The esports world descended on Seattle this past weekend for this year’s International, the final tournament on the professional circuit for Valve Software’s popular multiplayer online battle arena Dota 2.… Read More
Valve Software this week announced the debut of a new set of search features for its popular online storefront Steam, as well as the official 1.0 release of last summer’s… Read More
They come from “all corners of the Earth,” and this week, instead of settling in Seattle, competitors and rabid fans have assembled three hours north, in Vancouver, B.C., for The… Read More
Update, March 19: Valve provided this statement to GeekWire: “Rogers Arena is a great venue, Vancouver is a great city, and Key Arena is going to be shut down for… Read More
The International could be heading north. Valve isn’t yet talking publicly about its plans, but several clues point to the video-game giant moving its huge Dota 2 esports tournament from… Read More
The Dota 2 esports tournament in Seattle, known as The International, demonstrates how video games have become hugely popular team sports — and today alpha geek Elon Musk took the… Read More
Valve made a surprise announcement Tuesday about a new game coming in 2018 during The International, the “Dota 2” tournament that it’s hosting at KeyArena in Seattle this week. But… Read More
Why do people spend their hard-earned cash and travel from all around the world to Seattle, just to watch other people play video games? It’s been a question on my… Read More
Why the heck do people like watching other people play video games? That’s the question we had in mind today at Seattle Center, where thousands of video game fans gathered… Read More
More than $16 million will be on the line next month for a competition at Key Arena, but not in the way you might expect. Some of the world’s top… Read More
It may seem like August is a long way out, but Valve is already announcing its plans for this year’s edition of The International, a massive Dota 2 tournament that… Read More
Gabe Newell has sat through thousands of interviews. His conversation that aired nationally on Sunday evening, though, was particularly unique. Newell, CEO and co-founder of Bellevue-based gaming company Valve, had… Read More
Maybe it’s time to consider a career in video games. The International 4, a massive tournament held for players of Valve’s free-to-play game Dota 2, will sport a prize pool… Read More
If you’re tired of moving your thumbs around after hours of gaming on the Xbox but still need your fix, the newly-released Twitch app may be the answer. Debuting today… Read More