The Dota 2 Pro Circuit will "likely" resume in early 2021

Competitive Dota 2 pros and fans have been grumbling for the past months over Valve's silence about the Dota 2 Pro Circuit and its uncertain future. The DPC has finally broken that silence in a blog post that explains some of its rationale and provides a rough idea of what to expect in the pro scene moving forward.

In a post titled 'Update on Competitive Scene', the Dota team outlines the impact COVID-19 has had on planning this year's The International competition. It became clear in the spring, the team says, that The International would have to be delayed, but the hope was to hold the championship as soon as it was feasible.

Over the course of the summer, the team found that it was going to take longer than expected to be able to hold The International. Even without opening the event to an in-person crowd, the Dota Team says holding an in-person event for competitors was important to maintain, and with teams located all over the world, it could become impossible to travel to any specific location at a moment's notice as restrictions on international travel could be imposed unexpectedly at just about any time.

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