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Smurfing is Not Welcome in Dota
Today, we permanently banned 90,000 smurf accounts that have been active over the last few months. Smurf accounts are alternate accounts used by players to avoid playing at the correct MMR, to abandon games, to cheat, t…
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The Summer Client Update
New Player Behavior System, New Rendering Features, and New Armory Summer is hurtling toward its inevitable, pumpkin spiced end, and we’re seeing it off in style with a whole bunch of pretty sweet quality of life improv…
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The International 2023 Ticket Sales
The International is fast approaching, and for those of you planning on going, we wanted to give you some important dates so you can start planning your trip. Tickets to join the audience live at The International 2023…
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10-Year Anniversary Celebration
There are some elders who whisper that the Ancients have always existed, and always will exist -- unknowable eldritch tentacle-shards of a mad moon, outside of time, doomed to battle forever. Other elders eyeball it at…
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7.34b Gameplay Patch
Patch 7.34b is out now. You can check the notes here . Over the last few days we've addressed several gameplay issues: Fixed Arc Warden Magnetic Field granting bonus damage instead of base damage Fixed Bane illusion wak…
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Dota 2 Update - 8/11/2023
Over the last few days we've addressed several gameplay issues: Fixed Captain's Mode pick order display Fixed some regressions of 7.33e changes Removed references in the Glossary to Outposts granting XP Fixed the locati…
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Dota 2 Update - 8/9/2023
Since the release of 7.34 we've addressed several gameplay issues: Fixed an issue where issuing an alt-cast order while out of range and then changing alt-cast mode could result in the wrong variant of the ability being…
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7.34 Gameplay Patch
In the wake of last night's unprecedented, frankly preposterous all-emoji patchnote leak, we’ve decided to scrap our plans to release 7.34 this coming Thursday, and are shipping it today. As in right now. As in “immedia…
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Emojis in the Dark
Hey, everyone. I don’t have much time. I snuck into Valve and managed to grab the complete patch notes for 7.34, and I’m posting them for everyone to read. But I think something went wrong with my copy-paste, because it…
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The International 2023 — Schedule & Format
The International is fast approaching! After months of competition, twelve teams have secured their invites to TI, with eight more set to join them after the upcoming regional qualifiers. The International is watched by…
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Between the Lanes: Unbreaking A Bomb
Introducing Between the Lanes, a new blog feature where we let members of our development team walk through some of the challenges, bugfixes, and occasional happy accidents we encounter while working on a game as unique…
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7.33e Gameplay Patch
Patch 7.33e is out now. You can check the notes here . Over the last few days we've addressed several gameplay issues: Kobolds that are dug up from Trusty Shovel are now ordered to follow their owner (same behavior as J…
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Dota 2 Short Film Contest
The International is just a few months away, and we're pleased to announce that submissions are now open for this year's Dota 2 Short Film Contest. Filmmakers have until 3:00pm PDT on September 14, 2023 to submit their…
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The International 2023 Live Event Broadcast RFP and Broadcast License Requests
The International 2023 will return to a roaring crowd in Seattle this October, and we are now accepting proposals from companies who are interested in partnering with Valve to produce and distribute regional language br…
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The Bali Major Approaches
The International is almost upon us, as the top eighteen teams converge in Indonesia for the third and final showdown of The 2023 Dota Pro Circuit: The Bali Major, presented by IO Esports. Catch the action live online f…
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Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future
The ten year anniversary of Dota's public release is coming up (yes, we're working on some fun stuff for it; no, we're definitely not going to hit the July 9th date listed on Steam). As anniversaries go ten years is a b…
