Tag Archives: Dota 2

The last time Edge (opens in new tab) visited Valve, way back in 2013’s issue 250, we asked CEO and co-founder Gabe Newell an awkward question: should we even see Valve as a videogame developer anymore? At the time the company’s focus was on the colossally successful PC storefront, Steam …

The Netherlands today declared (opens in new tab) that, after conducting an investigation into the matter, it found several high-profile games’ loot box systems to be illegal. If you’re strongly against the randomized reward system so widely adopted in modern games, you might be tempted to do a little dance …

After barely any info on Dota 2, today the first elimination round of Valve’s International Dota 2 Championship at GamesCom began, with the game played in public for the first time. Matches will continue through the end of the tournament on Sunday. To make it easier to follow the action, …

In keeping with the theme of Dota 2’s marketing campaign – whose key message seems to be, “if you love Dota, you’ll love this, and if you don’t know what Dota is, screw you” – the title got an official trailer to coincide with the game’s impending public reveal at …