Dota 2 News

Gorgc, OG's first Dota 2 streamer, leaves after seven months

Janne 'Gorgc' Stefanovski, OG's first full time streamer, has left the team after just seven months. He announced the decision on Twitter earlier today, but has not as of yet offered any suggestion on his next steps.

Gorgc said the decision had been weighing heavy on him, but after several back and forths between himself and the organisation, Gorgc says no long term solution could be found, despite everyone's best efforts. In his statement, he writes "unfortunately what we set out doing in the start of me signing with OG to cast their games, has changed a lot when they started being involved in organising tournaments."

It appears though that his departure is on good terms, with Gorgc adding "I have literally nothing but love for the players on OG and am grateful to have had the chance to work so closely with them all. I wish them nothing but the best and still support them as a team, but officially we just have to part ways."

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Dota 2's The International prize pool hits $33 million

The prize pool for The International 10 has surpassed $33 million and remains on the rise. After having a set prize pool for the first two years of its existence, the tournament shifted to crowd funding in its third year and has seen the prize pool rise year on year.

As of today, the prize money stands at $33,488,271, which is still slightly below last year's record breaking total of $34,330,068. However, at this stage last year, the prize pool was on $31 million, suggesting that this year's will be yet another record breaking pool for the winners as the cash continues to pour in.

The Dota 2 tournament was due to take place this month, as has happened every other year, but has since been pushed back to 2021 because of the pandemic. Valve are yet to confirm concrete dates for the rearranged tournament, but with the money still coming it, TI 10 looks set to have the biggest prize pool ever.

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Dota 2 - Aghanim's Labyrinth Update - August 14, 2020

Aghanim's Trials
- For this week's Trial the ascension level will be Sorcerer, and the monsters from beyond dimensions are extra resistant to physical attacks, including bosses.

General
- Fixed a bug that could cause Kinetic Field's Formation Time to become negative.
- Fixed Static Storm's cooldown reduction upgrade applying as a flat value instead of a percentage reduction.
- Fixed some cases where ability values would not update after taking a shard.
- Fixed Rend lifestealing from reflected damage.

The International 10 Collector's Cache Volume II

The International 10 Collector's Cache is back with a second helping of items from the Dota 2 workshop, featuring full sets for a wide variety of favorite heroes—including a Rare set for Templar Assassin, a Very Rare set for Faceless Void, and an Ultra Rare set for Legion Commander.

Available now for $2.49, unboxing 14 of these treasures will automatically grant you 34 Battle Levels, and the odds of receiving a bonus rare item increase with each one you open. You can also recycle any unwanted sets for two Battle Levels.

Volume II of the Collector’s Cache will only be available for the next thirty days and is the only way to receive these exclusive item sets, apart from the Ultra Rare Legion Commander set which will be marketable sometime after The International 11 concludes. As before, 25% of each sale contributes directly to The International 10 prize pool.

Once again, we’d like to thank all of the community artists who tendered submissions to the Dota 2 Workshop, as well as the entire Battle Pass community for your support.

ArtStyle returns as Virtus.pro's Dota 2 coach

Ivan 'ArtStyle' Antonov has returned to Virtus.pro as their Dota 2 head coach, having previously coached the team for their 2017 and 2018 seasons. He replaces Anatoly 'boo1k' Ivanov, who left the team in March this year. Virtus.pro had been without a coach since his departure, but ArtStyle has now plugged that gap in their line-up.

During ArtStyle's first stint in the hot seat, the team enjoyed major successes, winning ESL One Hamburg, Katowice, Birmingham, and the Bucharest Major. They also placed fifth in both years' TIs under ArtStyle. Away from just replacing boo1k with ArtStyle's return, the team has made a few switches to their lineup in 2020, still struggling to find a formula that works.

His return will be welcomed by Virtus.pro fans, who will hope he can replicate the success of his first time around. Since leaving Virtus.pro, he has continued to coach on the Dota 2 scene, working with both Winstrike and EXTREMUM, but many fans will consider his return the natural move for everyone concerned.

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