The event was broadcasted by ESPN that also provided post-match analytical studios and player interviews. In that year, the game became extremely popular, pretty much due to a giant prize pool of The International - $10.9 million. A month after the game came out officially, Dota 2 became the most played game in the world, overtaking League of Legends.īeing inspired by World of Warcraft, Dota 2 bested WoW stats in May 2014 with 7.86 million players. The eSports community has raised $2.6 million for the upcoming International prize pool only a week after the game was released. The players from all around the world could download Dota 2 for free using a Steam account. The Valve game was officially released on Jfor Windows and became available on MacOS and Linus just one week after that date. What is the history of these games? What is similar and what is different between LoL and Dota 2? Is it hard for a professional League of Legends player to succeed in Dota 2 or vice versa? Dota 2 and League of Legends History Dota 2 release date, players and eSports records League of Legends and Dota 2 are on top of the world eSports charts for almost a decade.

Virtua tennis game