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After getting announced just last month, Netflix's Dota Dragon's Blood anime has received a full official trailer. The official synopsis reads: The upcoming fantasy series tells the story of Davion, a renowned Dragon Knight devoted to wiping the scourge from the face of the world. Following encounters with a powerful, ancient eldwurm as well...
We live in an interesting time where a mod of Warcraft, not Warcraft itself, is getting its own anime series on the world's biggest movie-streaming service. Netflix has announced that it will be doing an anime adaptation of the hit MOBA Dota 2. It'll be called Dota: Dragon's Blood and will be slated for 25th March. The anime series will be produ...
If there's any game that deserves the "eternal cycle" award, it's probably Auto Chess right now. The makers of Auto Chess, Drodo Studio, & its publisher Dragonest, the "auto battler" that uses Dota 2 characters and bits to form its own genre that also led to Valve and Riot Games create their own versions of the game (Dota Underlords and Team...
Last year, several Newbee players were accused of match-fixing, and the team was banned by ImbaTV and the Chinese Dota 2 Professional Association (CDA). As a result, they would be unable to compete in any domestic tournaments, but they’d still be able to compete in tournaments organized by Valve. However, that has changed. The D...
Congratulations, Valve. As of 2nd January 2021, Steam's all-time peak concurrent connected user count has broken the 25 million mark (via SteamDB). The actual number is 25,415,080. For reference, 8.1 million gamers were in-game in March 2020. So which games caused this 25 million all-time peak? Counter-Strike GO, which is currently at 1 ...
Dota 2 fans from all over the world can rejoice: their dedicated contributions this year has paid off. The International 2020's prize pool, usually funded by its players and audience via Battle Passes, recently broke its prize pool record. It's now sitting at a whopping US$34,411,822 at this time of writing. It'll likely keep going since Internat...
It's a sad day for Dota 2 esports fans, as one of their heroes is outed for sexual assault and harassment in the latest of the current video game industry #MeToo movement. Toby "TobiWan" Dawson, a renowned Dota 2 commentator whom we've interviewed back then, is being dropped by many esports bodies and organizations. Code Red Esports is dropping hi...
To answer that burning question on the headline: not quite. But it's not sunshine and rainbows either. COVID-19 has put a huge damper on some esport organization's physical plans. But it's not like they're left completely helpless: online tournaments do help in keeping the grassroots competitive scene going. In order to shed more light on whether...
Despite The International 10 being delayed to 2021 thanks to COVID-19, Valve went ahead and released its patented Battle Pass. You can pay US$9.99 for the Battle Pass. 25 percent of it will go to The International 10 prize pool. Right now, the current prize pool is at US$1,782,014, showing no signs of slowing down. What will you get? A new te...
It's a dark day in Dota 2 esports as organization and esports group Newbee has been found fixing matches; allegedly, anyway. As a result, Newbee is receiving a lifetime ban from the Chinese Dota 2 Professional Association and IMBA TV; no more Dota 2 tournaments for these guys. The punishment stays in place for the organization, all its main team p...
In partnership with Tier One Entertainment, Razer has announced the Southeast Asian (SEA) Invitational 2020 esports tournament, which will feature PUBG Mobile, Dota 2, and Mobile Legends. It aims to prepare the region's esports athletes and federations for next year's 2021 SEA Games in Vietnam. The SEA Invitational 2020 will kick off on 22 June 20...
Yet more video game events have been affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and this time they're both by organizers ONE Esports; the upcoming Dota 2 Singapore Major and the Mobile Legends Invitational in Indonesia. The news was announced via their official website earlier today. The Dota 2 Singapore Major has been cancelled. It was origina...
It's a sad day for esports fans worldwide: The International 2020 may not happen. Valve has confirmed that its flagship Dota 2 annual championship has been delayed. While a 2020 event hasn't been ruled out, there is a good chance the tournament series will need to move to 2021. "After extensive consideration of the global health emergency stemmin...
BMW is trailblazing their way into the esports scene, as the German automobile company have announced that they have signed global partnerships with five of the world's top esports organizations. These include Cloud 9 (US), Fnatic (UK), Funplus Phoenix (China), G2 Esports (Germany) and T1 (South Korea). The main provisions of the partnership go be...
Is the Movement Control Order making you miss the cybercafe experience? Well, with Orange Esports Cafe's new initiative, you can sort of experience it from the confines of your home by renting PCs from them. Yes, Orange Esports Cafe is letting you rent PCs, although you'll have to be residing in Klang Valley to be eligible for the service. There a...
The COVID-19 coronavirus has been affecting one esports tournament after the other, to the extent that such news is almost expected rather than surprising now. If you're wondering what got cancelled, postponed, or moved online, we've made a list of major tournaments (or tournaments involving major games) that got affected by this pandemic. Various...
Talk about the mother of all user data spikes. Steam has reached a new peak concurrent user count of 22 million online about a few hours ago. At this point in time, there are now 22,678,529 users on Steam. This is definitely made possible due to the number of people social distancing and quarantining themselves during the COVID-19 coronavirus pand...
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to affect video game events, with a few League of Legends and Dota 2 tournaments now taking hits. As PC Gamer reported, tTLegends European Championship (LEC) Spring Splits will be broadcast from studios and will not have any audience or press (via PC Gamer). Meanwhile, the ESL One Dota 2 Major has been p...
In case you haven't heard, Valve is looking for cities to volunteer themselves and bid to be the host city of The International 2021. In the words of Valve themselves, The International is "a multi-week esports tournament for its game Dota 2" that's held every August. After learning of this Olympic-style procedure, some of us felt that Kuala Lumpur...
The official Dota 2 account on Twitter has announced that developer Valve has banned over a whopping 40,000 players for "abusing matchmaking". However, it remains unclear what actions would constitute "abusing matchmaking". It looks like Valve has finally flipped its lid and went crazy. Most Dota 2 players are in the same boat from playing the sam...
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