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Esports Industry Awards now accepting nominations

March 10th, 20168 The Esports Industry Awards is now accepting nominations. The event is aimed at recognizing international esports business, performance, teams, media, providers, games,...

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Shanghai Major predictions: Nahaz, Blaze, PimpmuckL weigh in

February 24th, 20168 With the Shanghai Major starting tomorrow, Nahaz, Blaze and PimpmuckL dust off the crystal ball and make a handful of prognostications. Shanghai Major...

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University DOTA Championship: First European University tournament, organized by students, for students

February 22nd, 20164 The "University DOTA Championship" will be the first European University tournament ever held. Students from all over Europe are invited to create University teams and...

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Twitch 2015 retrospective: 200 billion minutes streamed, Dota 2 third most watched game

February 13th, 20162 Twitch 2015 retrospective was recently released, providing an in-depth year round up. In 2015 Twitch saw a total of 241,441,823,059 minutes streamed with 550,000...

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Loot Market 1v1 Mid tournament: $500+ on tap, 512 slots available

February 12th, 20161 The Loot Market 1v1 Mid tournament will be the company's first Dota 2 tournament. The inaugural event will take place over the course of one weekend - February 20-21....

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Winter 2016 Battle Pass includes Shanghai Major compendium

January 28th, 20160 Valve has released the Winter 2016 Battle Pass bundled up nicely with new items, new quests, level rewards, and the Shanghai Major compendium. As with the Fall Major...

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LD interview about the Summits, BTS as a company, work ethic: "In my eyes, 2015 was a major rebound year for me"

January 4th, 20163 David "LD" Gorman is an extremely busy person who is almost impossible to get a hold of nowadays. However, during the Christmas break, ProxyPL managed to find a gap in...

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Nahaz interview: Balancing Dota, family life and academia

December 2nd, 20153 DotaBlast met Dota 2 statistician and panelist, Alan "Nahaz" Bester, for an interview, at The Frankfurt Major. Alan Bester is a Professor of Economics at the...

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Virtus.Pro to have their own stadium; Moscow Cyber Stadium

August 15th, 20151 Owner of Virtus.Pro Anton "Sneg1" Cherepennikov and Virtus.Pro will be taking over Moscow Cyber Stadium, preventing it from being shut down. Moscow Cyber Stadium...

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IKEA instructed to change name coming into Kiev Major EU regional qualifiers - Now 4 protect five

'To the end' - Ad Finem parts ways with their Dota 2 team

Changes in Team Secret Management: Kemal steps down, John Yao appointed CEO

XBOCT signed by Russian Premier League organization FC Anji

FATA returns to competitive play, forms new team

2016 debutantes and break out players from around the world

YapzOr nominated for Red Bull's "Best Esports Player of the Month"

SumaiL shortlisted as one of the most influential teens of 2016 by Time.com

The International 2018 - who will qualify and who are the favourites to win?

Newbee, LGD.FY, Secret invited to Perfect World Masters minor

Liquid, OG, Secret, VP to square off in ROG DreamLeague season 8 EU+CIS qualifiers

Barcelona to host the WESG Dota 2 2017 Europe and CIS regional qualifiers

Trumps travel ban; The International, careers, tournaments at stake

New Patch update 7.02

ESL plans for television style production value

FC Copenhagen brings Maelk on board as esports director

Dota 2 API Key allegations and implications: A case against LGD owner, Pan "RuRu" Jie

Sources: Monkey Business to play under a new brand

Sources: London Conspiracy squad no longer with the organization

London Conspiracy to replace Vega Squadron for MLG Pro League LAN finals

Special Event; Dark Moon available for a limited time

Battle Cup Winter 2017; Chance for six teams to participate in Kiev Major regional qualifiers

Charity; Gamers can make a difference

TI6 Trove Carafe and Lockless Luckvase released

bOne7 interview: "I told Envy I want to coach his team so that I can build up my reputation and start playing again"

SingSing interview: "I'm going to quit pro Dota forever, this has been my last tournament"

MVP.QO interview: What makes MVP special, road to 9K MMR, personal background

swindlemelonzz interview: Early struggles, family support, blunt chronicle of the scene

Dear Dota 2 personalities, you should be the ones setting up a good example

Dota 2 tournaments: Watch out for the elusive cash cow!

Team Secret accused again for allegedly owing money

Flipsid3, PR, ProDota, DB ripped off after tournament organizer disappears with prize money

Mineski Dota may pursue legal action against former players for breach of contract

Valve clears Ewolves and Infamous of match-fixing ProDota Cup Americas series

Changes in MatchMaking; No ranked group games, Random Draft & Captains Mode out of Solo Queue

The curious incident of the Kiev Major tickets: A look into event ticketing

Valve issues cease operations notice to third party betting websites

The Spring Cleaning 2016 Update

Biased gender role cast poses question: How inclusive has esports become for women?

Valve, The International 6 and Miracle- among winners at the Esports Industry Awards 2016

Puppey featured as a guest speaker for TEDx at TTÜ

Miami University to launch first varsity esports program

Valve answers MMR complaints with new update

From Dota 2 to Overwatch – a game comparison

Ten changes you need to know as you boot Dota 7.00

Ten of the most important changes in patch 6.87

Understanding The Offlane Jungle

Frankfurt Major stats: Of Sides, Farm, and Rapiers

Beyond summary: truly understanding 6.85 Phantom Lancer, Gyrocopter and Intelligence Cores

6.84 items - winners, losers, equine superheroes, and pizza rolls

6.84 myths and realities

Dota 2 Bot API on the horizon

BecomeTheGamer drafting assistant: a statistically better drafting phase

Loot Market: one secure way to sell your Dota 2 items for real cash

Gamekit: Earn points and exchange them for Steam dollars!

The best Dota 2 tournaments for gamblers

TI5 VIP passes, limited eligibility

Sold Out! The International 5 tickets gone in minutes

The International 5 tickets on sale soon

coL undefeated, Wheel Whreck features first female player to advance through Kiev Major NA Open Qualifiers

Purge and Day[9] embark on their first adventure tonight

Arcana Votes: Eight heroes remain

City Hall employees fired for playing Dota 2 at work

ARS ART meltdown: "Artstyle is another player!"

How to Techies

TI5 compendium: The Summoning comic and other rewards

ESP giveaway: win an Arcana item (UPDATE: WINNER!)

ESP giveaway: win 100 Battle Pass levels (UPDATE: WINNER!)

LootMarket giveaway: win a $75 gift card (UPDATE: Winner!)

LootMarket giveaway: seven weeks, seven arcanas (UPDATE: WINNERS!)

We are live! What to expect

BAFTA nominates Dota 2 for British Academy Games Awards