Hosted by Valve, the Dota Pro Circuit is the top level of Dota 2 competition organized every year. Accordingly, with the season waiting to restart in January, now is the perfect time to take a look at our very own Dota 2 Esports 2023 roadmap below!
Dota 2 Esports 2023 – Keeping it the Same?
Overall, this past year seemed to be a respectable year for competitive Dota 2. Heading into 2023, it seems that Valve will be continuing the Dota Pro Circuit without changing much.
Offering multiple events every year, the DPC is split into multiple regions and offers teams the chance to qualify for international events. Most notably, qualification for The International, the top event of the year, will involve using points earned at DPC events organized by Valve.
The following are the major regions for the Dota Pro Circuit currently:
Dota Pro Circuit – Major Regions
- Western Europe
- China
- North America
- Southeast Asia
- Eastern Europe
- South America
Split into multiple ‘Tours’ in the year, there’s a tonne of competition to look forward to.
Dota 2 Esports 2023 – Multiple Tours Incoming
Indeed, everything looks to start with the Dota Pro Circuit Tour 1. With competition divided into two divisions, it’s Division I which receives all the attention.
Naturally, the very best teams in each region will compete, joined by any teams from the Closed Qualifier in December 2022, Let’s take a look at the dates which open the $205,000 tours:
- WEU DPC Tour I: Division I – January 8th
- CN DPC Tour I: Division I – January 8th
- NA DPC Tour I: Division I – January 8th
- SEA DPC Tour I: Division I – January 9th
- EEU DPC Tour I: Division I – January 9th
- SA DPC Tour I: Division I – January 10th
Lasting roughly 1 month, teams will be competing in order to firstly remain in the first Division and avoid relegation, while also earning limited seeds available for the international Major. This is the main changef from last season – tours will last 3 weeks instead of 6.
Following the opening Tour and Major, this will take place two more times until the third Tour and Major. Once this is complete, the top twelve teams by DPC points are directly qualified for The International 2023.
This event, with records of over $40,000,000 prize pool is what everyone is fighting for.
While it remains roughly the same, perhaps Valve may implement innovations in more subtle ways. Regardless, we’re also hoping that the Majors are more exciting this time around.
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