Dota 2 The International prize pool 2011-2024

Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game released by Valve in 2013. The world's top Dota 2 players compete in an annual eSports competition known as The International. The International 13, Dota's 2024 championship which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, had a total prize pool of just under 2.6 million U.S. dollars. 

Dota 2 heroes

When playing Dota 2, two opposing teams of five players each take control of a character, referred to as a hero in game, to demolish a structure within the enemy team’s base. As of 2024, Pudge was the most popular hero in Dota 2 based on the number of matches played with the character. Focusing on the win rate of the playable characters, however, showed that Abaddon was the most successful Dota 2 hero in the 12 months preceding August 2024. Meanwhile, the hero known as Zeus had the highest KDA – which refers to the number of kills and assists per death – out of all the Dota 2 heroes in the same time period.

Popular video game genres

While multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games do entice many gamers, it is not the most popular type of video game genre worldwide. According to the Statista Global Consumer Survey, action games, including, but not limited to, platformers and fighting games, were the most popular video game genre for players in the United States. Elsewhere, roleplaying games were the most popular computer games in South Korea as of 2023. While the former studies were focused on casual gamers in their respective countries, a survey focusing on eSports fans in China found that MOBA games were the most popular genre for Chinese eSports fans.