Dota 2 Blog

Valve has posted information about "The International" Dota 2 tournament going on at Gamescom this week, but a bunch of news about lucky Gamescom attendees playing the game isn't nearly as exciting as, you know, playing the game yourself. Along with the tourney schedule, Valve has opened up beta registration to the public for Dota 2.

The tournament uses a group stage for the first day, which feeds into the winner and loser brackets for the following days. The bracket view will be updated to reflect the current status of the tournament, if you want a spoiler-free update, use the schedule view. The first game is estimated to start at 10am CMT in Germany.

What does a hero truly need? Find out when the world's best players compete in the first ever Dota2 professional tournament August 17th - 21st at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Watch live streaming games and replays at Dota2.com.

Kunkka posted a 5v5 image based on Dota2 hero designs here. Let him know what you think!

Can't wait any longer to get your hands on Dota 2? Well, while we wait why don't you just take a look on some of the screenshots of Dota 2

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The names that will be replacing the Scourge and the Sentinel are going to be Dire and Radiant . Most, if not all, of the items have appeared in the changelogs. Not a surprise, but nice to know that they are verified. At the same time another pleasant verification was the neutral creeps that, apparently will even have the same names and abilities.