Mineski-Dota is the seventh team to announce their withdrawal Southeast Asian powerhouse Mineski-Dota also decided to back down from the Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds, a premier Dota 2 tournament which will be held in the Philippines this January, following Valve’s decision to revoke the tournament’s Major status due to the host country’s ‘new government … Read more
Other participants are yet to decide Virtus.pro, the number one Russia-based Dota 2 team, has officially announced that they will no longer participate in the Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds, an international Dota 2 tournament set to take place in the Philippines this January, after Valve removed its Major status today. In a press release … Read more
Evil Geniuses is denied second PH Dota 2 crown VGJ.Thunder claimed revenge against Evil Geniuses in order to win the grand championship of Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds. VGJ.T fought their way back to the grand finals match after being dropped to the lower bracket by EG in the upper bracket finals. The Chinese squad managed to pull off … Read more
Empire cites health concerns as reason for the withdrawal Banner © Liquipedia Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds is set to begin on January 15, 2018. The event organizers announced that the tournament will continue as planned despite the Valve’s decision to rescind their Major status. Multiple teams have already announced their decision to withdraw. Team Empire and LGD.Forever Young are the latest teams … Read more
Where is LGD.Forever Young? Banner © Galaxy Battles Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds will press on despite many teams’ announcements of withdrawal. The event, which is slated to take place on January 15-21, 2018 at the Philippine Arena at Bulacan, Philippines, will continue with almost half of its initial team lineup gone. The Galaxy Battles … Read more
OG announces their decision A total of seven teams have officially backed out from the upcoming Galaxy Battles II tournament in the Philippine Arena in Bulacan, Philippines. OG released a statement earlier today that despite the retracted Major accreditation for the tournament and the halved prize pool, they will attend the tournament. “It’s unfortunate things … Read more
Newbee, Kinguin are the latest to back out A total of six participants from the Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds, a premier Dota 2 tournament set to take place in the Philippines this January, have formally announced their withdrawal from the competition since Valve repealed its Major status on early Friday morning. After Virtus.pro, Team … Read more
OpTic Gaming quits even after Fallout Gaming decided to go on America-based Dota 2 team OpTic Gaming was the fourth team to announce their withdrawal from the Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds, an international Dota 2 tournament which is set to take place in the Philippines this January, after Valve removed its Major status on … Read more
Galaxy Battles Management releases their official statement Image banner © Galaxy Battles The following statement was originally posted here. The Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds is a Dota 2 tournament series organized by Fallout Gaming. Its second iteration is set to take place at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan this January.
PH’s new government regulations concerns Valve Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds, an international Dota 2 tournament which will be held in the Philippines this January, has been stripped off of its Major title after Valve expressed its concern over esports players coming in the country, In an announcement posted earlier today, Valve stated that they … Read more