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Dota 2 Update - May 15th, 2019
* There was an issue that affected some players who used shovels in the first few hours of the battle pass release. We’ve granted additional shovels to the affected players.
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Dota 2 Update - May 10th, 2019
* Fixed issues related to MMR wager tokens
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The International 2019 Battle Pass
Steam post image The International Battle Pass has arrived. Prepare to cut a path into the final months of the DPC season and discover an abundance of new and classic features—including a new game mode, living towers, c…
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Update to Workshop Submission Process
With today’s Steam update, we’re making a change to the Workshop submission process to address fake item scams. First-time submissions to the Dota workshop will now require email verification before the item can be list…
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New Dota Plus Feature
Today marks the release of a new Dota Plus feature designed to enhance your experience for every Dota Pro Circuit event. Available now in the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store, the Dota Pro Circuit companion app l…
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The International 2019 Collector's Cache Call to Arms
The International 2019 is still over the horizon, but it's never too early to start exploring new treasure ideas for this year's event—which will have a theme focused on overgrown, enchanted jungle ruins. With that in m…
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Dota 2 Update - March 11, 2019
Custom Games API: - Added GetDedicatedServerKeyV2 which utilizes a new approach for securing/generating the keys. Any custom game that relies on GetDedicatedServerKey to communicate with its backend will want to switch…
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New Hero: Mars — Available Now
Mars, god of war and first son of heaven, has now joined the battle of the Ancients. Abandoning the callous ways of his past and embracing a new identity unburdened by the legacies of his father's archaic pantheon, Mars…
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Dota 2 Update - March 5th, 2019
Added some previously unavailable heroes to Ability Draft * Beastmaster (Hawk is not draftable) * Lone Druid * Io * Monkey King (Primal Spring is not draftable) * Shadowfiend (Shadowraze Medium and Presence of the Darkl…
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Dota 2 Update - February 22nd, 2019
* The Rubick Arcana Bundle now includes a Voice of the Magus Cypher item that lets Arcana owners choose whether to use the Arcana voice or the original Rubick voice. This item will appear in Arcana owners’ invento…
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Dota 2 Update - February 15th, 2019
Removed Flowing Entropy from the Treasure of the Amaranth and instead included Enduring Solitude. Including the Flowing Entropy set was an oversight - Collector's Cache sets are intended to remain exclusive.
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Dota 2 Update - February 11th, 2019
* New Bloom ended a few hours earlier than intended, the event has now been extended to be active through Feb 12th. * Fixed an issue that caused the New Bloom Nian Courier to drop at lower than expected rates. This has…
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Dota 2 Update - February 1st, 2019
* Fixed an issue that caused players completing calibration games using Ranked Roles to not have the correct resulting calibrated MMR. Players who have already played calibration games with this behavior have have their…
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New Bloom Rewards
In celebration of the Lunar New Year, each victory you earn in normal Dota Matchmaking from February 1 - 11 will grant you progress along the New Bloom rewards line, where you'll find a host of seasonal delights includi…
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Dota 2 Update - January 29th, 2019
7.21: === GENERAL * Melee creeps average gold bounty reduced by 3 * Range creeps upgrade cycle gold bounty increased from +3 to +6 * Replaced the primary jungles' ancient camps with big camps * Heroes no longer gain 25%…
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Dota 2 Update - January 29th, 2019
7.21: === GENERAL * Melee creeps average gold bounty reduced by 3 * Range creeps upgrade cycle gold bounty increased from +3 to +6 * Replaced the primary jungles' ancient camps with big camps * Heroes no longer gain 25%…
