Valve cracks down on 'wild west' of 3rd party battle passes and other real-money transactions for custom Dota 2 game modes
news There were a lot of shifty games in there, but some legit devs seem to be getting caught in the crossfire.
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Dota 2 is moving away from the battle pass model as Valve says there are better uses of dev time and most players 'never buy' one anyway
News The studio is shifting away from battle passes to release more varied content at a more regular pace.
The best free games on Steam
Updated! Nothing but the best free Steam games you can play right now.
Dota 2's world championship returns to Seattle this year
News The International will be back in Seattle for the first time since 2017.
Massive Dota 2 patch makes the map 40% bigger, changes the UI, matchmaking, so much other stuff it's basically Dota 3 now
News Or it would be if Valve used the number three.
Bans for 46 players in cheating case hit Dota 2 esports, including 21 lifetime bans
News Esports competitors banned include entire team suspected of cheating in January.
Dota 2's new ghostly gunslinger hero is live
news Muerta, who was revealed at The International 11 in October 2022, has arrived as part of the new Dead Reckoning update.
Valve lured 40,000 Dota cheaters into a trap before banning them in one day
News "Today's ban wave is particularly large, but it's only the latest action in an ongoing campaign".
The biggest esports scandals of the past 10 years
Foul play Corporate catastrophes, cheating incidents, and heated gamer moments.
Gabe Newell calling in a favour via potato phone is the funniest thing Valve's done in years
news "When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad!"
The next Dota 2 hero is a ghostly gunslinger named Muerta
News Plus, Portal 2's Cave Johnson as an announcer pack.
Russian esports team booted from Dota 2 qualifier after player draws Z on the minimap
news Ivan "Pure" Moskalenko claimed the drawing was unintentional but was later cut from the Virtus.pro roster.
Major esports host ESL Gaming is now owned by Saudi Arabia
News Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund has also purchased esports platform FACEIT.
Valve cancels Dota 2 Winter Major and pisses off pretty much every pro in the scene
news The decision was taken late, and esports orgs are very unhappy with how it's been handled.
Dota 2 gets 4-player co-op and gamepad support for Christmas
news Now you can blame feeding in mid on your controller disconnecting.
Vladimir Putin congratulates Russian Dota 2 team for world championship win
news Team Spirit, which beat Chinese team PSG.LGD this weekend, is the first Eastern European team to win the Dota 2 championship in a decade.
Team Spirit wins $18M Dota 2 championship in close finals
News Team Spirit blew a 2-0 lead, but came back for a 3-2 victory over PSG.LGD.
Dota 2's newest hero is Marci, the silent sidekick from the anime
News She's a very friendly person who can also lift a horse.
