May 4th, 20151Only three days since the TI5 compendium was released, sales are going through the roof, outpacing the TI4 compendium purchases in the same time frame by over 36%.
May 3rd, 20150Virtus.Pro overshadowed The Alliance's new lineup in their dominating 2:0 grand final victory in the ASUS Play It Cool Invitational. VP have claimed the first championship title and win for the new patch 6.84 and have shown their competitors they are prepared for the future meta.
ASUS Play It Cool Invitational was the first LAN in...
May 1st, 20152It's here, the long wait is over! The International 5 Compendium has been released! And so begins the hype for The International 5. The release of the compendium signals the first event preparing for the Main event in August.
April 24th, 20151DotaBlast sat down with Cloud 9's offlaner Armand "Bone7" Pittner. We talked about C9's StarSeries XII game versus Team Tinker, expectations for TI direct invites, Bone's lack of popularity with the community and how that affects him.
April 24th, 201533The International 5 is quickly approaching and the invite and qualifier criteria and predictions are on everyone's minds. While Valve has maintained a tight lipped stance on the details surrounding their process of selection, a matter of speculation into the factors produces much discussion, debate and questions.
April 21st, 20152Team Malaysia have qualified for ESL One Frankfurt. The Malaysians steal yet another LAN final spot and a shot at the $250,000 prize pool. MY has been on a winning streak, securing themselves placements in Red Bull Battle Grounds, StarLadder StarSeries Season XII and, most recently, in China's i-league.
April 13th, 20151SouthEast Asian team Rave Dota continue to work on resolving their immigration and visa troubles, with the continued support from a Phillipines senator and considerable media coverage.
April 8th, 20150Team Rave's recent immigration and visa problems are getting national attention from media and government officials alike. Talks between the Philippine Bureau of Immigration and Rave Dota seem to be making progress amidst talks of lawsuits and organizations calling for action from the community.
April 7th, 20152Chinese Dota 2 trading site VP Game is launching their Pro League featuring only Chinese teams. The selected teams are either top professional teams, or new and upcoming squads, all competing for a piece of the $24,000 prize pool.
March 27th, 201523The International 5 tickets went on sale through Ticketmaster at 10 am PDT, and were completely sold out in less than six minutes. A second batch of tickets then went on sale at 10 pm PDT, only to vanish within minutes yet again. Last year, tickets for TI4 were sold out in less than an hour.
