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Dota 2 Fantasy picks for TI 2026: best players, Emblems, and more
Dota 2 Fantasy returns for The International 2026 (TI 2026), giving everyone another way to follow the action and earn rewards throughout the tournament. Available directly inside the Compendium, Fantasy lets you build a roster from competing players and score points based on their in-game...
Dota 2 Player Records
These records are difficult to break.
All teams competing at Dota 2 The International 2026: Direct invites and qualifiers
The TI 2026 field is heavily stacked.
Valve has finally made Dota 2 worth grinding again with the latest MMR system update
It’s no secret that professional Dota 2 players have been breaking MMR records like twice a year. Most recently, we had PARIVISION’s wonderkid Alan “Satanic” Gallyamov breaking the 18,000 MMR milestone, becoming the first in the world to do so. However, nobody really celebrated this accomplishment…...
Dota 2 Meepo hotfix targets game-breaking item duplication exploit
On Jul. 28, 2026, Valve released a Dota 2 hotfix addressing a critical Meepo exploit that allowed players to duplicate items and generate practically infinite amounts of gold during matches. After the exploit was identified, Meepo was temporarily removed from the Dota 2 hero pool, preventing...
South American Dota 2 just got dealt one of its worst blows yet after PlayTime’s scandal at the Esports World Cup
South American Dota 2 just got dealt one of its worst blows in God knows how long. At the Dota 2 tournament at the Esports World Cup, one of the biggest tournaments of the year, PlayTime’s mid-laner Gonzalo “DarkMago” Herrera and coach Juan “Vintage” Angulo were provisionally suspended by ESIC over...
ESIC suspends PTime’s DarkMago, Vintage due to integrity issue at Dota 2 Esports World Cup
The integrity investigation is still ongoing.
Palworld barges Dota 2 aside as PC player counts skyrocket following the game's 1.0 release
After a long wait, Palworld has finally hit 1.0 on PC and consoles, and while it hasn't managed to replicate its massive 2.1m concurrent player peak from early 2024, it's currently one of the most played games on Steam. Read more
Even the Dota 2 pros are bored with Tier 1 tournaments: Let’s shake it up with Fearless Draft and Tier 2 teams
Last week, tournament organizer BLAST announced changes to its Dota 2 series, the BLAST Slam, revealing that they’re cutting the prize pool down from $1 million to $750,000. And to be completely honest, this wasn’t a shocker to me. The Dota scene gets a million-dollar tournament almost every single...
Dota 2 EWC 2026: Schedule, results, standings, teams, and how to watch
Team Spirit seek to defend their Dota 2 EWC title against 23 squads.
Best auto chess mobile games
Updated on June 7th, 2026 by Jupiter Hadley What started as a custom game mode for the famous MOBA, Dota 2, evolved into a completely new gaming genre. Of course, we're talking about Auto Chess, which was later launched as a standalone game for both PC and mobile in 2019. ... [MORE]
Puppey returns as a coach, SumaiL hints at retirement, China’s chance at redemption: the best storylines going into The International 15
After a grueling series of qualifiers, we’ve finally locked in the 16 teams competing at The International 15, which is going to be Dota 2’s biggest tournament of the year. If you’re one of those seasonal viewers who only comes out of your cage for TI, here are some of the most important storylines...
Dota 2's Dark Carnival has begun, with a huge story chapter and five automaton hero personas
The Dota 2 Dark Carnival is finally open for business, with five new automaton personas and a story following Legion Commander and Hoodwink.
Team Fortress Leak Found In Dota 2 Update
Project TF—presumed to be a TF2 update or new Team Fortress game—has appeared once again in a Source 2 engine update.
“Dota 2 salaries are inflated”: Tundra Esports founder reveals expenses of a Tier 1 Dota team and the scene’s struggling economics
Tundra Esports exiting Dota 2 this year was definitely not on our bingo cards. The roster has already won four trophies this season and remains a solid top-five team in the world, but Tundra still decided to sell its roster to 1win Team before the Esports World Cup and The International. Naturally,...
After mysteriously vanishing from the game, Dota 2's Axe has been 'replaced' by a fake
A stalwart of Dota 2, Axe briefly vanished from the Valve MOBA before returning in a new, questionable form, as Dark Carnival rumors abound.
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