September 15th, 20150Details about the Nanyang Dota 2 Championships European Qualifiers have been released. Eight teams - Team Empire, Alliance, Natus Vincere, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Vega Squadron, 5Jungz, (monkey) Business, and Monkey Freedom Fighters - have been invited to compete in the qualifiers that are set to begin on September 24th, at 18:00 CEST.
August 30th, 20150ESL have announced the schedule, brackets and the names of the 14 participating teams for the upcoming ESL One New York European Main Qualifiers. Nine invited teams, three qualified teams from the open qualifiers and two qualified teams from earlier events will battle it out in the Main Qualifiers starting August 31st. Only one team will...
August 8th, 20152A true Cinderella story in the making, CDEC has gone from rags to riches in the course of less than two weeks. Without having a single championship title in their career, they have become the first team to secure themselves a spot in the Grand Finals. With a minimum prize pool earning of $2,842,192 for second place and the potential of...
July 27th, 20150CDEC and MVP.Phoenix prevail in the TI5 Wild Card series, as they earn the two remaining spots in the main tournament. The TI5 Wild Card winners will join the other 14 teams - ViCi Gaming, Evil Geniuses, Team Secret, Invictus Gaming, LGD Gaming, Cloud 9, Team Empire, Virtus.Pro, Newbee, Fnatic, EHOME, Na'Vi, Complexity, and MVP.Hot6ix -...
July 26th, 20150Vega Squadron is an unexpected, but extremely welcomed addition to the TI5 Wild Card series. A little fish in a big pond, the CIS team maneuvered through more experienced and favored teams in a heavily stacked regional qualifier series. On July 26th, starting with 18:00 CEST, they will go up against Chinese team CDEC, in the TI5 Wild...
July 18th, 20150The details for The International 5 have been announced, including information on the schedule, format and prize pool distribution. The reveal indicates changes to the format and the breakdown of the prize fund.
July 17th, 20150With only a couple of days to go before teams head out to Seattle, Washington, to get ready for The International 2015, preparations are in full swing at various TI5 bootcamps.
July 16th, 20150After a lengthy and emotional ordeal, Akbar “Sonneiko” Butaev and Semion “CemaTheSlayeR” Krivulya have finally got their US visas approved. Both Na'Vi and Vega Squadron have thus managed to secure visas for their entire rosters and will soon travel to Seattle, Washington, for The International 2015.
July 13th, 20150Teams are struggling to secure their TI5 visas. A couple of hours after Natus Vincere announced that Akbar “Sonneiko” Butaev’s US visa was denied for the third time, it is Vega Squadron's turn to ask for Valve's help. Semion "CemaTheSlayeR" Krivulya's visa application was rejected once again and his chances to attend TI5 are...
July 2nd, 2015894Akbar "Sonneiko" Butaev's US visa has been denied for a second time. On the other hand, Team Empire's player Maxim "yoky" Kim has finally received his visa, after having it denied twice. With TI5 right around the corner, the pressure for approved applications and appeals increases, as teams fear the worst.