Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Dota 2's player count has fallen by about a third since Steam's weekly maintenance on Tuesday 27 October, days after it set its highest peak since Octob...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Valve has partly reversed the Trove of Terror's gifting block. A notification headed "Trove of Terror Gifting Update" shipped in the client build ...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
The BLAST SLAM VIII online phase ended on 3 October, and the playoff field is now locked at six teams. PARIVISION and Team Spirit won their seeding matches and ...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Dota 2 updated overnight on 3 November: the client took build 6970, its first new build in more than six days. It changed compiled client code plus a few suppor...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Team Yandex won PGL Wallachia Season 9, sweeping Natus Vincere (NAVI) 3-0 in the Grand Final in Bucharest on 27 September. The win was worth $300,000 out of the...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Magomed "Collapse" Khalilov has not formally left Team Spirit: since 21 September he has been on the club's inactive list, and Bohdan "Batyuk...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
As of 31 October, the next big Dota 2 main events are 1win Essence III from 12 November, BLAST SLAM IX from 20 November and DreamLeague Season 30 from 2 Decembe...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
The first two of the five players released by Team Falcons have found teams. Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf joined Team Yandex on 17 September, one day after Ol...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Aurora Gaming rebuilt the top of its Dota 2 roster on 16 September, benching carry Egor "Nightfall" Grigorenko and signing two-time The International ...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Dota 2 patch 7.41f went live on September 15, changing item costs and adjusting heroes including Treant Protector, Shadow Fiend and Anti-Mage. The immediate tak...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
BetBoom Team announced a rebuilt Dota 2 roster on 14 September 2026, confirming three changes across two posts that morning: swedenstrong joins at position four...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Team Liquid have parted ways with offlaner Ace, the organisation announced on its official Dota 2 X account on 13 September 2026. The Danish player departs afte...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
OG Esports have parted ways with three of the five players who represented them at The International 2026, leaving the roster with two active players. In a post...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Andreas "Cr1t-" Nielsen has announced an indefinite break from competitive Dota 2 and will not play the coming season. The Danish support posted the s...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Team Falcons have left competitive Dota 2. The Saudi Arabian organisation confirmed the exit on 6 September 2026 and released the five players who won The Inter...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Xtreme Gaming have released four of the five players who represented them at The International 2026. In an announcement posted to the organisation's officia...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
1win Essence III has been postponed. The tournament was scheduled to run from 2 to 14 September, and its organisers pulled it on the morning of 2 September, the...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Valve stopped selling The International 2026 supporter bundles on 2 September at 07:00 UTC, ending 33 days of crowdfunding and locking the TI15 prize pool at $3...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Singaporean organisation Xipto Esports signed its first Dota 2 roster on 31 August 2026, eight days after The International 2026 finished. The five-man lineup i...