Tag: the international dota2
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The International viewer peak has tripled in the past four years
The analytical portal Esports Charts has published a new infographic showing how the dynamics of views of The International has changed since 2017. For example, the peak viewership rate for broadcasts have increased by about three times, and the number of hours of viewing have increased by two and a half times. Compared to the…
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Valve Announces Dates for DOTA 2 The International 10; Introduces Supporter’s Club
Through an announcement on May 12th, Valve has officially confirmed the schedule of the much-anticipated upcoming annual Dota 2 tournament, The International 10. Featuring a prize pool of over a whopping $40 million USD, TI 10 is something that avid Dota 2 fans were looking forward to for over a year now, especially since last…
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The International 10 ‘Dota 2’ Tournament Prize Pool surpasses $20 Million
The Battle Points bundle is showing its impact on the prize pool.
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Valve is inviting proposals from cities to host Dota 2 The International 2021
The International is often regarded as the holy grail of esports events thanks to its massive prize pool and magnitude of the event itself. Team OG made history in 2019 by winning The International back to back in 2 successive years, becoming the first team to do so. This year’s edition of this mammoth-sized tournament…
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Valve announces The International 2020 event dates
The International 2020 will go on from August 18th to August 23rd. The event will be held in Sweden, the first time Europe has hosted the event since TI1 in 2011.
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TI9: Main event Day 2 Recap
The main event of The International 2019 is underway at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, China from August 20th-25th 2019. The first day of the main event saw us part ways with 4 teams already. After an exciting day one, day two just got even better with nail-biting and intense match-ups especially the lower…
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TI9: Main event Lower Bracket Round 1 Recap
The main event of The International 2019 is underway at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, China from August 20th-25th 2019. In our last article, we covered the first two best of 3 games of the day. PSG.LGD made short work of Virtus.Pro in the first BO3, while VG won a hard-fought game against TNC…
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The International 9 Survival Guide: All you need to know to follow the event
The most awaited event of the year in DOTA 2 eSports begins tomorrow in Shanghai, China. An entire year of qualifiers and events builds up to this mega event. The tournament will be held in China for the first time this year. Hosted by Valve Corporation in Shanghai’s Mercedes-Benz Arena, over 18,000 fans will witness…
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Valve finally released Acolyte of the Lost Arts – Young Invoker Persona
The most anticipated cosmetic that this battle pass presents finally hits the live servers today. Kid Invoker persona awaited by Invoker spammers and the Dota 2 community alike. However, the Dota 2 community already had a preview of the persona, in the ti7 short film movie (SFM) contest and bagged the first place. With the…
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The International 2019 prize pool Reaches $10 Million in Just Three Days
Valve on Saturday announced that its Battle Pass for The International 2019, to be held in Shanghai, has reached record numbers in 3 days which has caused the prize pool to reach a whopping $10 million. This beats the previous record held by TI 18 by $2.2 million at the same time. On the first…