Dota 2

The Steam Awards 2023 shortlist has been revealed - here's what Steam players think are 2023's best games

Steamed up.

Valve's festive treat for "thousands" more DOTA 2 cheaters is a lump of coal and a permanent ban

"This year is gonna be a bloodbath."

Valve is coming for Dota 2's smurf accounts, and the main accounts behind them

"We have traced every single one of these smurfs back to its main account."

Dota 2's huge New Frontiers update makes the map 40% bigger

Use the hard shoulder.

Valve created a secret area in the Dota 2 client to trap over 40,000 cheaters

Stay in your lane.

Commonwealth Esports Championships' games confirmed, with Konami's eFootball kicking things off

I guess EA missed the call.

Steam sets new concurrent users record with over 27 million online

The valve turns.

Meet Dota 2's newest hero, Marci

Coming "fall" 2021.

Valve refunds tickets for Dota 2 tournament The International amid covid case rise

Now won't have a live audience.

Dota 2 will soon remove support for 32-bit systems, Valve warns

Changing lanes.

Valve confirms second season of Netflix's DOTA: Dragon's Blood

Cool down.

Valve's Dota 2's Free to Play documentary is coming to Netflix

The feature-length documentary follows three pro gamers from around the world.

Valve massively improves Dota 2 beginner experience, bans smurfing

Bluetiful.

Valve's Dota 2 gets a Netflix anime with DOTA: Dragon's Blood

Fire.

Valve dev apologises for banning Dota 2 player over gameplay dispute

Stay in your lane.

Fortnite and Dota 2 cancel major esports events

Flossed cause.

Esports pros face same stress levels as football and rugby stars, new study states

"We must understand how we can best support the health of our gamers."

Dota 2 team becomes first to win The International twice, takes home over $15m

Dota stop believin'.

The auto chess wars have begun

Whose move is it next?

Valve releases standalone version of Auto Chess called Dota Underlords

Mate…

Valve will make its own, standalone version of Dota Auto Chess mod

While mod makers focus on new version with Dota stripped out.

Epic responds to accusations its launcher accesses Steam data without permission

"Since this issue came to the forefront we're going to fix it."

Steam Link now lets you play games from any PC

Opening up own multiplayer servers, too.

Valve responds to Chinese players review bombing Dota 2 in protest against racist taunts in tournaments

"It is really damaging to the entire Dota community whenever even a single professional player uses discriminatory language."

Esport "killer games" aren't right for Olympics, says IOC

"We cannot have ... a game which is promoting violence."

Gabe Newell refuses to say the number 3 in surprisingly funny Dota 2 voice recording

"You've killed more than two people and less than four."

Valve accidentally launches Steam.tv early

Steam Broadcasting refresh in time for The International.

Dutch Dota 2 players can now see what's in a loot box before they buy it

Don't shoot the courier.

Valve issues 95,000 bans in just seven days

Buh-bye, cheaters!

Dutch loot box threat forces Valve to pull CS:GO and Dota 2 item trading in the Netherlands

First blood.

The Netherlands declares some loot boxes are gambling

Tells publishers to modify them.

Capcom made an official Amaterasu Courier for Dota 2 and it looks awesome

The wolf among us.

Looks like Valve was working on a four-player fantasy adventure game

Eye-catching Drew Wolf art suggests so.

Valve makes Dota 2 more welcoming for newcomers

So little and weak, you know I almost feel guilty. Almost.

Dota 2 The International beats its own biggest esports prize pool ever record

$20m and rising.

Dota 2 gets a co-op campaign this month

Salty.

Dota 2 players must now register a phone number to play ranked matches

0891 50 50 50.

Best-selling Steam games of 2016 revealed

Mix of old and new, big and small.

A glimpse at Dota 2's incredible virtual reality spectator mode

Ward's it look like?

Dota 2's first monetised custom game gets off to a rocky start

Developers defend themselves from accusations of asset theft.

Valve brings back paid mods with Dota 2 Custom Game Pass

Pay $1 for extra perks in Roshpit Champions.

Valve fires Dota2 commentator, Gabe Newell calls him "an ass"

"I don't think you are right about me," says former host.

Dota 2 to receive Fallout 4's Mister Handy Announcer Pack

A free bonus for buying Fallout 4 on Steam.

Dota 2 is now the world's first Source 2 game

Ooh, sourcey!

Dota 2's Rick and Morty announcer pack out now

Rick and Morty time, all day long forever.

ESPN's report on Dota 2's The International is a step in the right direction

Baby - but important - steps.

20-player Dota 2 is as chaotic as you'd expect

Madness at The International.

Dota 2 tournament offers $18m prize pool

Smashing last year's record of $10.9m.

Valve to send actual Dota 2 The International trophies to Compendium ultra hardcore

But you'll need a level 1000 Compendium to get it.

Former Valve economist Yanis Varoufakis quits as finance minister of Greece

Left 4 Dead.

Dota 2 Reborn in Source 2 engine

Beta available to all now.

Valve's 2015 Dota 2 tournament has the biggest eSports prize pool ever

And sales of a treasure chest helped make it happen.

This year's Dota 2 Compendium stretch goals go all the way up to $15m

Music! HUD skins! Wyvern Hatchling courier! Comic!

Huge Dota 2 update adds nod to Terry Pratchett

It was octarine, the colour of magic.

Watch Dota 2's third-person shooter mod in action

Carry on!

Goat Simulator lead could be coming to Dota 2

I kid you not.

Valve's economist is the new finance minister of Greece

Good luck.

I'm not a robot: Valve adds Captcha security to Steam Trading

And some are angry about it.

Someone has made a Gabe Newell shopkeeper for Dota 2

But will Valve give it the greenlight?

Razer announces eSports documentary Team Razer: Great Games

A three-part series focusing on StarCraft, Dota and League of Legends.

Game developers would most like to work for Valve, survey finds

Take that, "my own company".

Twitch vows: we won't bring audio recognition to live streams

"We have zero intention of flagging original in-game music."

Has Valve just soft-launched the Source 2 engine?

Dota 2 Workshop tools reference new engine.

Twitch clamps down on unlicensed music ahead of rumoured $1bn Google buyout

Mutes own Twitch Weekly video.

Official custom game support for Dota 2 impresses modders

Could we see a Warcraft-style RTS emerge from Valve's game?

Five Chinese Dota 2 players win $5m

The International has been won.

The International Dota 2 tournament down to final eight teams

Each fighting for $5m top prize.

Dota 2 mod turns the MOBA into an isometric Mario Kart

Welcome to Dota Dash.

Valve announces Newcomers' Broadcast for Dota 2 The International tournament

First place team stands to win $5m.

Compendium sales boost Dota 2 International prize pool over $10m

Biggest in eSports history.

This is what Valve's VR headset currently looks like

Plus, how it might work with Dota 2.

The Stanley Parable's narrator comes to Dota 2 as DLC

Fourth-wall breaking comedy is half off this weekend.

These are the most popular games on Steam - report

But a huge 37% of all owned games remain unplayed.

Valve's The International 2014 Dota 2 tournament announced

Compendium set to return.

Newell on Source 2, CS:GO Linux and... Ricochet 2

Valve boss takes on Reddit AMA.

Valve's Dota 2 documentary Free To Play out next month

Free To Play pack has in-game items for Dota 2.

Access to Valve's Dota 2 now completely open

Dota, Dota want me?

Valve set to demo its own Virtual Reality hardware

And reveal how it will work with Steam.

Dota 2 will get The Stanley Parable's narrator as DLC

Joining Bastion's Rucks and GLaDOS as announcers.

Huge Dota 2 Diretide update adds two new heroes

Coaching! Showcase view! More!

Someone bought a Dota 2 courier for $38,000

Next time, use Parcel Force.

Alliance crowned Dota 2 world champions

Five-man Swedish team win $1.4 million.

Dota 2 hits Mac and Linux

Minimum specs revealed.

Dota 2 launches properly as two years of beta come to an end

Valve adding players in waves to maximise game performance.

You can now link your Steam account to Twitch

Receive tournament items drops while watching Twitch streams.

Valve explains how Dota 2's communication ban system is training its player base to be more friendly

60 per cent of banned players don't reoffend.

Add money to the $1.6m Dota 2 International prize pool by buying a "living" virtual book

Valve to donate 25% of money made through sales of The International Interactive Compendium to players.

Valve announces third DOTA 2: The International

Invictus Gaming return as champions.

Blizzard: UFC-style reality shows could propel eSports into the mainstream

StarCraft 2 maker on the tipping point for professional gaming.

Steam Holiday sale is nicer than Christmas cake

Because Christmas cake is disgusting.

This is how big League of Legends is

DOTA? I MOBA DOTA.

How do you get a job in the game industry? "Give yourself one," Valve tells us

"It's that easy."

DotA 2 gets a spectator client on Steam

Just in time for the million dollar international tourney.

Valve investigates the personal side of eSports in a new Dota 2 documentary

What it takes to win the $1 million prize.

Valve warns Dota 2 players after Aion axe IP infringement snafu

25,000 players obtain axed Steam Workshop creation.

How "bossless" Valve makes decisions

The Half-Life maker on its "organic gravity well".

Valve adds Dota 2 high end competitive play support

Pay to watch tournaments in-game.

Every Rezzed attendee to receive Dota 2 beta key!

All existing and future ticket holders get access to Valve's action RTS.

Dota 2 confirmed as free to play, Dota Store announced

Free to play but not pay to win insists Valve.

Valve launches Steam remote downloads

Download pre-loads, new releases and latest purchases while out and about.

Review | Free to Play film review

Valve's Dota 2 doc humanises eSports stars, but only hints at the real story.

Review | Dota 2 review

Definitely MOBA.

The best PC games

Old and new, this is our pick of the PC games you should play today.

State of the Game | Dota 2 - a juggernaut rumbles on despite Valve's signature detachment

Growing lanes.

Feature | Video games in China: beyond the great firewall

On the ground in the vast world of Chinese gaming.

Interview | Valve talks Steam China, curation and exclusivity

A brief chat in Shanghai.

Feature | How Artifact became Valve's biggest failure

Magic silenced.

Feature | Which is the best auto chess game for you? Here's our handy guide to the major players

Dota Underlords! Teamfight Tactics! Dota Auto Chess! More!

Feature | Inside Dota 2's racism storm

As pressure mounts on Valve to step in.

Feature | Here's what happened when we tried to bet on esports at our local bookies

"What kind of game is Ninjas in Pyjamas?"

Feature | A team of Dota 2-playing AI bots beat the pros - and now they're gunning for more

I need your clothes, your boots and your courier.

Interview | Meet the man Gabe Newell called an ass on Reddit

James "2GD" Harding on Dota 2, Diabotical and drama.

Feature | Games of 2013: Dota 2

Towering example.

Feature | The Dota 2 Experience, Part Two

Our team of well-meaning Dota 2 noobs go up against actual humans. This is gonna get ugly.

Feature | The Dota 2 Experience, Part One

A touching tale of learning to play Valve's hardcore opus. It can't be that bad. Can it?

Feature | The Dota 2 Experience, Part Three

Our team of Dota 2 noobs have to ship up or ship out, in the final instalment of our diary.

Feature | Valve Interview: Gabe Newell Isn't The Boss of Me

Jason Holtman gives a peek inside Valve's unique structure

Feature | Interesting Sequels of 2012

Serial killers.

Preview | Dota 2 Beta Preview

Changing lanes?

Interview | Valve's Gabe Newell

CS: GO, Steam, Portal 2 DLC and Half-Life 3.

Preview | Dota 2

It's Valve time.