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Welcome to Crownfall
For over a decade now, Skywrath Mage and Vengeful Spirit have been ambiguously entwined. Eagle-eyed players noticed that they come from the same town, seem to have related backstories, and might even be dating. Pretty m…
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Ascension Day
A young princess, betrayed by her sister on the day of her ascension. Her wings torn from her body. Thrown from the highest tower of the Ghastly Eyrie. Left for dead. Found by a god. Turned into a spirit of vengeance. A…
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Dota 2 Update 3/28/2024
Matchmade lobbies will no longer share the account information of any members until the lobby is accepted by all players. Fixed certain cases where Revenant's Brooch would still allow critical hits.
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Gameplay Patch 7.35d And Matchmaking Features
We've just released Gameplay Patch 7.35d (Chen had it coming), and with it a new set of features. Matchmaking Hero Ban Rework Over the last year or so, we've taken a number of visible actions against users of third-part…
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The International 2024
War banners are being washed clean of blood stains and scorch marks. Trumpets are being tested for their ability to sound the imminent approach of battle. Lanes are getting swept clean of body parts, and the Ancients ar…
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Dota Plus Update — Spring 2024 (And Dota Labs)
Dota Plus Seasonal Update As Spring blooms to life around us, it transports us here on the Dota team to the springs of yore, when the world was new and vibrant. Who could forget climbing that old oak tree by the bridge?…
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Between the Lanes: Denying Denial of Service
Welcome back to Between the Lanes, a blog feature where 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 as Dot…
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7.35c Gameplay Patch
Patch 7.35c is out now. You can check out the patchnotes here. Additionally, a few updates were made to the Ancient Dragon King cosmetic. You can now High Five the Ancient Dragon King, featuring a custom high five effec…
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The Dragon's Gift
We're hard at work on an upcoming update we're calling "Crownfall", and we're excited to get it finished so you can see what we've been working on. We looked at a calendar and noticed it had been more than a few weeks s…
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Dota 2 Update - 1/8/2024
Some items from the Frostivus 2023 Treasure Chest were missing unusual variants. Those have been added. Over the next couple days, unusual items from these sets that should have been dropped will be granted. In addition…
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7.35b Gameplay Patch
Patch 7.35b is out now. You can check the notes here. Over the last few days we've also addressed several gameplay issues: Fixed tabbing through selections being in creation order, rather than reverse creation order Fix…
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Dota 2 Update - 12/18/2023
Over the last few days we've addressed several gameplay issues: Fixed Bloodstone Area of Effect bonus still active on passive abilities if it was dropped or sold Fixed Bloodthorn mana regen being 3.0 instead of 3.5 from…
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Dota 2 Update - 12/14/2023
We've fixed a number issues since the initial Frostivus release: Fixed an issue with client-side display of Royal Jelly's buff stats Fixed Safety Bubble having its shield reset to full when dropped and re-equipped Fixed…
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The Frostivus 2023 Update is Here!
Another Frostivus is upon us, and that means King Kringle has awakened from his hibernation under the wine-dark Blood Seas surrounding Frostivus Castle; sent his legions of abducted goblin-child toy miners to dig in his…
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The Dark Night Before Frostivus
'Twas Frostivus Eve, and all 'cross the map, The neutrals were quiet, their camps left unstacked. We'd gorged on a feast of bluehorn and spiced creep, And had just settled in for a peaceful night's sleep. When up on the…
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Gameplay Update 7.34e and What’s Up Next
After nearly a year of coordination and production, the multi-week, arena-sized monster that is The International 2023 has come to an exciting close. We've locked up Climate Pledge Arena, we've all seen enough of Spirit…
