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Valve Encoded Changes to Dota 2 With Emotes; Community Loves It
The popular Dota 2 received a new update today. Valve, however, endoded the list of changes using... emotes. Fans loved deciphering them.
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Zuzanna Domeradzka
August 9, 2023
Valve Cracks Down on Custom Game Developers; Demands End of Monetization
Valve is fed up with modders making money from Custom Games in Dota 2. The studio has sent letters to them demanding an end to all monetization practices.
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Adrian Werner
August 6, 2023
LoL Mocked by DOTA Fans for Flimsy Stuns
One of the players decided to check in which game - LoL or Dota 2 - it is possible to stun the opponent for a longer time. The difference in time discovered by the user as a result of the tests is surprising.
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Miriam Moszczynska
May 20, 2022
Dota 2 Update Will Introduce a Decent Tutorial
Valve finally took to tanglibly helping newcomers in Dota 2. For years, the popular MOBA game was known for its high entry threshold and hopeless tutorial. Now, things about to change. The update is expected to be released later today.
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Michal Ciezadlik
March 25, 2021
Dota Underlords May Share Artifact's Fate; 97% of Players Left
Valve's auto battler Dota Underlords, which left the early access program a year ago, continues to lose players. Compared to its performance when it debuted in 2019, its user base has shrunk by as much as 97 percent.
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Michael Kulakowski
March 9, 2021
Modders Prepare Improved Tutorial for New Dota 2 Players
Dota 2 fans have decided to create a new tutorial for the game to replace the official one, considered to be useless. For this purpose, they have already raised over $26,000 to pay the modders.
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Adrian Werner
March 9, 2021
Artifact Goes F2P; Valve Ceases Development
Despite attempts, Valve failed to save the card game Artifact. The devs have announced the end of the game's development. Servers, however, will remain active, and the game has switched to full F2P model.
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Adrian Werner
March 5, 2021
DOTA: Dragon's Blood Gets New Trailer
Netflix has released a new trailer for the animated series DOTA: Dragon's Blood, a production set in the world of Valve's iconic online game. It will premiere on March 25th.
movies & tv series
Milosz Szubert
March 2, 2021
DOTA Will Get a Netflix Show
Netflix and Valve have announced DOTA: Dragon's Blood, an animated fantasy series based on the popular MOBA game.
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Adrian Werner
February 17, 2021
Valve Declares War on Toxicity and Account Boosts in Dota 2
Valve Software intends to fight more actively against toxicity and account boosting in Dota 2. 14 thousand people have recently been banned for manipulating the MMR ranking. The game will also receive a system for reporting inappropriate behavior, modelled on CS:GO's Overwatch.
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Bart Swiatek
October 20, 2020
Artifact Will Receive Single Player Campaign
While working on Artifact 2.0, an extensive update to its 2018 card game, Valve doesn't forget about the lovers of solo experience. The studio is preparing a full-fledged story campaign, which is to appeal to the tastes of both newcomers and people who know the game world like the back of their hand.
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Christian Pieniazek
April 21, 2020
Artifact Will Not Die. Valve is Working on Artifact 2
Valve didn't abandon Artifact. According to Gabe Newell, the developers are working on a complete re-working. The changes are to be so serious that among the developers the project is called Artifact 2.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 21, 2020
Dota Underlords has Lost 90% of Players; Dota 2 in Retreat
Dota records a rather poor launch into 2020. In the last 30 days, Dota 2 has recorded the lowest number of people in the game in over six years. That said, only a fraction of the more than 200,000 players who checked Dota Underworlds at launch are playing it now.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 6, 2020
CS:GO Renaissance is Here; Hard Times for Dota 2
The average number of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players has grown to over 400,000 in recent months. This is the highest score this year and one of the best in the history of the game. Whereas Dota 2 is doing worse and worse - for the first time since January 2014 the average number of players was below 400 thousand.
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Paul Wozniak
November 27, 2019
Toxic Dota 2 Players Banned Until 2038
Valve Software has banned the most toxic group of Dota 2 players. The ban on logging in to the servers will last until 2038.
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Bart Swiatek
September 18, 2019
Winners of Dota 2 The International 2019 Tournament Claim $15 Million
By defeating Team Liquid in the finals of The International 2019 Dota 2 tournament, OG earned more than $15 million. The players of the winning team went down in history, as they were the only ones to reach for the trophy for the second time.
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Paul Wozniak
August 26, 2019
Record Prize Prepared For the Winners of Dota 2 Tournament
The winners of the on-going Dota 2 tournament, The International 2019, can expect a huge amount of money to win. Practically the entire prize pool is funded by fans of the game.
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Paul Wozniak
August 15, 2019
Largest Prize Pool in History of E-sports on Dota 2 Tournament
The prize pool for The International 2019 Dota 2 tournament has just beaten the record set by Fortnite World Cup. The pool has already exceeded 30 million dollars and continues to grow.
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Paul Wozniak
July 21, 2019
Dota Underlords - Open Beta of Valve's Auto Chess Launches Soon
In a week's time, players will have the opportunity to participate in the open beta of Valve's new Auto Chess based production - Dota Underlords. Dota 2 Battle Pass holders can take part in closed tests now.
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Paul Wozniak
June 14, 2019
Valve Announces its Own Game Based on Dota Auto Chess Mod
Valve has announced that it is working on its own PC game based on the Dota Auto Chess mod. It will be independent of the mobile Auto Chess, which is being developed by the Chinese studio Drodo (the authors of the original mod).
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May 22, 2019