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Valve bans thousands of Dota 2 smurfing accounts, threatens greater future punishments
"Smurfing is not welcome in Dota"
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Dota 2 is ditching battle passes for more regular, year-round updates
Inspired by the success of its most recent patch
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Dota 2's New Frontiers update makes it worth returning to, but it's still overwhelming for new players
Tormentor? I hardly knew ‘or!
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Dota 2's New Frontiers update is out and it makes the map 40% bigger
And adds a new hero attribute type
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Commonwealth Esports Championships running alongside this year's Commonwealth Games
Exploring potential future relationships between sports and esports
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Dota 2 now has gamepad support, alongside new event mode and battle pass
Getting ready for Steam Deck
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Dota 2's next hero is Marci from the Dota: Dragon's Blood anime
There's a reveal trailer but no details
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Valve's Dota 2 tournament scraps live audience due to the pandemic
Seems a mistake to have sold tickets in the first place
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Valve are removing 32-bit support from Dota 2
32-bit was old even when the game launched a decade ago
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Dota 2’s Championship will be now be held in Romania this October
Stockholm shunned them, so now they’re off to Bucharest
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Dota 2's Nemestice event and new battle pass underway
Including a character from the Dota 2 anime
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Dota 2’s championships won't be held in Sweden because esports aren't 'elite' enough
Esports don't qualify for the same Covid-19 visa exemptions other sports have
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Dota 2’s The International tournament will return this August
But there’s no Battle Pass, it seems
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Dota 2's new wizard is a giant lady with a giant hammer
Dawnbreaker is the latest in a golden age of giant women
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Dota fans made an unofficial tutorial to help anime viewers start playing
It's an impressive act of love for the game
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Netflix are trying to teach people Dota lore, the poor dears
It starts before the beginning of time
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Valve's Dota is becoming a Netflix anime series
Looks dull compared to Valve's own animated shorts?
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