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The best free games on Steam
By Joshua Wolens last updated
Updated! Nothing but the best free Steam games you can play right now.
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.
Dota 2's world championship returns to Seattle this year
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The International will be back in Seattle for the first time since 2017.
Massive Dota 2 patch makes the map 40% bigger, changes the UI, matchmaking, so much other stuff it's basically Dota 3 now
By Jody Macgregor published
News Or it would be if Valve used the number three.
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