional Qualifiers will...
August 5th, 20151The first leads of information regarding the vague, yet highly anticipated first Dota 2 Major have surfaced at TI5. Valve's Erik Johnson has disclosed for IGN that the first Dota 2 Major - expected to take place this fall, will be held in Europe.
