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Crownfall Act III and Collector's Cache
June has come and, as it tends to do, now left us, probably forever. You'd be forgiven for forgetting all about crowns and them falling dramatically from the heads of fantasy birds and just enjoying your summer — slowin…
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Introducing the Steam Game Recording Beta
There are millions of Dota players around the world, and every day their adventures offer up experiences ranging from universal (a savvy swipe of an Aegis) to one-in-a-billion (a RAMPAGE by Chen) — including thrilling m…
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Dota 2 Short Film Contest 2024
The regional battles on the Road to The International have concluded, and we now know all sixteen teams destined to clash in Copenhagen this September. But there's also another competition to remember — in which the aut…
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7.36c Gameplay Patch
Patch 7.36c is out now. You can check out the patchnotes here. Additionally, a few bugs were fixed over the last several days: Fixed taunts being unequipped when changing facets Fixed a crash related to Block of Cheese…
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The International 2024 Ticket Sales
Millions of people around the world will be watching The International this year online. But there's no substitute for being there, and for those of you planning on traveling to Denmark to watch the best Dota teams batt…
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The International 2024 Live Event Broadcast RFP and Broadcast License Requests
The International is heading back to Europe this September, and companies interested in producing and distributing regional language broadcasts of The International 2024 are encouraged to apply now. We are now accepting…
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7.36b Gameplay Patch
Patch 7.36b is out now. You can check out the patchnotes here. Additionally, a few bugs were fixed over the last several days: Fixed various hotkey issues Fixed Shield Rune buff not having an icon Roshan's attacks no lo…
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The International 2024 - Direct Invites and The Road to TI
Between a massive 7.36 update and Act II of Crownfall, there were a lot of big announcements vying for your attention last week, so we decided to give everybody a few days to process everything before we posted any more…
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7.36a Gameplay Patch
Patch 7.36a is out now. You can check out the patchnotes here. Additionally, a few non-gameplay bugs were fixed: Fixed Some Crownfall empty dialog lines Fixed Crownfall paths changing their token requirements Fixed Drag…
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Update 7.36 and Crownfall Act II
People have been asking about it. They've been waiting for it. They've been guessing for months what would be in it. And now... we're finally shipping it. That's right: Crownfall Act II's fishing game is LIVE! For those…
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Dota Labs and Crownfall Collector's Cache Voting
Dota Labs Updates We announced Dota Labs a couple months ago, and since then we've continued to iterate quietly on the features in it as we get feedback and data. "Quietly" is fine, but sometimes it can be useful to be…
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Dota 2 Update - 4/22/2024
Over the last few days since Crownfall's release we've addressed the following issues: Fixed the match history Dota Plus rank change column sometimes displaying zero change for matches where a Ranked Double Down token w…
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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…
