When the Source 2 version of Dota 2 arrived there was much rejoicing, for even though the client was buggy and Rubick messed up the performance was greatly improved across the board. However, as further updates rolled out the Dota 2 client slowly but surely started getting less stable.

As is tradition, after a couple of months of complete radio silence Valve and Icefrog have suddenly released a massive Dota 2 patch. The rather aptly named Bladestorm Legacy Update brings with it a fancy new Juggernaut Arcana to vacuum all of your money, a new model for Jakiro that doesn't look

If you've been clamoring for Valve to bring back Diretide or any such similar Dota 2 events, you'll be glad to hear that they have just recently added the Dark Moon mini-game. It is very similar to the previous Wraith King event, by which I mean you will spend most of your time defending

For those of you that might not know, Dota 2 has just been updated to version 7.00 with changes so big we might as well call it Dota 3 now. There's a brand new hero in the form of the Monkey King, heroes now have talents like in Heroes of the Storm, the UI has been completely redesigned, the

[Update]: Version 7.00 has now been unleashed onto the live servers!

After spending well over a decade in version 6.XX, Dota 2 will finally be transitioning to version 7.00 with tomorrow's update. As you might expect given the time frame involved, the upcoming update is

While this trend isn't as widespread as one would expect, there are plenty of games on Steam that use concept art, pre-rendered cinematic images, or just plain ol' advertising material instead of actual screenshots from the game itself! Well, according to an image posted on the ...

With the qualifiers for the Boston Major starting on October 23rd, Valve has opted to release the Fall 2016 Battle Pass in order to drum up a bit of excitement

After being mercilessly teased and alluded to for nearly three years now, Valve has finally unleashed Underlord (aka Pit Lord, aka Abyssal Underlord) upon the Dota 2 world as a part of The Dark Rift update. Best of all, with Underlord now a part of

After being rumored and teased for well over two years now, Valve has finally decided to spill the beans on the two new heroes: Underlord (aka Pit lord, aka Abyssal Underlord) and Monkey King.

Since Underlord is a fairly well known face among the Dota 2 scene, or at least among those

This year's The International is set to be the biggest one yet, and given the quality of the teams going to it and the obscene size of the prize pool, its definitely going to be one of the most exciting tournaments in Dota history.

While you can already watch it for free through the

If you thought The International 2016's $18,500,000 prize pool was already ridiculously massive, you've seen nothing yet as Valve has just unleashed the third and final Immortal Treasure upon the world of Dota 2. Given the quality of the items on offer, I think its safe to say that the prize

Dota 2 has recently been updated to version 6.88b, and while the various buffs and nerfs are most welcome, the short comic that came along with it is far more fascinating. Throughout the freely available ...

As is tradition with the Dota 2 International Compendiums, the one for 2016 is filled to the brim with fancy cosmetic goodies, and naturally, plenty of ways to sink even more money to honor the almighty Lord of Hats himself.

The Battle Pass will set you back $10 for the level 1 version,

In a rather brilliant marketing move the team behind Total War: Warhammer has announced a Dota 2 competition that challenges the talented community hat-makers with the creation of 'Warhammer Fantasy Battles'

After watching the Dota 2 community collectively lose their sanity and go full-on meme mode, Icefrog finally took mercy and unleashed the much anticipated patch 6.87 in to the great wilds of the test live servers.

From my initial

Its not often that you see a tournament with over a million dollars in prize pool money ran by amateurs and community volunteers, but the Shanghai Major was exactly that given that the management was completely useless, the technical team inept, and the ones running the whole arena completely

I'm not sure if this speaks about my shortsightedness, but when I first heard the announcement that Valve is enabling "Desktop Game Theater" support, ie. the option to play

Valve has announced that the tickets for The International 2016, Dota 2's biggest event of the year with millions on the line, will be available for purchase starting on April 7, with the event itself kicking off at Seattle's KeyArena on August 8.

The tickets will go on sale at 10am PT

It might not be the patch the community was clamoring for, but the Dota 2 Spring Cleaning update is one of the most significant patches in the rage-simulator's history.

There are no balance changes, or even new heroes, instead its an entire massive update devoted solely towards making

The Custom Game Pass is an in-game purchasable item that grants you additional content and features in select Dota 2 custom games. If you want the long version head over here, but in short its a