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There's been a flood in the Wandering Waters update for Dota 2

Liam Dawe — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:52:17 +0000

While Valve continue building up their next MOBA with Deadlock, their current Dota 2 is still as popular as ever and the Wandering Waters update for Dota 2 sounds pretty awesome.

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Valve hands out lumps of coal to naughty Dota 2 players

Liam Dawe — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 11:49:53 +0000

In possibly one of the funniest moves I've seen from Valve recently, they're handing out lumps of coal when banning Dota 2 players.

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Valve goes for the smurfs banning 90,000 people in Dota 2

Liam Dawe — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:40:40 +0000

After the rather exciting launch of the Summer Update bringing with it new matchmaking and tools to get rid of bad experiences, Valve goes for the smurfs next.

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New update for Dota 2 might pull me back in, with new reporting and matchmaking

Liam Dawe — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 10:38:57 +0000

It finally seems like it might be time for me to put another 500 hours into Dota 2, as Valve has given the game quite an interesting upgrade for The Summer Client Update.

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Valve moving away from the Battle Pass in Dota 2

Liam Dawe — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:37:25 +0000

As Dota 2 comes up to the 10 year anniversary, Valve developers have put up a blog post going over some of their thoughts on the future.

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Dota 2: The New Frontiers Update is out and it's huge

Liam Dawe — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:18:30 +0000

Dota 2: The New Frontiers Update might be one of the biggest updates to Valve's free to play MOBA ever and it's here now.

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Dota 2 removes OpenGL support, new hero Muerta now live, big update due in April

Liam Dawe — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:03:15 +0000

The latest major update to Dota 2 from Valve has landed, bringing with it the removal of OpenGL support and the new hero Muerta.

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Valve tricks Dota 2 cheaters and then bans 40,000 of them

Liam Dawe — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 10:09:04 +0000

In a new post titled "Cheaters Will Never Be Welcome in Dota", Valve mentioned how they managed to get a whole lot of cheaters to show themselves and then gave them a swift boot to the buttocks.

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Dota 2 set to remove OpenGL support, new hero announced and more

Liam Dawe — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 19:37:13 +0000

Valve has put out an update for Dota 2 and there's some major changes coming, along with another new hero set to enter the fold.

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Dota 2 gets a nice performance improvement with the Vulkan renderer

Liam Dawe — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 10:07:11 +0000

The Battle Report Update is out now for Dota 2, with the majority of it being for Dota Plus but there's also some of the usual balancing changes and a nice improvement for people using the Vulkan renderer.

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The Dota 2 'Spring Cleaning' update for 2022 makes muting and reporting easier

Liam Dawe — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 09:06:50 +0000

Dota 2 has a very lively community, and sadly often you will come across some attitudes that just aren't friendly and now Valve has made it simpler to deal with them in-game.

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Dota 2 gets another new hero with Primal Beast, Techies reworked

Liam Dawe — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:53:39 +0000

Dota 2 just got a pretty huge update that not only brings in a fierce new hero with Primal Beast, but finally reworks Techies in the gameplay patch too.

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Dota 2 on Linux gets upgraded to use the newer Steam runtime container

Liam Dawe — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:17:05 +0000

Hopefully an update that will allow Dota 2 to continue working on Linux and the Steam Deck long into the future.

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Dota 2 gets a new Battle Pass, Controller Support, New Event Mode

Liam Dawe — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 11:01:52 +0000

Valve has pushed out a fresh major upgrade for the popular free MOBA game Dota 2, with one bit clearly preparing for the upcoming Steam Deck handheld.

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Dota 2 gets a new hero with Marci and DOTA: Dragon's Blood gets a new Season 2 trailer

Liam Dawe — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:18:05 +0000

Busy time in Dota 2 land for Valve with a major update just being shipped for the free to play MOBA, with Marci hopping over from the anime to the game. Plus a new trailer for season 2 of DOTA: Dragon's Blood.

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Marci from the DOTA: Dragon's Blood anime will join Dota 2 later this year

Liam Dawe — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:59:36 +0000

Valve has announced that the next hero joining the ranks in Dota 2 will be Marci, the silent companion to Mirana from the DOTA: Dragon's Blood anime.

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Valve cancels Dota 2 live audience and refunds ticket sales for The International 2021

Liam Dawe — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:25:01 +0000

Seems like Valve can't catch a break with The International 2021 thanks to COVID-19. After having to move venues, they've now cancelled and refunded all live tickets.

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Dota 2 to drop OpenGL and 32bit, Vulkan default on Linux and TI 21 tickets on September 22

Liam Dawe — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:18:54 +0000

With The International 2021 tournament fast approaching Valve has given an update on the future of Dota 2 with some major underlying tech changes planned to come in.

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The International 10 for Dota 2 gets a new location and date

Liam Dawe — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 10:40:21 +0000

After Valve announced recently that after Sweden decided against allowing it to happen, that they would look elsewhere and they've now settled with Bucharest, Romania at the country's largest stadium — Arena Nationala.

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Dota 2 gets AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, new event and Battle Pass

Liam Dawe — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:53:30 +0000

Valve have updated Dota 2 with a major new release featuring not only a brand new Battle Pass and a big new event, they also added in AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution.

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Dota 2 - The International 10 returns in August with the biggest esport prize pool ever

Liam Dawe — Wed, 12 May 2021 10:41:50 +0000

Ready for some intense Dota 2? The Aegis of Champions is in play once more! Valve has confirmed that The International 10 shall return officially begin in August.

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Dota 2 version 7.29 is out with the new Dawnbreaker melee hero

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 19:35:07 +0000

Valve has put out a major upgrade for their popular free to play MOBA with Dota 2 getting Dawnbreaker.

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Valve overhauls the Dota 2 new player experience as DOTA: Dragon's Blood releases

Liam Dawe — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 09:49:25 +0000

Today is the day, the big teaming up of Valve and Netflix is out with the DOTA: Dragon's Blood anime series. Since there will be renewed interest in Dota 2 as a game, Valve has also given it a huge upgrade for newer players.

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Dota 2 gets a CS:GO styled Overwatch mode, plus the Dota Pro Circuit returns

Liam Dawe — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 16:20:18 +0000

Major updates are going live for Valve's free to play MOBA with Dota 2 now having a CS:GO styled Overwatch mode designed to help sort through all the reports of player behaviour.

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The Mistwoods Update is up for Dota 2 - new hero Hoodwink plus Aghanim’s Shard for all

Liam Dawe — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:16:51 +0000

Oh no, I feel like I'm going to get sucked into Dota 2 again and lose another 500 hours. The Mistwoods Update has gone live and it's a major one with the new hero Hoodwink.

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This Halloween the Diretide event has finally returned to Dota 2

Liam Dawe — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:47:17 +0000

Live now until December 22, Valve have finally revived and refreshed the big Diretide Halloween event for Dota 2.

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Dota 2 getting a new hero in November, more next year and a CS:GO style Overwatch system

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 10:43:40 +0000

Valve are trying to communicate a little more now, and they've announced some major changes for Dota 2 along with info on more to come.

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Valve gives update on the Dota 2 competitive scene, TI 10 for August 2021

Liam Dawe — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 19:28:20 +0000

As the Dota 2 Battle Pass for The International 10 tournament continues shattering records, Valve have given an update on when they expect the competitive scene to get going again.

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The International 10 for Dota 2 breaks the esports prize pool record again

Liam Dawe — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 14:31:56 +0000

Surprised? I doubt anyone will be. Valve have managed to gather what's now the single biggest prize pool for an event - ever. It's now absolutely massive.

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Dota 2 - The International 10 close to a record for the Battle Pass, new Collector’s Cache

Liam Dawe — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 12:17:29 +0000

The International 10, Dota 2's upcoming major tournament is getting close to breaking another record for the prize pool. Plus there's a new Collector's Cache up.

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Dota 2 gets a free dungeon crawling Summer Event game mode

Liam Dawe — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:27:01 +0000

Valve have updated Dota 2 with a Summer Event that's free for everyone to play even if you don't have the Battle Pass.

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Dota 2 gets an 'Anonymous Mode' similar to options in CS:GO, TI10 Cache up

Liam Dawe — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 11:48:56 +0000

Valve just quietly updated Dota 2 to include a new 'Anonymous Mode' bringing in options similar to what you can tweak in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

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Dota 2 Battle Pass for The International 2021 now ends September 19

Liam Dawe — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 09:59:03 +0000

Valve have been battling an issue with the Dota 2 Game Coordinator, that's caused so many match problems that they've extended the end time for The International 2021 Battle Pass.

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The International Battle Pass for Dota 2 is up with a Guilds feature

Liam Dawe — Tue, 26 May 2020 10:50:41 +0000

While the date for The International has been pushed back likely into 2021, the Battle Pass has gone ahead to help provide funding for it.

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Valve has delayed The International tournament for Dota 2 and it may not happen until 2021

Liam Dawe — Sat, 02 May 2020 10:22:46 +0000

As health concerns continue worldwide, Valve has done the expected and delayed the next championship tournament The International for Dota 2.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has now beaten the all-time player record of Dota 2

Liam Dawe — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 19:13:37 +0000

Four years ago, Valve's free to play MOBA Dota 2 hit 1,295,114 concurrent players and today it's finally been beaten by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

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Valve has banned tens of thousands of Dota 2 accounts as they tweak their smurf detection

Liam Dawe — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:06:25 +0000

Unfortunately, in any online game (especially a free one) you're going to get many forms of abusive behaviour. One such problem in Dota 2 is 'smurf' accounts and Valve are attempting to deal with it.

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Catch the True Sight: The International 2019 Grand Finals - the Dota 2 documentary tonight

Liam Dawe — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:02:17 +0000

Tonight, Valve will be releasing a documentary of the recent The International 2019 tournament, focused on the Grand Finals.

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Dota 2 just got massive overhaul with The Outlanders Update

Liam Dawe — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 10:04:31 +0000

The Outlanders Update has arrived for Dota 2, with it introducing new heroes and some pretty big changes to the gameplay.

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Dota 2 performance update released

Liam Dawe — Tue, 23 May 2017 18:49:08 +0000

Valve have updated Dota 2 again and this time they have focused on improving the overall performance of their free to play MOBA.

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Dota 2 has massive changes to matchmaking that should give better games

Liam Dawe — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:52:46 +0000

Dota 2 has been through a small evolution in the matchmaking to hopefully improve the experience for everyone.

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Dota 2 patched for AMD Ryzen

Liam Dawe — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 09:36:36 +0000

Valve have put out a small Dota 2 update that aims to improve performance on the new Ryzen processors from AMD.

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