July 18th, 20168The first TI6 visas complications have surfaced in Southeast Asia. Two weeks before The International 6 and less than that before the teams actually need to arrive in Seattle for the Wild Card and group stage series, the two Filipino teams TnC Gaming and Execration are on very thin ice, after having their US visas rejected.
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July 15th, 201611Valve has announced the TI6 cosplay contest - the first official cosplay competition to be held during The International. With little over two weeks left to go, cosplayers can register for a chance to compete at TI6 and win a piece of the $15,000 prize pool.
UPDATE (August 13th):
TI6 final standings, updates and...
July 13th, 201610TI6 prize pool is now only $1 million shy of the TI5 record breaking prize pool. With the impending release of the Immortal Treasure III and only three weeks left, TI6 prize pool is bound to shatter records. If we take away the $1,600,000 Valve chipped in, we’re left with over $15,821,688 raised by the community. However, only 25% of...
July 6th, 201616After a disappointing season that culminated with the failure to qualify for The International 6, Bai “rOtK” Fan has announced his retirement. In 2014, the Chinese player retired only to make a determined comeback a few months later. Whether his retirement will be permanent this time around or he will manage to put this season behind...
July 5th, 201617Astro Malaysia Holdings has launched eGG, Southeast Asia’s first dedicated 24/7 HD esports channel. eGG - an acronym for "Every Good Game" - plans to air numerous League of Legends, Dota 2, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, StarCraft II tournaments. eGG will also experiment with other areas of content,...
July 3rd, 201624TI6 prize pool has already exceeded $16,000,000 - a mere $2 million shy of the TI5 record breaking prize pool. With the impending release of the Immortal Treasure III and a little over 40 days left, TI6 prize pool is bound to shatter records. If we take away the $1,600,000 Valve chipped in, we’re left with over $14,514,490 raised by...
June 30th, 201629Virtus.Pro have parted ways with their entire Dota 2 squad, after the team's lamentable track record this season and failure to qualify for The International 6.
Sergey "G" Bragin, Artem "fng" Barshak, Ilya "ALOHADANCE" Korobkin, Maxim "yoky-" Kim, and Alexander "NoFear" Churochkin have been released from the organization. However,...
June 29th, 20169ViCi Gaming Reborn is the second Chinese team to qualify for The International 6 main event, after a narrow 3:2 victory over EHOME, in the TI6 Chinese Qualifiers Grand Finals. Qualifying teams VG.R and Wings Gaming will join Newbee and LGD Gaming as the region's representatives at this year's International. EHOME will also make the trip...
June 29th, 201615Digital Chaos eased into The International 6 main event with a 3:2 win over compLexity Gaming. TI6 Qualifiers NA winners, Digital Chaos and Evil Geniuses, will join six invited and six other qualified teams directly into the main event. compLexity Gaming will make the trip to Seattle for the Wild Card round, where they will fight to...
June 28th, 20169The TI6 Qualifiers Chinese results for day 3 are in. EHOME has advanced in the upper brackets, ViCi Gaming and ViCi Gaming.Reborn are in the lower brackets and Invictus Gaming has been eliminated. The double elimination brackets will continue tomorrow June 29, at 06:00 CEST with the battle between sister teams ViCi Gaming and ViCi...
