April 13th, 20160Team Liquid have have been revealed as the third and final direct invite to ESL One Frankfurt 2016. The Shanghai Major runner up team will join Alliance, OG and five qualified teams to compete for a piece of the $250,000 prize pool. ESL One Frankfurt 2016 will take place between June 17-19, at the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt,...
March 31st, 20161ESL One Manila completes the lineup with Fnatic taking the SEA qualifier spot. The Malaysians knocked out WarriorsGaming.Unity in a quick sweep during the grand finals earlier today. The tournament is scheduled to take place between April 22-24, at the Mall of Asia Arena, in Manila, Philippines. Eight teams will compete for the $250,000...
March 25th, 20161Big changes have taken place for Virtus.Pro roster as they replace Alexander "DkPhobos" Kucheria, and Ilya "Lil" Ilyuk with Maxim "yoky" Kim and Alexander " NoFear " Churochkin. Due to continued health issues, Airat "Silent" Gaziev has been moved to the substitute role and is currently inactive. One role is still open on the team roster...
March 23rd, 20162News of the Team Secret new roster has once again shaken the Dota 2 scene. Omar "w33" Aliwi and Rasmus "MiSeRy" Filipsen have been replaced with Artour "Arteezy" Babaev and Saahil "UNiVeRsE" Arora, both from Evil Geniuses, four days before the rosters become locked for the Manila Major and The International 6. Evil Geniuses have not...
March 12th, 20161Virtus.Pro enlist Alexander “XBOCT” Dashkevich as a stand in for the upcoming Dota Pit Season 4 LAN. Airat “Silent” Gaziev has become ill since returning from Shanghai Majors and is unable to attend the Dota Pit Season 4 LAN final scheduled in Split, Croatia March 19-20th. XBOCT is a temporary solution and is taking on a...
March 10th, 20165DotaBlast sources have confirmed that ViCi Gaming look to Fan “rOtk” Bai and Chen "Cty" Tianyu to revitalize their squad, adding the two star players to the lineup. As Daryl "iceiceice" Koh Pei Xiang and Lu "Fenrir" Chao both parted ways with the organization to join EHOME, ViCi Gaming will undergo drastic roster changes. However,...
March 10th, 201612Jio "Jeyo" Madayag has parted ways with Team Archon to return to SEA alongside ex-teammate Michael "Ninjaboogie" Ross. Ryoyr and Ninjaboogie currently play for Team Rave in the Philippines, the team that all three were previously members of together. Team Rave has yet to officially confirm Jeyo's return.
I guess it's official Jeyo...
March 9th, 20163Team Spirit has added Ilya “Illidan” Pivcaev to the lineup. He will be making his debut in the team during the EPICENTER Moscow qualifiers. Illidan will replace Roman “Ramzes” Kushnarev in the roster, who was recently removed at the same time as Vasily “AfterLife” Shishkin - immediately following their performance at The...
March 6th, 201612The Shanghai Major nightmare in terms of production, planning, coordination, and communication has been acknowledged by Valve. A $3,000,000 tournament of such magnitude should not have had such persistent technical and organizational problems. Valve has vowed to take a more involved approach moving forward, as an effort to prevent...
March 6th, 201611Team Secret have won the Shanghai Major Grand Finals, as they edged out Team Liquid, 3:1. The event has come to a dramatic end with spectacular matches between the two European teams. After a whirlwind of almost two weeks, with action taking place into the wee hours of the night in Shanghai, China, Team Secret walk away with the...