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The latest news and rumors about Dota 2 for today and 2026. Here you will find all the news about Dota 2 updates, learn the release date for PC, when the game will be available on other platforms, and other announcements. We will also write about the system requirements of Dota 2 for PC, about pirate cracks, and the appearance of the game on torrents, where it can be downloaded for free.
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Gabe Newell is one of the most influential figures in the gaming industry. As the co-founder and president of Valve Corporation, he stood behind the creation of Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, and Dota 2, while the launch of Steam in 2003 fundamentally changed how millions of players buy and run games. However, the last title where Newell was credited as a producer was Portal 2 in 2011. So what happened?
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April 8, 2026

Just three days after the release of the major update for Dota 2, Valve has pushed out an emergency patch 7.41a. The reason: a wave of crashes and bugs that players started reporting after last week’s massive changes.
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March 28, 2026

Valve has publicly responded to a lawsuit filed by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, which claims that loot boxes in the company’s games constitute an illegal form of gambling. The developer disagrees with the allegations and says it plans to fight them in court.
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March 11, 2026

Valve is once again at the center of a legal firestorm, this time facing a fresh class-action lawsuit in its home state of Washington over loot boxes in its games. The case was initiated by law firm Hagens Berman, which filed the suit in federal court on behalf of two players and a proposed nationwide class of consumers who purchased loot box keys in Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2.
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March 10, 2026

Cheating in online games is a long-standing problem that is extremely difficult to deal with. But we must admit that the scale of the disaster in each project is different. Apparently, there are a lot more dishonest players in the Call of Duty series than in the competing games. This is reported by Insider Gaming with reference to a study by Surfshark.
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March 2, 2026

New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against Valve, accusing the company of violating state gambling laws. The complaint argues that loot boxes in games such as Counter-Strike, Dota, and Team Fortress effectively function as gambling and may contribute to addiction among minors.
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February 26, 2026

The number of players in Roblox exceeds the combined number of gamers on Steam and PlayStation. Users spend about 10.3 billion hours in the game every month.
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February 21, 2026

Valve has opened community voting for The Steam Awards 2025 nominees, with polls closing on January 3rd. Five titles are vying for the coveted Game of the Year award.
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December 19, 2025

The live broadcast announcing the nominees for “Game of the Year” at The Game Awards 2025 has begun. You can watch it on YouTube as well as on Twitch. During the event, host Geoff Keighley revealed the nominees across various categories.
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November 17, 2025

Valve has announced the first official crossover in Dota 2. The popular MOBA now features content from Capcom’s Monster Hunter series: six armor sets, a Palico courier and a personal pet boar.
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November 11, 2025

The extraction shooter Arc Raiders from Embark Studios has officially launched — and immediately ran into the best kind of problem: too much success. Servers went down under heavy load, yet the game still drew over 260,000 concurrent players on Steam and scored 88% positive reviews.
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October 31, 2025

At gamescom asia 2025, VGTimes journalist Rodion Ilyin spoke with Gods, Death & Reapers game director Andrei Chirculete from WOLCEN Studio. The developers are working on a unique ARPG that blends role-playing systems with extraction-shooter mechanics — a genre combination the industry has never seen before.
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October 24, 2025

Voting is now live for the best community-made skins in Dota 2. Fans have submitted 283 entries, and the top-rated ones will make it into the upcoming Collector’s Cache 2025.
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October 8, 2025

The main stage of The International 2025 — the biggest Dota 2 tournament and one of the most important events in esports — has officially kicked off in Hamburg. During the opening ceremony, organizers showed a video message from Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve.
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September 11, 2025

Valve has released a major Dota 2 update ahead of The International 2025, adding a free battle pass packed with items and other rewards.
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August 20, 2025

Valve has released patch 7.39d for Dota 2, bringing not only hero and item balance changes but also a free battle pass for all players.
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August 6, 2025

Valve has released the sizable 7.39 update for Dota 2, aimed primarily at balance changes. You can find the full patch notes here.
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May 23, 2025

Valve has released the major 7.38 Wandering Waters update for Dota 2, bringing a wave of significant changes. The update introduces new rivers and creeps, moves Roshan back to his old den, and reworks many hero abilities.
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February 19, 2025

Red Hook Studios has informed fans of the death of voice actor Wayne June, who could be heard in both Darkest Dungeon and Dota 2. Many players knew him as the performer of the role of Ancestor.
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January 31, 2025

SteamDB has released its weekly ranking of the top-selling products on Valve's platform. Path of Exile 2 continues to dominate as the best-selling paid game. EA Sports FC 25 secured second place, while the Call of Duty hub claimed third.
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January 21, 2025

Valve has released its list of the most successful games on Steam in 2024. Each of the two lists features 12 titles that generated the highest revenue between January 1st and December 15th.
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December 23, 2024

Valve has revealed the nominees for The Steam Awards 2024, spanning 11 categories. Leading the pack with three nominations each are the action RPG Black Myth: Wukong, the story-driven shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, the rogue-lite Balatro, and the co-op shooter Helldivers 2. Here's the full list of nominees:
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December 17, 2024

Geoff Keighley has announced the nominees for TGA 2024, with the coveted Game of the Year award set to be contested by Astro Bot, Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and Metaphor: ReFantazio. The winner will be revealed at the awards ceremony on December 12th.
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November 18, 2024

Today, it was announced that American actor and screenwriter Tony Todd, the star of Candyman and Final Destination, has died. He also voiced several characters in games, including Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Dota 2.
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November 9, 2024

The fourth act of the Crownfall event has been released for Dota 2. Along with new quests, developers introduced a new hero — the samurai bird, Ketz.
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November 8, 2024

Valve has officially confirmed the release date of the new hero in Dota 2. The samurai bird Kez, announced in September, will join the roster tomorrow, November 8. It's likely that Valve will also launch the fourth chapter of the «Crownfall» event on the same day.
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November 7, 2024

The British portal WhichBingo, together with a team of psychologists, found out which game series fans have the highest level of intelligence. The result was quite unexpected.
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October 6, 2024

The hero shooter Deadlock is still in the alpha testing stage, but the game has already been overrun by cheaters. Valve has come up with an unusual punishment for dishonest gamers.
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September 27, 2024

Right now, the final stage of The International 2024 Dota 2 tournament is taking place in Denmark. Valve announced a new hero, who was shown during the competition broadcast, just in time.
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September 15, 2024

In a stream of leaked materials, Deadlock found a screenshot of an earlier version of the shooter, when the project was called Neon Prime. At that time, Valve's game was intended to be more vibrant, and the style was close to Overwatch and Team Fortress 2.
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May 23, 2024