Dota 2 Esports News

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.

Alexander "TORONTOTOKYO" Khertek is out of OG, after barely two months with the orginization. This is quite a move by the squad, as they are now without an offlaner, with only a month to the Esports World Cup on the way.

‘GOALS’ is a new online football game title designed by its namesake studio based in Stockholm, Sweden. Framed as a free-to-play, competitive, online title, ‘GOALS’ seeks to enter the competitive sports-esport cross-section with the tagline as the “next evolution of football gaming experiences”.

G2 Esports, one of the world's most recognisable names in competitive gaming, is stepping further into the world of original entertainment with the English-language global launch of its fantasy-action webcomic, Red Aura, on WEBTOON. The series goes live on Saturday, June 6, under the platform's prestigious WEBTOON Originals label.

LGD Gaming flipped the switch on the BLAST Slam VII Group Stage and while other teams rest, they managed to get a slot to the Esports World Cup through the Western European Qualifiers.

PARIVISION had visa issues, and despite BLAST's help, they were unable to get to Copenhagen in time. This means that we have new seeds in the Playoffs, and Team Liquid escapes the jaws of elimination.

Tundra Esports shared a surprise announcement today. Their Dota 2 roster was completely let go of and transferred to 1win.

Sayang is a rising star in the Dota 2 community, and after interviewing Quinn Callahan, she sat down with Astini to discuss his thoughts, impressions, and hopes for Dota 2 and Team Nemesis.

There have been a lot of changes to the system, and in this list we will look at the items themselves, without any enchantments.

The BLAST Slam VII brought a lot of surprises and changes the professional scenario before the Esports World Cup. Let's take a look at which teams got past the Group Stage, the Play-In and who will get seeded on each stage of the tournament.

South American Dota might not always be among the very best, but it is definitely entertaining, especially when we see LGD Gaming rising from the ashes of HEROIC straight into the BLAST Slam VII Playoffs.

Tickets for the Esports World Cup 2026 are now live. Following the venue change, all previous ticket holders have been refunded, and new ticketing information is available.

After leaving their Dota 2 project in a hiatus in 2024, LGD Gaming is finally back and they decided to region-hop against the current going west to South America instead of the usual hop to the east.