Feb 26, 2020

Dota 2 - Valve

- Fixed a bug with combining Bloodstone or Rapier when some components were in your backpack.
- Fixed the interaction of backdoor protection and Lone Druid's Bear and Brewmaster's Primal Split.
- When selling stacked wards both sentry and observer wards now restock correctly.
- Fixed a bug where a gem stolen from the enemy team would credit the wrong player with bounty for wards killed.
- Fixed a bug where a creep killing a ward did not award bounty gold to the player who placed the detection.
- Fixed the interaction of Lone Druid's Spirit Bear and Magic Lamp.
- Dark Seer's Surge and Legion Commander's Press the Attack with the AoE talents will no longer cause the caster to pivot when self-casting.

Feb 12, 2020

The International 2020 Collector's Cache Call to Arms

Dota 2 - Ward

We're six months away from The International 2020 in Stockholm, but it's never too early to start dreaming up new treasure ideas for this year's event — meaning that it's time once again to invite all Dota 2 Workshop creators to plumb the depths of their imaginations for new designs to include in the next Collector's Cache.

Similar to last year, we're not looking for sets confined within a specific theme. We encourage artists to explore any ideas they think will be compelling additions to their favorite hero's item collection. We would, however, still like to ask artists to avoid the use of any concepts that involve human skulls, blood, and gore.

Make sure to mark your submissions with the "Collector’s Cache 2020" tag when tendering items to the Workshop. All submissions must be on the Dota 2 Workshop by Monday, April 27th. We encourage all Dota fans to regularly visit the Workshop and vote through the Queue to ensure your voices are heard in the selection process.

Our merchandise partners are also ready to create some new designs for this year's Dota 2 merchandise release. If you've got a concept you think will resonate with fans, submit your design to the Workshop with the "Merchandise" tag and see how much community support it garners.

Feb 11, 2020

Dota 2 Update - February 11th, 2020

Dota 2 - Valve

We are making our smurf detection system more sensitive in this update. This change will much more proactively target potential smurf accounts, but may on rare occasion give a normal player extra MMR.

Feb 11, 2020

Best free games for 2020

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When you’re looking for the best free games on PC, what are you looking for? We think we’ve got you covered with our selection below, whether it’s browser games you can start playing instantly, free-to-play games to rival anything you’d spend money on, or downloadable games that you can play for a lifetime.

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Feb 6, 2020

Dota 2 Update - February 6th, 2020

Dota 2 - Valve

- Neutral items held by Lone Druid's Spirit Bear now show as held by Lone Duid in the neutral items tab.
- Neutral items that have been consumed now show as "Consumed" in the neutral items tab.
- Neutral items that have been dropped on the ground outside the fountain, or are otherwise unaccounted for, are shown as "Unknown" in the neutral items tab.
- When you open the shop, if you had the neutral items tab open last, open the basic tab instead.
- The "Show Popular Items" button (star icon) in the shop is now a saved preference, and will not default to enabled when you start a new match.
- Toggling the "lock combining" option on items carried by the courier will no longer cause the courier to return to base.

Jan 29, 2020

Dota 2's International 2019 documentary lured me in as a non-sports watcher

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“They’re like monkey business men”, says Team Liquid member Kuroky, “they will GO”. Liquid are gathered around for a quick smoke before the Dota 2 International 2019 finale, about to face Team OG. They’re visibly nervous, despite Kuroky’s repeated insistence that they should “feel free”, and treat this like a scrim. Another team member insists that it IS a scrim, and Kuroky immediately reneges on his own words. “In a way”, he says. “It’s a costly scrim though.”

The first five minutes of Valve’s True Sight documentary have sucked me right in. It’s a feature length film showing drama from inside the player booths, between match pep talks, and the matches themselves. They’re all so sweet.

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Jan 27, 2020

True Sight World Premiere — The International 2019

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Join the pros who battled in The International Grand Finals — World Champions OG and runners-up Team Liquid (now the newly-dubbed Nigma) — alongside a live theater audience in Berlin, Germany on January 28th for the world premiere of True Sight: The International 2019.

OG made history in Shanghai last August by successfully defending their hold on the Aegis of Champions, becoming not only the first team to win The International in back-to-back years, but the first ever to carve their names into the Aegis for a second time.

Now, fans from around the globe can tune in live — right here on Steam or on Twitch — on Tuesday, January 28th at 7:00 p.m. CET to see exactly how the story unfolded, as the teams themselves relive the epic journey at the world premiere event hosted by Grand Finals casters ODPixel and Fogged — and joined by The International broadcast stalwarts Kaci and Slacks.

Jan 24, 2020

Dota 2 Update - January 24th 2020

Dota 2 - Valve

* As a result of the experimental dota_camera_alternative option that has been in testing since summer, we’ve adjusted the default camera position. The console command “dota_camera_legacy 1” will adjust your settings to match the old camera if you prefer it.