Dota (franchise) Latest news

Zuzanna Domeradzka, 09 August 2023, 15:19

The popular Dota 2 received a new update today. Valve, however, endoded the list of changes using... emotes. Fans loved deciphering them.

Adrian Werner, 06 August 2023, 23:24

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.

Miriam Moszczynska, 20 May 2022, 14:01

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.

Michal Ciezadlik, 25 March 2021, 15:05

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.

Michael Kulakowski, 09 March 2021, 21:21

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.

Adrian Werner, 09 March 2021, 14:08

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.

Adrian Werner, 05 March 2021, 10:58

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.

Milosz Szubert, 02 March 2021, 13:52

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.

Adrian Werner, 17 February 2021, 11:26

Netflix and Valve have announced DOTA: Dragon's Blood, an animated fantasy series based on the popular MOBA game.

Bart Swiatek, 20 October 2020, 15:55

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.

Christian Pieniazek, 21 April 2020, 20:56

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.

Jacob Blazewicz, 21 March 2020, 15:51

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.

Jacob Blazewicz, 06 January 2020, 19:15

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.

Paul Wozniak, 27 November 2019, 16:32

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.

Bart Swiatek, 18 September 2019, 14:41

Valve Software has banned the most toxic group of Dota 2 players. The ban on logging in to the servers will last until 2038.

Paul Wozniak, 26 August 2019, 14:51

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.

Paul Wozniak, 15 August 2019, 16:22

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.

Paul Wozniak, 21 July 2019, 17:08

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.

Paul Wozniak, 14 June 2019, 15:19

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.

Yac, 22 May 2019, 22:14

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).

Adrian Werner, 19 May 2019, 20:29

This year, when you buy Battle Pass for Dota 2 (accompanying The International eSports event), you'll have access to a new feature that allows you to avoid players who don't like you when searching for games.