On the 5th of August (local time), the ‘OpenAI' A.I. program defeated the human team in a Dota 2 event match called ‘OpenAI Five Benchmark' held in San Francisco. To give a brief
No school? No club? No problem! High School Esports League is a program dedicated to allowing high schools to enrich the resources needed to promote Esports. Working alongside many high schools across
PSG.LGD's amazing month continued on Sunday.After a stretch that included second place at the Dota 2 Asia Championship, a high-profile sponsorship from Ligue 1 football club Paris Saint Germain and it
Sure, developers can throw millions of dollars at a game and players will flock to its competition for a chance at winning it, but consistent viewership and die-hard fans aren't so easily bought. Instead, the esports that manage to stay relevant way past their release date have these four things in common.
“I had a player that got a really nice sponsorship and all he had to do was fly up to Seattle to take a couple pictures. He was going to make more than his entire yearly salary in one photo shoot, which does not happen often in esports. He could not go because he did not know that you needed an ID to fly. That’s what we’re dealing with. These players have no life skills.
It's been a really, really good couple of months for LGD Gaming. The anchors of the Chinese scene posted a key second-place finish at the Dota 2 Asia Championships in April. That was followed by the t
Mineski was one of the best Dota 2 teams in the world...until it wasn't. Almost overnight, the team that kicked off the 2017-2018 Dota Pro Circuit season with back-to-back grand finals berths went fro
On paper, Team Russia was easily the best team in the WESG Dota 2 tournament. That panned out in practice, too, as the modified Virtus Pro squad had very little difficulty locking up a first-place fin
In Hainan International Convention & Exhibition Center in Haikou, 2017 WESG Grand Final is in progress. Still, many players are fighting fiercely for the Final stage on tomorrow.I took a brief pic
In Hainan International Convention & Exhibition Center in Haikou, 2017 WESG Grand Final is in progress. Many teams are fighting fiercely for the finals on Sunday.I took a brief picture of the of t
Virtus Pro didn't just win the PGL Bucharest Dota 2 Major. The Russian team dominated the event. After a strong run through the group stages and playoffs, capped their week with a quick, clean 3-0 win
Virtus Pro's Dota 2 branch raised eyebrows when it shook up its seemingly bulletproof roster last month, but it's hard to question the decision now. That's because the Russian squad took first place a
2017 flew by for us here at Inven Global and 2018 is shaping up to be the same, judging from January's Dota 2 schedule! After a short Christmas break, the first month of 2018 was jam-packed with non-s
On the fourth day of WESG, at the stadium's interview room, ZHANG Dazhong(AliSports CEO), LI Baoshuai(Vice Mayor of Jiaozhou City), WANG Guan(General Manager of Alisports esports Business Unit) interv
On the 14th sunny day in China Qingdao Zhaozhou Gymnasium, the long-awaited final matches of WESG APAC Final were held.The WESG APAC Final, which was held with four games such as StarCraft 2, Dota 2,
In Zhaozhou Gymnasium in Qingdao, all the WESG APAC Final matches are in fierce. The faces of all the players running towards the Final match in tomorrow are getting more and more serious.I took a bri
On January 11, Zhaozhou Gymnasium in Qingdao, China, held a grand opening ceremony for WESG Asia-Pacific Region (APAC) finals, by Alibaba Group and Alisports.com.The WESG APAC Final will be held from
Just a month ago, Team Secret was going through a tough first-place drought in Dota 2 LAN tournaments, going almost two years without a gold medal. Now? It has two top finishes in as many tournaments,
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the first installment of InvenGlobal's Dota 2 rankings. Here, we will give a top-five for each of the six major Dota 2 regions, followed by a global top-10. These ran
The 2017 Dota 2 competitive calendar is done and what a year it was. From the 7.00 patch to the Kiev Major to the introduction of the Dota Pro Circuit a particularly exciting International, this was a
