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As a lapsed 4,500 hour veteran of Dota 2, the big new Wandering Waters update has lured me back—but despite the changes, the game still feels stuck in its ways
By Matt Cox published
Weather warning River rapids and evolving frog-men can't quite shake up the meta, even if a hard-earned victory feels as sweet as ever.

Dota 2 remembers water is very important, adds more, in latest map shakeup
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Go downstream, go faster. That checks out.

Surprise! Dota 2 has a built-in fighting game now and it actually looks pretty good
By Andy Chalk published
news Sleet Fighter was added as part of the new Crownfall Act 3 update.

Valve casually upends the Dota 2 meta by adding innate powers to all 124 heroes
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Oh, and a starting, passive choice between two playstyles too.

Dota 2's Pudge becomes the MOBA's first character to be played in over a billion matches
By Rick Lane published
News Pudge gets a nudge, likely won't budge.

Valve lures thousands of Dota cheaters into bans with fake Christmas presents as it declares 'this year is gonna be a bloodbath'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Call it the smurfs' Christmas special.

Valve banned 90,000 smurf accounts from Dota 2—then got the main accounts too
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Posing as a newbie has consequences, says Valve.

Valve releases Dota 2 patch notes written entirely in emojis
By Andy Chalk published
news It took Dota 2 fans just hours to (mostly) translate the all-emoji patch notes into a huge 55-page document.
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