Most recently, users have been posting endlessly in anticipation for the next major patch, 7.20. But while it’s been hinted at that Valve employees frequently look here to get a feel for how things are, fans rarely get an update on patch progress. So was a pretty exciting moment when, in one of the many 7.20 posts, a Valve employee shared an update about 7.20. Daniel from Valve shared that while gameplay may be addressed in the meantime, The Big Patch(tm) is still in progress. It’s only fair, as

Fans of Dota 2 and Darkest Dungeon may already share a love for brutal, unforgiving video games, but now they’ll have something else in common: the dramatic, eerie and foreboding narrator that speaks of the horrors the player faces. The team behind Darkest Dungeon, Red Hook, shared in a DLC update post that an announcer pack featuring the Ancestor, the RPG’s infamous narrator, will be available for $9.99. This announcer pack has been over three years in the making, with plenty of fan demand to k

The second Dota Pro Circuit season has officially begun — and the teams are locked in and ready to go for the Kuala Lumpur Major, the first DPC event of the 2018-2019. While technically, Dota 2 teams’ rosters were supposed to be locked in September 15th, the qualifiers for the Kuala Lumpur Major began days before. When it all settled down, fifteen teams emerged as the contenders for the Kuala Lumpur Major. What’s at stakeThis year’s Pro Circuit has some of the same fundamentals as last year: a p

DreamLeague is returning as the first event of the new Dota Pro Circuit — an exciting return for both DreamLeague itself, a fan-favorite event, and the Pro Circuit as it kicks off after an exciting edition of The International and a turbulent shuffle season. Still, that doesn’t mean the Dota 2 matches by the eight teams qualified are going to be any less exciting. But every team will be getting a little something in the forms of Qualifying Points and some cash prizes. There’s a total of 500 Qual

Some of this has been lore, and accordingly, the Dota 2-themed game has unveiled some major revelations. The biggest one yet was shared late Tuesday evening, and it directly has to do with every game you’ve ever played:Every game of Dota 2 is canon in lore. Yep, that’s right — all your wins and losses tie into the story somehow, according to the Artifact Twitter account. — Artifact (@PlayArtifact) September 26, 2018Yes, even when those poor fools stuck on a cliff. — Artifact (@PlayArtifact) Sept

Due to overwhelmingly popular demand, Dota Plus is bringing in some of the most popular features from this year’s Battle Pass. The more popular ones during the Battle Pass featured casters shouting recognizable or humorous lines, but for Dota Plus, it’s limited to more generic sounds (which we’ll list below). And, if you want to commend a job well done or troll an opponent, in-game tipping is back in the form of Dota Plus shard. These are on top of the upgrade subscription’s normal features, suc

Royal Never Give Up, a major Chinese epsorts organization, has officially entered the Dota 2 scene with their org, which has already qualified for their regional Kuala Lumpur Major closed qualifier. RNG registered their full roster in the Dota Majors system early Thursday morning, and they announced their presence on Weibo as well. It appears that Dota 2 is the org’s first attempt to expand into other games. While RNG is new to the Dota 2, the lineup is nothing to shake a finger at, as it’s full

CompLexity are coming in from their Dota Pro Circuit season of highs and lows with some serious mix-ups in their roster. Most notably, they’ve brought in two North American legends and a Southeast Asian local pro to round out their roster. The most recently successful of these is Jingjun “Sneyking” Wu, a North American veteran most recently seen in fellow North American roster VGJ.Storm, which was the first team at the finish line for The International 8’s qualifiers. Of course, Jacky “EternaLEn

After much fan anticipation, Team Secret have finally announced their new roster for the new Dota 2 season. Their new lineup now includes Ludwig “zai” Wåhlberg, formerly of OpTic Gaming, and Mihail “Misha” Agatov, a recognizable name within the CIS tier-two circuit. We are extremely glad to announce our new Dota 2 roster for the upcoming 2018-2019 DPC season! pic.twitter.com/H01CgddJBC — Team Secret (@teamsecret) September 11, 2018This comes after the departure of two of their other players, Adr

Newbee will continue its presence in Dota 2 after a rough go at The International 8, announcing a new roster with two new members. After a year and a half of the team’s roster remaining intact, Tang “CatYou” Xiaolei and He “Inflame” Yongzheng will be respectively replacing Hu “Kaka” Liangzhi and Damien “kpii” Chok. Inflame is most well-known as being part of LGD sister squad LGD Forever Young during its famous run at The International 2017. Unfortunately, this means Damien “kpii” Chok and Hu “Ka

Valve’s new card game Artifact leans into Dota 2’s influence in more ways besides theme — and not for the better. “When it’s a one-on-one game, what is my motivation for saying something awful? The point of moderation isn’t to “minimize” chances of problems — it’s to squash these problems altogether so players feel safe approaching the game. Without proper preventative moderation tools, we’re expected to squat mosquitoes after they’ve bitten us — or just never go out outside at all. By now, I’d

OpTic and the current Dota 2 roster have parted ways, each party announced Wednesday. The gaming org shared first on Twitter that its current players will “compete under different banners” this year. We would like to thank our 2017-18 dota roster for helping us enter the scene and for making an incredible run at TI. pic.twitter.com/6G12Hi1H05 — OpTic Gaming™ (@OpTicGaming) September 5, 2018There’s no official word on whether OpTic will pick up another Dota 2 team for the upcoming Pro Circuit sea

Kuala Lumpur will finally have its big Dota 2 moment, as the Dota Pro Circuit will be taking its first Major stop here in mid-November. The event runs November 9 to 18, with group stakes taking place on the 9th and 10th and playoffs following thereafter. The public portion of the event runs from November 16th to the 18th — and if you want to attend, tickets go on sale September 17. Immediately after, the Minor qualifiers and the Minor main event will take place. We have no official confirmation

Danil “Dendi” Ishutin, the mid player and staple celebrity of Natus Vincere, is departing from the organization, the org’s CEO announced in a roster update video on Saturday. Thanks for warm words ❤️ — Danil Ishutin (@DendiBoss) September 3, 2018Still, it’s going to be hard for many fans to separate the brand from the man. During his tenure on Navi, Dendi built up a legacy that brought together the Dota 2 community. Dendi would go on with NaVi to take that grand prize by beating Chinese team EHO

That’s what Tim Kitzrow wants you to ask with the official Dota Jam announcer pack, based on his iconic voiceover in the hit arcade game NBA Jam, among other sports titles. The hype-man voice actor himself confirmed the voice pack on his official Twitter:Someone call 911! !Dota Jam Announcer Pack by Tim Kitzrow https://t.co/OGoOh7G1Ea via @YouTube — Tim Kitzrow (@Tim_Kitzrow) August 30, 2018Older Dota 2 fans willing to do the work may remember that a fan-made version of this announcer pack was m

The International, the largest Dota 2 tournament in the world, will move to Shanghai, China for its 2019 edition. The announcement came on Saturday of The International with a statement from Weng Tiehui, a Vice Major of Shanghai. On behalf of Shanghai city government, and 24 million Shanghai citizens, we are happy and honored to be selected by Valve as the host city of next year’s Dota 2 Championships. For the last four International tournaments, there have been five Chinese teams among the comp

However, with all that spectacular Dota 2, fans might have been too busy or exhausted to keep on going with their Battle Pass. No worries — the Battle Pass has been extended for another two weeks. Valve made this announcement alongside their winner’s announcement for The International:In the wake of The International, we’re extending the Battle Pass for two more weeks. So everyone that was busy watching OG’s road to the Aegis can now enjoy their Battle Pass features until Monday, September 10. W

OG Dota has won The International 8, the biggest Dota 2 tournament in the world, after a long, grueling two weeks, an intense first-ever Dota Pro Circuit season and an exciting Grand Finals that saw all five games played out. They also broke the community superstition of the “West-East” curse, in which Chinese teams win in even years and others in odd years. Game one saw OG win with a unique Treant Protector pick to protect from push. After the group stage, they seeded into the upper bracket, wh

Two new heroes have been announced for Dota 2 — and while one will have to wait until this winter, you can play one of them right now. Phantom’s Embrace — Grimstroke commands a phantom to latch onto his enemy, damaging and silencing it. Ink Swell — Grimstroke covers himself or an ally in ink, silencing the target while granting bonus speed and immunity to attacks. — Grimstroke covers himself or an ally in ink, silencing the target while granting bonus speed and immunity to attacks. Soulbind (Ult

We don’t know how The International 8 is going to continue on as normal when there are LITERALLY DOGS IN COSTUMES OH MY GODYes! In costumes! The lead-in content involved caster Troels Lyngholt “syndereN” Nielsen being discussed by Paul “Redeye” Chaloner, who speculates about how Nielsen is so good at Dota 2 analysis. And according to the video, the answer is lil’ puppers stomping around in small costumes. Fans were wondering why Jake “SirActionSlacks” Kanner was asking for small dogs leading int