Dota 2 Esports News

The International Regional Qualifiers are coming to an end but not before deciding which North American team will fight for the Aegis of Champions representing their region.

Almost a year after being moved to Team Spirit's inactive roster, Yaroslav "Miposhka" Naidenov returns as a coach to help his former teammates on their journey to the Esports World Cup and The International 2026.

Western and Eastern Europe are huge regions with a lot of competitive teams on their own, but for The International 2026, Valve decided to merge them into one big qualifier that will definitely be as entertaining as most tournaments.

Tickets for the inaugural Esports Nations Cup are now live, with weekly and tournament passes currently available. Here's how to purchase them.

The Esports World Cup (EWC) Regional Qualifiers are over, and with the tournament approaching, it's time to check which 24 teams secured their spots through the ESL Pro Tour (EPT) Ranking and the Regional Qualifiers.

The new online football game currently gathering momentum — GOALS — has announced their latest endeavour: a team up with major sports brand: PUMA. The sports brand giant becomes the first to align themselves with GOALS for the release of an exclusive line of collectable cosmetics.

Let's take a look at the Southeast Asian Regional Qualifiers for The International 2026 and check everything you need to know about the invited teams, format, possible rivalries, and much more.

Now that Patch 7.41d has been out for a while, we can have a better idea of which heroes were the most affected by the changes, either directly or in response to changes in other heroes.

The Federal District Court has condemned Steam, PlayStation, Xbox and other major gaming companies to pay R$ 298 million in collective moral damages related to loot boxes. The ruling also imposes new transparency and protection obligations for children and teenagers, including clear disclosure of probabilities and refunds for purchases made by minors.

As The International 2026 gets closer, our friend Quartero renewed his stock of items and brought in a new trio of sets for Broodmother, Nyx Assassin and Venomancer to unlock by playing pubs.

The Esports Foundation just made a major move for content creators. On June 11, 2026, the organization behind the Esports World Cup and the Esports Nations Cup officially opened applications for its 2026 Creator Program, the largest co-streaming initiative esports has ever seen, and it is backing it up with a $2 million investment in creator rewards.

Valve have decided to cease restocking on Steam Gift Cards with retailers, with an estimate that they should be out of circulation by end of 2026. The reason cited was due to scammers' continue exploitation of the gift card system.

The Esports Foundation (EF) confirmed the official invites to the Dota 2 tournament at the Esports Nations Cup 2026 (ENC), the global nation-based esports competition is set to debut in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from November 2-29, 2026.

Now that the BLAST Slam VII is over, it's time to bring back our meta recap and take a look at which heroes were the most popular picks and which ones might break into the meta after the changes introduced in Patch 7.41d.

Nigma Galaxy has made a pretty interesting roster change. After qualifying for the Esports World Cup, the team have split with their former carry and mid laner.

After a long journey Team Yandex has finally won the Grand Final and were crowned the BLAST Slam VII Champions. The BLAST Slam seems to have finally found the sweet spot on seeding teams but still keeping the final results relatively unpredictable.

In the third game of the series, Santiago "TaiLung" Agüero Gustavo set the all-time damage record on a hero, with over a quarter million damage dealt by Zeus in a pro game.

Dota 2 Patch 7.41d has dropped right in the middle of the BLAST Slam VII playoffs and, despite the small adjustments, it might interfere with the current meta heading into the Esports World Cup.

Astini has been calling out the use of cheats in the Esports World Cup South American Qualifiers since June 2 and demonstrating his claims on Twitter using clips from plays he considers suspicious.

Gorgc discussed the recent public backlash that Artour "Arteezy" Babaev received for discussing taking on gambling sponsors in his stream.