THE TRUTH ABOUT: 2 - The Untold Story

Deadlock players are learning they can pause the match for the entire lobby, and some are using it for evil

Stretch, get some water, play the slots; or just do it for the tilt factor.

PC Gamer · Aug 28, 2024

Valve abruptly releases a new fighting game in the most Valve way possible: Inside a Dota 2 limited event

Sleet Fighter is a free to play brawler built into the latest Dota 2 expansion

GamesRadar · Jul 11, 2024

Valve casually upends the Dota 2 meta by adding innate powers to all 124 heroes

Oh, and a starting, passive choice between two playstyles too.

PC Gamer · May 26, 2024

"This might be the funniest thing I've ever seen...” Esports journalist praises Valve for giving cheating DotA2 players an absolutely brutal holiday gift

Cheating players looking forward to the Frostivus event in DotA2 have been served with a holiday gift to remember from Valve.

Windows Central · Dec 15, 2023

Valve lures thousands of Dota cheaters into bans with fake Christmas presents as it declares 'this year is gonna be a bloodbath'

Call it the smurfs' Christmas special.

PC Gamer · Dec 15, 2023

Alienware built a gigantic 16-foot mechanical keyboard and mouse then convinced a DOTA 2 esports team to actually use it

Yes it's a marketing gimmick, but the construction methods are pretty impressive.

PC Gamer · Nov 6, 2023

Hangzhou Asian Games | The future of sports is here and it is not on a traditional playing field

China’s Hangzhou Esports Center is a futuristic setting for the Asian Games, where technology is deeply intertwined in the way of life and sport. Fans flock to catch a glimpse of gaming stars like Faker, while the athletes compete in LoL, DOTA, and other games. With a market value of…

The Hindu · Sep 26, 2023

Valve cracks down on 'wild west' of 3rd party battle passes and other real-money transactions for custom Dota 2 game modes

There were a lot of shifty games in there, but some legit devs seem to be getting caught in the crossfire.

PC Gamer · Aug 6, 2023

It's been 10 years since Valve invented the battle pass and changed gaming forever

In just a decade, they've gone from a novel way to raise a tournament prize pool, to a defining business model of the games industry.

PC Gamer · Jul 19, 2023

Dota 2 is moving away from the battle pass model as Valve says there are better uses of dev time and most players 'never buy' one anyway

The studio is shifting away from battle passes to release more varied content at a more regular pace.

PC Gamer · Jun 20, 2023