Dota 2 giant Newbee banned from Valve events for life due to match-fixing

Five Chinese Dota 2 players have been banned from official Valve tournaments for life following allegations of match-fixing last year while representing one of Dota's biggest teams, Newbee.

The ex-Newbee roster became inactive in May 2020 after being handed a domestic ban from the Chinese Dota 2 Professional Association. This was after it was found guilty of match-fixing. Seven months later, Valve and the Chinese publisher of its games Perfect World have now ruled that the five players and the Newbee organisation will be permanently banned from its major competitions too. This includes The International, which Newbee won in 2014. This all but seals the fate of one of Dota 2's most storied and biggest teams.

The five players receiving lifetime bans are Xu 'Moogy' Han, Yin 'AQ' Rui, Wen 'Wizard' Lipeng, Yan 'Waixi' Chao, and Zeng 'Faith' Hongda. This was confirmed by a post on the official Dota 2 Weibo page.

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