Tag: The International

Mushi becomes one of the most sought after Dota 2 players after his departure from Team Malaysia

Chai “Mushi” Yee Fung, one of the most well know Dota 2 players has suddenly also become one of the most sought today. Sought after by whom? Pretty much every pro team out there of course. Mushi recently announced that he is no longer part of Team Malaysia which means that he is now a ...

Counter-Strike might get a tournament like Dota 2’s The International

With a total prize pool of over $10 million Dota 2’s The International 4 tournament is the most important event in E-Sports history. Given this huge success, Valve is taking into consideration the possibility of creating something similar for another one of their games, Counter-Strike. Although the FPS is not as popular as it once was, CS ...

Dota 2: TI4 prize pool over $6 million, new stretch goals added

Valve announced today that several new stretch goals have been added to the Dota 2 Compendium. We reported a few days ago that the prize pool for TI4 was already over $5 million, well guess what? Now it’s over $6 million! The company issued the following statement as soon as the massive sum was reached: “It’s ...

Dota 2 surpasses World of Warcraft in terms of active player numbers

Dota 2 is currently one of the most popular games around, even more popular than the legendary World of Warcraft if we are to look at the numbers. A user on Reddit noticed that the ‘ unique players in last month ‘ counter found on the official Dota 2 blog now shows over 7.86 million. By ...