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The International 2025 - Direct Invites and The Road to TI
In the wake of all the changes still rippling through the Wandering Waters update, pro teams around the world have been hard at work, exploring fresh ways to outplay the competition. They've been battling in tournaments…
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Between the Lanes: Nest of Thorns
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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The International 2025 — Schedule & Format
The arenas might be different, the star players might change, and every year new teams will rise while others fall. But while many things change, one thing is constant: The International remains a chronicle of the same…
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7.38c Gameplay Patch
Patch 7.38c is out now and you can check out the patch notes here. In addition, over the last few days we've addressed the following issues: Added missing patch note line from 7.38 patch notes "Roshan no longer drops Ag…
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Dota 2 Update - 3/19/2025
Immortal Draft Changes: Immortal Draft rules will now be used if any player is above 8500 MMR (roughly the top 0.5% of players). (Previously, the cutoff was 6500 MMR, roughly the top 1.5% of players.) Immortal Draft gam…
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7.38b Gameplay Patch
Patch 7.38b is out now, along with a new Dota Plus season. You can check out the 7.38b patchnotes here. In addition, over the last few days we've addressed the following issues: Fixed Clinkz Burning Army skeletons being…
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Dota 2 Update - 2/21/2025
Over the last few days we've addressed the following issues: Fixed heroes in Ability Draft not having innate abilities Fixed Lotus Pool timers showing regular Dota game mode timings in Turbo Fixed minimap icons not show…
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Explore Wandering Waters in the 7.38 Gameplay Update
Much like the galactic water miners in the movie and possibly the book Dune Part 2, Dota has always been the only game in any genre that believes water is the most valuable resource in both the Dune-iverse and our unive…
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The Crownfall Archive
Well folks, you knew this was coming. We warned you it was coming. We even extended its coming. But now it's no longer coming, because it's here. No more last minute reprieves, no more entreaties from sad-eyed pets. We'…
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The Charms of the Snake
Snakes, as any biologist will tell you, are fascinating creatures. They don't have skeletons. They don't have brains or organs. They just have one tube-like muscle that makes up their whole body, a mouth, two eyes, and…
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The International 2025 Live Event Broadcast RFP and Broadcast License Requests
The International 2025 is coming to Germany in September. Companies interested in producing and distributing regional language broadcasts of The International are encouraged to apply now. Like in recent years, proposals…
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Dota 2 Workshop Spring 2025 Call-to-Arms
Amidst all the TI announcements and Crownfall conclusions, you might not have noticed that the humble Dota 2 Workshop is busier than ever. With a community of talented artists contributing lots of new stuff that we ship…
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The International 2025
Banners, tattered but resolute, are unfurled. War trumpets, battered but resolute, are buffed with war trumpet polish until they gleam. Weapons, resolute but dull, are sharpened on whetstones in rhythmic strokes, until…
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Crownfall's Final Bow
Back in December, it seemed entirely reasonable to bring Crownfall to a close halfway through January. After all, we reasoned, who could possibly need more time than that to finish exploring four huge overworld maps fil…
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Frostivus is Upon Us
It's been a busy year for Dota. We welcomed a new hero into our ranks (and a long-awaited one finally made his debut); we crowned another team of world champions at this year's TI in Copenhagen; we reworked every hero w…
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Dota 2 Update - 12/5/2024
Over the last few days we've made the following changes: Fixed being unable to configure Quickcast behavior on Observer and Sentry wards in the Settings menu. Fixed Razor's Voidstorm Asylum Arcana using the incorrect ic…
