TheScore expands its Dota 2 esports coverage in time for The International tournament

The final week of the esports scene’s richest tournament ever is kicking off today, and one of the biggest news apps covering this space is expanding to do even more with it.

TheScore Esports, an iOS and Android app that has editors covering competitive gaming, released an update today that will enable it to provide even more info to diehard fans of the multiplayer online arena battler Dota 2. GamesBeat spoke with TheScore president and chief operating officer Benjie Levy over email, and he explained that people will most notice the “increased speed and depth of coverage.” The top teams in the world have congregated in Seattle to compete over a prize pool worth more than $18 million (which is the largest purse in esports history), and that should attract millions of viewers online.