By Chris ‘Sargon’ House Lobbsta, an online platform that currently supports Dota 2, just launched in the South African region. The competitive platform is currently launching in a beta state, and the founders hope the South African Dota 2 community will help them further develop and improve Lobbsta. It will also be showcased live at Rush 2018 later this month, …

Last week local South African streamer Francois “RustyPieLover” Botha announced a charity livestream partnering with CANSA, Exdee Gaming, and Major Gaming Studios. The idea is that all the proceeds from the livestream will be donated to CANSA. The stream will be an all-day affair on the 30th of June 2018.

The Dota 2 International Battle Pass is here, letting fans of the MOBA help fund The International 8’s prize pool. A continuation of the Compendium, players are awarded in-game cosmetics, new modes to play, ways to better their skill and different peeks at Dota’s universe.

Thanks to live-streaming services such as Twitch, you can watch your heroes rush towers and clobber several shades of crap out of one another in various games. It’s part of our gaming culture now to gather around a livestream to see these games in action, but controversy has already reared its head as another uglier side of the culture has became prevalent: Stealing audiences.

I don't want nor do I care for games on Facebook. However, it looks like I may have to soften my stance when it comes to gaming on Facebook as the social media platform will now be where we need to go to get some of the best Counter Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2 action around.

South Africa's competitive year will kick off early 2018 with the Ballistix Masters.

Despite popular belief, high skill in MOBAs has a direct relationship with intelligence. "Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas rely more on memory and the ability to make strategic decisions taking into account multiple factors,” said Athanasios Kokkonakis, a PhD student.

Dota 2's latest update introduces the two new heroes and their abilities as well as the much anticipated "Ranked System" for competitive play.