The 11 "automatic bids' and 40 teams looking to qualify for this year's Dota 2 International Championships have been revealed. The 40-team qualifying rounds begin May 12th, and are divided into four regional divisions. The winner of each division will earn an automatic bid to The International, and the four runners up will compete in an onsite qualifier for the final spot. To be held July 18... more.

The 11 "automatic bids' and 40 teams looking to qualify for this year's Dota 2 International Championships have been revealed. The 40-team qualifying rounds begin May 12th, and are divided into four regional divisions. The winner of each division will earn an automatic bid to The International, and the four runners up will compete in an onsite qualifier for the final spot. To be held July 18th -... more.

Tickets for The International Dota 2 Championship will go on sale this Friday, April 4th at 3 pm Pacific time via Ticketmaster. The finals for this year's International will be held July 18th - 21st at the KeyArena in Seattle, WA. Four-day ticket prices are $99 for General Admission, $199 for Floor seating, and $499 for VIP level. The International was first held three years ago in Cologne... more.

Tickets for The International Dota 2 Championship will go on sale this Friday, April 4th at 3 pm Pacific time via Ticketmaster. The finals for this year's International will be held July 18th - 21st at the KeyArena in Seattle, WA. Four-day ticket prices are $99 for General Admission, $199 for Floor seating, and $499 for VIP level. The International was first held three years ago in Cologne, Ge... more.

Over 5.5 Million View Valve's Documentary During Opening Weekend. Free to Play, a documentary film from Valve that follows the lives of three aspiring professional gamers, has been viewed by over 5.5 million viewers during its opening weekend, making it one of the largest debuts of any documentary film. Released last week via Twitch, YouTube, iTunes, Steam and other popular online platforms,... more.

Valve Documentary Pre-Loaded By Over 600,000 Viewers Free to Play, a documentary film from Valve that follows the lives of three aspiring professional gamers, is now available via Steam and Twitch, and coming soon to additional digital platforms such as YouTube and iTunes. In anticipation of today's launch, over 600,000 gamers from around the world pre-loaded the movie in order to watch it t... more.

The worldwide debut of Valve's documentary film Free to Play will take place on March 19th. In addition to the public launch of the film, a public screening and live Q&A session is happening March 18th at the Castro Theater in San Francsico, CA. Seating is limited, but tickets are on sale now freetoplaythemovie.eventbrite.com Created internally at Valve, Free to Play takes an intimate look i... more.

The worldwide debut of Valve's documentary film Free to Play will take place on March 19th. In addition to the public launch of the film, a public screening and live Q&A session is happening March 18th at the Castro Theater in San Francsico, CA. Seating is limited, but tickets are on sale now freetoplaythemovie.eventbrite.com Created internally at Valve, Free to Play takes an intimate lo... more.

Hi-Rez Studios, a leading developer of free-to-play online action games, today announced that the 3D MOBA game Smite will officially launch in Europe and North America on Tuesday, March 25th, 2014. In addition, a $100,000 LAN Tournament to celebrate the release will be held the following weekend. The company also announced their mythology-themed 3D action MOBA game has accrued over 2,500,000... more.

Alliance are the winners of The International 2013 Dota 2 Championship, earning a prize of over $1.4 million. The five-day event culminated in a dramatic, five-game match featuring Alliance vs. Na'Vi (Natus Vincere) competing in front of a capacity crowd at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA. For the first time, the prize pool was bolstered beyond Valve's contribution by Dota 2 player partici... more.