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Valve unveils Steam Trading Cards for players to earn and trade for rewards

By Dave Tach on May 15, 2013 05.15.13

Valve unveiled a beta program for Steam Trading Cards today, which users can earn, trade and cash in for rewards, according to a press release from the company. Participating players will earn game-specific trading cards and turn them in for rewards like game badges, profile backgrounds, emoticons, coupons and more through the Steam Trading Cards program. "Up to half" a game's card set will be available from playing the game. The other half is "earned through your collecting prowess." Players who "craft" their cards into game badges, which appear on user profiles, can also "level up" their badges by collecting the set of cards again. Games supporting the Steam Trading Cards at its beta launch include Don't Starve, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, Portal 2...

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Dota 2 launches digital 'interactive compendium' for The International tournament

By Alexa Ray Corriea on May 08, 2013 05.08.13

Alongside the Dota 2 International tournament, Valve will launch The International Interactive Compendium, a virtual book designed to keep players caught up on tournament events, the company has announced. The Compendium is currently on sale in the Dota Store at $10 each. Those with tickets to attend The International tournament will receive a Compendium as part of their admission. The Dota team wrote on the game's official blog that the Compendium will also allow players to sync up with other viewers to play rounds of Dota 2, as well as give buyers eligibility for special virtual item drops through the duration of the tournament. Compendium owners will also be able to vote on community polls relating to the tournament, including which tournament participants should receive certain...

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Dota 2's third The International tournament heads to Seattle on Aug. 7

By Michael McWhertor on Apr 25, 2013 04.25.13

Valve will host its third Dota 2 championship tournament on Aug. 7 when The International returns to Seattle, Wash. for a five day event. Sixteen teams will compete in The International 3. The first team invited to this year's tournament will be returning champions Invictus Gaming. Valve says on the official Dota 2 website that 12 more teams will be announced "over the coming days." The winners of the East and West Qualifiers will join those 13 invited teams. Those qualifiers will be hosted by GDStudio from May 13 to 19 for the West division and by BeyondTheSummit from May 20 to 26 for the East division. A wild card match between the two runners-up of the East and West Qualifiers will determine which team scores the sixteenth and final spot. The International championships for Dota 2...

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Dota 2 update introduces new Skywrath Mage hero

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Apr 21, 2013 04.21.13

Dota 2's latest update introduces players to a new character, Skywrath Mage, and implements several gameplay and community fixes, according to a post from Valve. Skywrath Mage is a radiant ranged intelligence hero and deals damage with abilities such as Arcane Bolt, Mystic Flare, Concussive Shot and Ancient Seal. The Dota 2 wiki page notes that while the Skywrath Mage is one of the game's most powerful heroes, he's also weaker to attacks. Several bugs have been fixed with the update as well, including problems with the Timberchain traveling too fast or not latching, buff bugs and Fixed Tower attack speed. Reports have also been reduced to four per week and now allow single selection of behavior type. You can read the full update here. Thanks for the tip, Andre.

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Dota 2 tournament postponed due to online attacks

By Samit Sarkar on Apr 17, 2013 04.17.13

Officials for the G-1 Champions League, a prominent Chinese organization that runs Dota 2 tournaments, have postponed some rounds of their season 5 tournament due to a rash of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, they announced yesterday. The attacks came on Dota 2's European servers from "unknown sources," and "caused players to continuously disconnect and ultimately made it impossible to carry on the competition," said organizer 2P. They also disrupted the DreamHack Invitationals, another major tournament that also awards a significant amount of prize money. "In light of the current situation, 17173 and 2P.com have decided to postpone the G-1 Western Qualifiers while waiting for advice on technical solutions from Valve," said 2P. The organizers are informing participants...

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Dota 2 update adds the congested hero Rigwarl the Bristleback to the battlefield

By Dave Tach on Mar 31, 2013 03.31.13

A recent update to Dota 2 added a new character, Rigwarl the Bristleback, to Valve's multiplayer online battle arena alongside a host of tweaks and changes, according to patch notes posted on Steam. Bristleback arrived in Dota 2 with an update released March 28. According to his official profile, his skills include Viscous Nasal Goo, which "covers a target in snot, causing it to have reduced armor and movement speed," Quill Spray, which pierces enemies, Bristleback, in which he covers his back in spines to reduce damage taken and Warpath, which allows him to move faster and cause more damage every time he casts a spell. Check out YouTube user DotaCinema's video above to see his excretions in action. The title update also fixes many gameplay elements for several enemies, tweaks the...

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Dota 2 makes history by breaking Skyrim's record for most concurrent users on Steam

By Emily Gera on Mar 05, 2013 03.05.13

Dota 2, the popular real-time action game from Valve currently playable in beta, broke the record for most concurrent users in history on Steam since The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim's rise in 2011. Comparatively, Dota 2 registered a peak of 297,000 players, breaking Skyrim's earlier record by nearly 10,000 users. A graph of the growth of Dota 2 in comparison to Skyrim can be viewed here. Dota 2 is yet to receive an official release date; however, users can sign up on the official website to join the waiting list to receive a free invite for the game's beta.

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Dota 2 update includes first of many tutorials for new players

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Mar 02, 2013 03.02.13

Dota 2's latest update includes the first of a "large set" of features that will introduce new players to the game, the Dota 2 team announced. First-time players will be able to participate in a tutorial where they play as The Dragon Knight, Davion, a hero with draconic abilities. The post does not detail the tutorial, but experienced players are welcome to explore by selecting it from the Quests tab on the Play screen. "Dota's a deep game, and there's lots of things to learn, but we felt it was important that the learning was entertaining in itself, so we tried to avoid building a dry tutorial," the post reads. "... This is just the first step, and we felt it was important to ship it so that you could help us figure out the right step." The update also includes an option to preview...

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Razer and eSports group Evil Geniuses announce sponsorship agreement

By Samit Sarkar on Feb 04, 2013 02.04.13

North American eSports company Evil Geniuses has joined Team Razer, the peripheral and accessory manufacturer's eSports organization, in a sponsorship deal the two companies announced today. Razer will serve as Evil Geniuses' official partner for gaming accessories such as mice, keyboards and mouse pads, with the team's roster using Razer gear in all future tournaments. According to Evil Geniuses CEO Alex Garfield, the team also has plans to partner with Razer for Evil Geniuses-branded accessories that fans will be able to buy from Razer. In a press release announcing the partnership, Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan called Evil Geniuses "one of the best gaming organizations to have ever existed," and said its roster "reads as a Who's Who of eSports." Team Razer's stable of eSports teams also...

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ESL announces new independent Dota 2 tournament with $156K prize pool

By Tracey Lien on Jan 28, 2013 01.28.13

Broadcaster ESL TV recently announced a new Dota 2 tournament based on its ESL Major Series with a prize pool of $156,000. ESL's Dota 2 RaidCall EMS One will offer $156,000 in prizes split over four seasons in 2013. It is the largest prize pool offer for a Dota 2 tournament outside Valve's own International tournament, which boasts a $1.6 million prize pool with the first placed team taking home $1 million. The tournament will pit "the best teams from Europe" against each other over the four seasons, all of which will be broadcast by ESL TV with the "best matches presented live by [a] Dota 2 caster." Tournament organizers posted to Reddit saying that there are plans to include teams from America and Asia in future EMS One tournaments. A concurrent Counter-Strike: Global Offensive...

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