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The International 2026 Grand ChampionsCongratulations to Team Spirit, Grand Champions at The International 2026. After enduring a challenging year, Team Spirit regained their ultimate form just in time to take a five-game Grand Finals slugfest and claim the Aegis of Champions in Shanghai. Spirit's Group Stage started strong, with 2-0 victories over both Xtreme Gaming and Aurora Gaming. They followed with 2-1 win over Team Liquid th…The International Main EventThe sixteen best Dota teams in the world spent the last week battling through an intense Group Stage, and now only eight contenders remain. In a matter of hours Team Vision, Team Liquid, Nigma Galaxy, Team Falcons, BoomBoys, Team Spirit, Iron Wing, and Team Yandex will begin the final push to claim the Aegis of Champions as they all fight to be the last team standing at The International 2026.…The International: Streams, Secret Shop, and MoreIt's the final countdown: Players and talent have landed, and all of the pieces are falling into place to make Shanghai the center of the Dota universe for the next two weeks. It's time to finish crafting your fantasy rosters, lock in your first round of predictions, and get ready to tune in because The International 2026 is almost underway. Whether you're looking to watch online, find Dota act…
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| In-game event | Gameplay Patch 7.41e and Summer Scrub The International approaches and we've just released an update that includes predictions, fantasy, supporter bundles , and a chance to prove your skills and win new Immortals and unlock terrains. But that's not all. Today we're also releasing patch 7.41e . Even that's not everything, though. Dota is a complicated game, and while we greatly enjoy the creativity and diligence of the dedicated pla… | — | |
| In-game event | The International: Predictions, Fantasy, and Supporter Bundles Nearly a year has passed since Team Falcons hoisted the Aegis of Champions as the final team standing in Hamburg. But that was last year's story, and the time has come to turn our thoughts to Shanghai and the crop of competitors who vie to write the tale of this year. All of their battles have brought them to the precipice. The International is just two weeks away. After a decisive month of int… | — | |
| Game update | Dota 2 Update - 7/1/2026 Over the past few days we've made various bug fixes and improvements: Dark Carnival · Playing Regular and Turbo games now reward Scrap tickets. 6 Scrap can be traded for a Hero ticket of your choice. Regular games reward 2, Turbo games reward 1. Scrap is rewarded regardless of winning or losing. · Seeing Stones can now be earned by playing Co-op Bot Matches on Hard and Unfair difficulties · Can… | 24010836 | |
| Major update | The Dark Carnival Don't you hate it when you wake up in a prison car with no memory of how you got there and, worse, no way to escape, only to discover you've been captured by an evil puppet-man as part of some dark bargain with an ancient world-conquering evil? We've all been there. We're pulling back the curtain on the Dark Carnival , a new ongoing event in the Dota universe. This first part, "Midnight Run", l… |
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