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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.

Valve cracks down on 'wild west' of 3rd party battle passes and other real-money transactions for custom Dota 2 game modes
By Ted Litchfield published
news There were a lot of shifty games in there, but some legit devs seem to be getting caught in the crossfire.

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
By Joshua Wolens published
News The studio is shifting away from battle passes to release more varied content at a more regular pace.
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